Nicolas Willaume
(President/Global Advocacy Manager at ICL Group - Growing Solutions)Nicolas Willaume is the Global Advocacy Manager at ICL Group - Growing Solutions since 2021. He brings strong market experience, expertise in regulatory and public affairs and a deep knowledge of plant nutrition and agronomic practices. He previously served as a board member of different EU and national associations. He holds a master’s degree in Biosciences and Agronomy from the French Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse.
Mr Willaume was elected as a board member in December 2023 and looks forward to promoting ECOFI and helping move the consortium forward.
Quentin Protsenko
(Vice President/Regulatory manager at FRAYSSINET)Quentin Protsenko has been working since 2016 as a regulatory manager at FRAYSSINET, a French producer of organic and organo-mineral fertiliser, soil improvers and biostimulants. He is responsible for product registration and export development and is also actively involved in French and European standardisation of fertilising products. FRAYSSINET products combine tradition, research and technology to meet the expectations of tomorrow’s agriculture: quality, safety and sustainability in respect of circular economy principles.
Previously he was the technical and regulatory affairs manager at UPJ, the French sector association of plant care products for gardeners and green spaces. He provided support to companies and helped promote a fair transition to more sustainable and healthier products following the ban on chemical plant protection products in this sector. He also managed the development of a website and phone app called « La clinique des plantes » to help amateur gardeners deal with their plant diseases.
In 2012, he obtained a master’s degree in Plant Technology and Specialty Crops at the University of Angers (France).
Mr. Protsenko was President of ECOFI from December 2018 to December 2021, and has remained on the board since. He has been attending the European Commission Expert Group on Fertilising Products meetings as an ECOFI representative since January 2019.
Mr Protsenko was reelected in December 2023 and will serve for two more years.
Aude Brion
(Regulatory Affairs Manager at Veolia Agriculture France )Aude Brion is Regulatory Affairs Manager at Veolia Agriculture France, a French company that deploys solutions to be useful for a sustainable and efficient agricultural world, to support agriculture in its ecological transformation. Her work involves monitoring regulatory developments at the national level in France and at the EU level, particularly on issues relating to regulatory compliance of organic-based fertilisers. Ensuring effective agronomic valorization of organic materials is one of her priorities. She previously worked for the feed industry and she has a background in agricultural sciences, biology and human nutrition. She is looking forward to working with the other members of the board and ECOFI’s members to improve the current regulatory framework around animal by-products and insect frass in organic-based fertilisers.
Ms. Brion was elected in December 2023 and will continue on the board for two years.
Pawel Lewandowski
(Regulatory Affairs Lead –Fertilisers, Evergreen Garden Care)Pawel Lewandowski has extensive theoretical and commercial knowledge of fertilisers. His passion for plants led him to horticultural school, followed by a master’s degree in horticulture from Warsaw Agricultural University. Alongside his education his expertise is supported by an impressive 33 years in growing, sales, trials, and most recently 12 years in fertiliser regulation at both a Global and European level, focusing on both the Professional and Home & Garden industries. This extensive experience has allowed Mr Lewandowski to get a deep understanding of the issues facing a diverse range of fertiliser companies and the desire to better educate and advocate for better fertiliser regulations. Mr Lewandowski is currently supporting Evergreen Garden Care on their ambitious journey into organic and organo-mineral fertilisers for the home and garden industry.
