Viviane works as EU Funding Manager within the EU Desk, where she supports the development of EU-funded initiatives that advance WRI’s mission across climate and environment, sustainable food systems, energy, and cities. She works at the intersection of strategy, partnerships, and proposal development to help translate technical expertise into competitive, high-impact funding opportunities.

Viviane brings experience from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a United Nations international financial institution, and consultancy roles, including at Deloitte, where she worked on fundraising, program design, project evaluation, and results dissemination with a focus on technology and innovation to drive scalable impact.

Viviane holds a PhD in management and behavioural science (LUISS Guido Carli University) and graduate degrees in international economics from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Tor Vergata University. In her free time, she likes reading about nutrition, geopolitics, and psychology.