Dr. Laurent
BOCHEREAU
Minister-Counsellor,
Delegation of the European Union to the African Union
Since September 2023, Laurent Bochereau works as research and innovation counsellor at the EU Delegation to the African Union where he contributes to strengthening EU-AU cooperation in the areas of higher education, research, and innovation.
He gained a Laureate from the Ecole Polytechnique, a Master's degree from the University of California and a PhD from the University of Paris Sorbonne. After several years working as a research project leader at INRAE, he served two years in the French Ministry for Research. He joined the European Commission in 1995 where he occupied several middle management positions and had several postings in the EU Delegations in Washington, Beijing, and Moscow.
