Ecotone
Christine Houard has over 20 years of experience in managing direct and indirect purchasing and outsourcing in global organizations. Christine has held various procurement roles such as Head of Procurement Core Categories at Ecotone, Global Sourcing Manager at Groupe Lactalis, and Purchasing Manager at CELIA Groupe laitier. Christine has experience in negotiating agreements, defining sourcing strategies, and managing teams of buyers. Christine holds a DESS degree in Agro from ENSBANA and a Maitrise degree in Biochimie from Université de Rennes 1.
Ecotone
Ecotone is the leading company in Europe for organic, vegetarian, healthy and fair-trade food. Headquartered in Lyon, France, our family of companies is committed to making food that supports biodiversity. Our brands include many pioneers and market leaders such as Bjorg, Bonneterre, Clipper, Whole Earth, Allos, Alter Eco… With offices and production sites across seven countries, brand distributed in more than 80 countries, our 1,600 people embody every day our purpose: “Food for biodiversity. In 2022 Ecotone becomes the highest-ranking food B Corp among large companies, entering the top 10 of large B Corp certified companies worldwide.