EVALUATION PARTNERS - Key Persons
Gabriel Pierard is our lead partner. He has 20 years' experience in public policy consulting & evaluation; strategy & management consulting; as well as Government and International Organisations, in France, the U.K., North-Africa and South-Asia.
Gabriel has managed or contributed to several evaluations and impact assessments of EU policies and projects, for various DGs of the European Commission (HOME; JUST; ECFIN; ENTR; ECHO; ENV; MARE; SANCO; EAC); the European Parliament; the EIB; EU agencies (e.g. FRONTEX - see: Gabriel PIERARD, "Frontex dans le contexte de la situation a la frontière gréco-turque", CERISCOPE Frontières, 2011 - http://ceriscope.sciences-po.fr/node/197); the O.E.C.D. and other international organisations. He has practised a wide range of policy areas, such as: Development Aid; Economic policy; E.U. Justice and Home Affairs; EU structural funds; Environment & climate change policies. He has also contributed to strategy and (re)organisation assessments of International Organisations and EU agencies.
He also taught, during 5 years, European policy evaluation at Sciences Po Paris, PSIA (Paris School of International Affairs), France's leading school of public policy and international relations.
Gabriel holds MAs in economics & public policy (Sciences Po Paris), law (Paris II University), and international relations (SAIS, Washington D.C.). He is fluent in French and English, has a good command of German and Spanish, and a basic command of Portuguese.