His career

For nearly 20 years, he has developed a dual skill: 1. In-depth knowledge of certification standards (field application validated through certification audits), combined with diverse field experience in France and abroad – primarily in the Congo Basin (10 years with a forestry company in Cameroon) – and Brazil ; 2. Technical consultant and auditor functions for two international certification bodies working closely with legality standards, forest management and chain of custody (FSC© and PEFC) standards. Vincent Pelé currently brings his expertise in France and abroad as:

• Independent consultant : expert certification, forest-wood traceability and regulations for companies in the timber industry;
• Auditor for several standards certification bodies : FSC© and PEFC (Forest Management and Chain-of-Custody) and the EUTR/EUDR regulations.

Qualifications:

• FSC© / PEFC auditor in Forest Management (FM/CoC) and Chain-of-Custody (CoC),
• EUTR auditor,
• LegalSource auditor,
• ISO-9001:2015,
• ISO-20400 “Responsible purchasing – Guidelines”,
• PEFC-EUDR auditor.

Areas of experience in the wood and forest products industry (in-house or as a consultant / auditor):

• Forestry operations (tropical timber);
• Primary processing: sawmills, plywood manufacturing, particleboard, pulp, molded fiber, pellets;
• Secondary processing: industrial joinery (interior, exterior), paper mills, furniture manufacturing (indoor, outdoor);
• Tertiary processing: wooden pallet industry, lightweight wood packaging, food packaging, luxury paper/board packaging (jewelry, cosmetics, watches, gourmet foods, etc.), packaging for consumer goods (cases, boxes), industrial printing (newspapers and magazines, adhesive labels, logistics labels, glass-application labels); paper bag manufacturing; school supplies manufacturing (wood, paper, board);
• Distribution (raw, processed, or finished wood products): importing, procurement, trading, offshore subcontracting, import/export;
• Specialty wood products: firelighter manufacturing, secure stamp/revenue paper industry, bottle cap and capsule manufacturing, tobacco paper industry (rolling paper booklets, filters).

Vincent Pelé is :

• a former member of the Chamber of Consulting Professionals (Occitanie),
• a member of The Society of Wood Experts (Société des Experts Bois),
• a member of ATIBT (Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux), a professional association representing the tropical forest private sector.

His values

Vincent Pelé is driven by the belief that man must be an actor in the preservation of the forest.

His challenge

Reconcile forest, economy, biodiversity and society.

His mission

Participate in forest preservation of by acting on the entire chain of wood products: forest, supply chain, consumer.

His goal

Respond adequately to the expectations of companies in the timber industry and distributors of wood products in their sustainable development projects. With Ekwato, he offers a unique and powerful solution, a technological innovation serving businesses, and provides a high added value service.