Transition players
Act & Inspire
One Provence’s aim is to reveal and network the actors of transitions, who are taking concrete action on major economic, social and environmental transitions. Through their respective commitments, federated by their attachment to the Aix Marseille Provence region, they “collectively” represent a renewed image that asserts its past, reveals its present and projects itself into the future.
They make Aix-Marseille Provence shine
Djamina Houdet-Caseneuve
Djamina Houdet-Caseneuve
Co-founder and co-director / Hisseo
Djamina logged the equivalent of a world tour at sea, from her childhood on a sailboat to her transatlantic runs on an offshore racing trimaran. She then specialised in sustainable supply chains for 10 years. It was at the crossroads of these two sectors that she co-founded Hisseo, a pioneering sail-powered transport company in the Mediterranean.
She is developing a project for carbon-free sail freight transport in the Mediterranean; she is also working on the design of a 35-metre cargo sailboat with a carrying capacity of 100 tonnes of pallets.
Édith Lecomte Norrant
Édith Lecomte Norrant
Independent consultant / IPSOMEDIC and IPSOMEL
After an international career with the CNRS and various pharmaceutical groups, Edith Lecomte-Norrant founded IPSOMEDIC in Marseille in 2019. She is currently based in Aubagne, where she manages IPSOMEDIC, to develop manufacturing processes for active chemical pharmaceutical ingredients, as well as its sister company IPSOMEL, dedicated to active ingredients derived from biotechnologies.
The aim of these two companies is to contribute to the pharmaceutical sovereignty of France and our European neighbours, while achieving highly competitive production costs. IPSOMEDIC is behind the construction of the "paracetamol" plant in Toulouse (4000 T/year).
Émilie Royere
Émilie Royere
Managing Director / Eurobiomed
Émilie Royere holds a Diploma of Advanced Studies in European Law from Aix-Marseille University, a University Degree in Human Rights and, more recently, a certificate in AI and discrimination. She has been Managing Director of Eurobiomed since 2012.
Created in 2009, Eurobiomed (Healthtech) is a competitiveness cluster based in southern France, bringing together an ecosystem of more than 400 players in the healthcare sector in the South, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Occitanie regions.
Éric Nicolao
Éric Nicolao
President / Plan-de-Cuques Handball Club (Professional Women's Division 1)
Born in Marseille in 1969, Éric Nicolao is married and has 2 daughters. He has been Director and partner at the Altus Consultants accounting firm since 2005, with a team of 40 people. He has also been President of Handball Plan-de-Cuques since 2020 (Professional Women's Division 1).
Is implementing a high-level project for women's sport, with the aim of playing in a European Cup over 2 years. At the same time, the club is working with 2 secondary schools located in Priority Education Zones, to introduce handball to young girls who are far removed from sport.
Fanny Vion
Fanny Vion
Engineer-entrepreneur / Tomo 4.0
Hyperactive and full of optimism, Fanny is committed to preserving living beings. She provides support for human resources management within companies involved in this field. In September 2023, she founded Tomo Upcycling to recycle textiles, working locally with boldness and a bit of tech-savviness too!
Tomo 4.0 is a manufacturer of 'upcycled' accessories (recyclable materials recovered from events) enhanced with an NFC chip, which connects the objects created with a community.
Grégory Vignier
Grégory Vignier
Managing Director / École des XV
Before joining École des XV, Grégory Vignier had a 25-year career in health and social work, while also being involved in educational and sporting associations. Set up in 2014 by the founders of the Aix-based group Voyage Privé, École des XV helps children who have dropped out of school by offering them the support they cannot always find at home. Every evening in Aix, Marseille, Vitrolles, Saint-Étienne and Lille, 250 pupils from Year 6 to Year 10 follow an intensive programme lasting 12 hours a week for four years, combining schoolwork, education and self-confidence through the values of rugby.
In 2024, Ecole des XV and Provence Rugby won the Nuit du Rugby trophy at the Olympia on Canal+, then the Sport Engagé trophy at the French National Assembly.
Jehanne Aghzadi
Jehanne Aghzadi
Doctoral student in neuroscience / Aix-Marseille University
A graduate student and researcher with a passion for deciphering neurodegenerative processes, she is particularly interested in studying the aetiology of multiple sclerosis.
She is one of 35 young scientists who have been awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO Jeunes Talents France Prize.
Julie Fabre
Julie Fabre
Co-director / Marius Fabre soap factory
Since 1900 and through four family generations, the company now run by Julie and Marie Fabre has been perpetuating the traditional manufacturing of Marseille soap and black soap with olive oil. Our manufacturing secret guarantees a natural product that is healthy for people and respects the environment. A team of 40 people work passionately by our side every day.
Naturally, we are committed to reducing our environmental footprint through specific actions: sustainable raw materials, daily energy savings, recyclable and minimised packaging, and concrete transport commitments.
Laurent Baly
Laurent Baly
President / SATT Sud-Est
Laurent Baly has a PhD in Human Movement Sciences and 20 years' experience in R&D and innovation in the sports and leisure industry, working for Décathlon (engineer, then head of production in South-East Asia). He has extensive experience with intellectual property, public-private partnerships and international management. Since 2015, he has been President of SATT Sud-Est.
This technology transfer accelerator acts as a key interface between companies and public research in the PACA and Corsica regions. It provides companies with low-risk, high-potential technological solutions to help them become more competitive.
Loup Martinez Real
Loup Martinez Real
Aircraft Maintenance / Airbus Helicopters
Worldskills International Medallion for Excellence and Best Apprentice in France in Aeronautics
Giving a fresh image of industrial trades.
Luc Haumonte
Luc Haumonte
President / LitterSnap
After graduating from CentraleSupélec in 1999, Luc began his career in California working for hi-tech start-ups. On returning to France, he specialised in AI with a PhD in Signal Processing. He then went on to manage international projects. After an Executive MBA at HEC, he became an entrepreneur and founded LitterSnap.
His mission is to put technology to work for the benefit of the environment, reconciling the economy and sustainable development. This constitutes a strong commitment for this sea and mountain enthusiast, whose initial aim is to reduce the impact of waste.
Marie-Alphie Dallest
Marie-Alphie Dallest
Co-founder and Co-director / Mão Boa
She worked at Social Finance UK, developing her expertise in social impact and sustainable business transformation. She teamed up with Maxime Marchand to create Mão Boa in 2019.
The Mão Boa platform helps companies to put their CSR approaches into practice, by giving every employee the means to play an active role in this transformation.
Djamina Houdet-Caseneuve
Djamina Houdet-Caseneuve
Co-founder and co-director / Hisseo
Djamina logged the equivalent of a world tour at sea, from her childhood on a sailboat to her transatlantic runs on an offshore racing trimaran. She then specialised in sustainable supply chains for 10 years. It was at the crossroads of these two sectors that she co-founded Hisseo, a pioneering sail-powered transport company in the Mediterranean.
She is developing a project for carbon-free sail freight transport in the Mediterranean; she is also working on the design of a 35-metre cargo sailboat with a carrying capacity of 100 tonnes of pallets.
Édith Lecomte Norrant
Édith Lecomte Norrant
Independent consultant / IPSOMEDIC and IPSOMEL
After an international career with the CNRS and various pharmaceutical groups, Edith Lecomte-Norrant founded IPSOMEDIC in Marseille in 2019. She is currently based in Aubagne, where she manages IPSOMEDIC, to develop manufacturing processes for active chemical pharmaceutical ingredients, as well as its sister company IPSOMEL, dedicated to active ingredients derived from biotechnologies.
The aim of these two companies is to contribute to the pharmaceutical sovereignty of France and our European neighbours, while achieving highly competitive production costs. IPSOMEDIC is behind the construction of the "paracetamol" plant in Toulouse (4000 T/year).
Émilie Royere
Émilie Royere
Managing Director / Eurobiomed
Émilie Royere holds a Diploma of Advanced Studies in European Law from Aix-Marseille University, a University Degree in Human Rights and, more recently, a certificate in AI and discrimination. She has been Managing Director of Eurobiomed since 2012.
Created in 2009, Eurobiomed (Healthtech) is a competitiveness cluster based in southern France, bringing together an ecosystem of more than 400 players in the healthcare sector in the South, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Occitanie regions.
Éric Nicolao
Éric Nicolao
President / Plan-de-Cuques Handball Club (Professional Women's Division 1)
Born in Marseille in 1969, Éric Nicolao is married and has 2 daughters. He has been Director and partner at the Altus Consultants accounting firm since 2005, with a team of 40 people. He has also been President of Handball Plan-de-Cuques since 2020 (Professional Women's Division 1).
Is implementing a high-level project for women's sport, with the aim of playing in a European Cup over 2 years. At the same time, the club is working with 2 secondary schools located in Priority Education Zones, to introduce handball to young girls who are far removed from sport.
Fanny Vion
Fanny Vion
Engineer-entrepreneur / Tomo 4.0
Hyperactive and full of optimism, Fanny is committed to preserving living beings. She provides support for human resources management within companies involved in this field. In September 2023, she founded Tomo Upcycling to recycle textiles, working locally with boldness and a bit of tech-savviness too!
Tomo 4.0 is a manufacturer of 'upcycled' accessories (recyclable materials recovered from events) enhanced with an NFC chip, which connects the objects created with a community.
Grégory Vignier
Grégory Vignier
Managing Director / École des XV
Before joining École des XV, Grégory Vignier had a 25-year career in health and social work, while also being involved in educational and sporting associations. Set up in 2014 by the founders of the Aix-based group Voyage Privé, École des XV helps children who have dropped out of school by offering them the support they cannot always find at home. Every evening in Aix, Marseille, Vitrolles, Saint-Étienne and Lille, 250 pupils from Year 6 to Year 10 follow an intensive programme lasting 12 hours a week for four years, combining schoolwork, education and self-confidence through the values of rugby.
In 2024, Ecole des XV and Provence Rugby won the Nuit du Rugby trophy at the Olympia on Canal+, then the Sport Engagé trophy at the French National Assembly.
Jehanne Aghzadi
Jehanne Aghzadi
Doctoral student in neuroscience / Aix-Marseille University
A graduate student and researcher with a passion for deciphering neurodegenerative processes, she is particularly interested in studying the aetiology of multiple sclerosis.
She is one of 35 young scientists who have been awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO Jeunes Talents France Prize.
Julie Fabre
Julie Fabre
Co-director / Marius Fabre soap factory
Since 1900 and through four family generations, the company now run by Julie and Marie Fabre has been perpetuating the traditional manufacturing of Marseille soap and black soap with olive oil. Our manufacturing secret guarantees a natural product that is healthy for people and respects the environment. A team of 40 people work passionately by our side every day.
Naturally, we are committed to reducing our environmental footprint through specific actions: sustainable raw materials, daily energy savings, recyclable and minimised packaging, and concrete transport commitments.
Laurent Baly
Laurent Baly
President / SATT Sud-Est
Laurent Baly has a PhD in Human Movement Sciences and 20 years' experience in R&D and innovation in the sports and leisure industry, working for Décathlon (engineer, then head of production in South-East Asia). He has extensive experience with intellectual property, public-private partnerships and international management. Since 2015, he has been President of SATT Sud-Est.
This technology transfer accelerator acts as a key interface between companies and public research in the PACA and Corsica regions. It provides companies with low-risk, high-potential technological solutions to help them become more competitive.
Loup Martinez Real
Loup Martinez Real
Aircraft Maintenance / Airbus Helicopters
Worldskills International Medallion for Excellence and Best Apprentice in France in Aeronautics
Giving a fresh image of industrial trades.
Luc Haumonte
Luc Haumonte
President / LitterSnap
After graduating from CentraleSupélec in 1999, Luc began his career in California working for hi-tech start-ups. On returning to France, he specialised in AI with a PhD in Signal Processing. He then went on to manage international projects. After an Executive MBA at HEC, he became an entrepreneur and founded LitterSnap.
His mission is to put technology to work for the benefit of the environment, reconciling the economy and sustainable development. This constitutes a strong commitment for this sea and mountain enthusiast, whose initial aim is to reduce the impact of waste.
Marie-Alphie Dallest
Marie-Alphie Dallest
Co-founder and Co-director / Mão Boa
She worked at Social Finance UK, developing her expertise in social impact and sustainable business transformation. She teamed up with Maxime Marchand to create Mão Boa in 2019.
The Mão Boa platform helps companies to put their CSR approaches into practice, by giving every employee the means to play an active role in this transformation.
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Acting and inspiring change
Les acteurs du changement is a communication network – each of its members is likely to be called upon by “One Provence” to answer questions from national and international journalists, to speak at a “One Provence” Academy event, to testify at professional meetings, or to appear on communication media (web and print).
With their respective areas of expertise, they act asambassadors of know-how, and share the desire to share it with as many people as possible.
Commitment
It’s a motley network of personalities with varying degrees of exposure, but all committed to transforming the region and the world.
Multidisciplinarity
Made up of equal numbers of men and women, this network brings together those who embody the region’s sectors of excellence, represent its cultural image, energize its gastronomy and illustrate its sporting values.
Attachment & impact
Managers, entrepreneurs, craftspeople, researchers, artists, sportsmen and women, social players, young or experienced, they express their attachment to the region, share a sense of community, sometimes play the role of “go-between” and are committed to transforming the region and changing its image.
Collectif vivant
The network of change agents will be renewed over time. It’s not a fixed circle, but a living network, in touch with current events and changes in the region.
Manifesto
