“I founded Aera Group to have the maximum leverage and impact on climate transition in Africa. Most of the environmental issues of our time, climate, biodiversity or water scarcity, have already severe impact on the continent. I believe that generating revenues for projects that protect the environment is the best way to reinforce their strength and to scale up action.”

Fabrice Le Saché founded Aera Group in 2015. He is currently executive chairman and member of the supervisory board. Since the creation of the company he headed sales & marketing with a strong business development focus. He transacted CO2 emissions certificates with +80 buyers mainly based in Europe (Shell Trading, Vitol, Swedish Energy Agency, EDF Trading, Eneco, Cargill, Bunge, Standard Bank,..). He structured spot/forward OTC deals for more than 20 M€ and turned Aera as the largest independent trader of African carbon credits. In 2020, Fabrice started the diversification of the company by enlarging trading activities to new environmental commodities (renewable energy, nature-based carbon assets and water certificates). He closed in 2020 the opening of Aera shareholding structure by selling a minority stake of Aera (35%) to ARISE, a JV between OLAM a USD 30 bn Singapore agri-food company and the Africa Finance Corporation.

Fabrice holds several non-profit positions. He is Vice-Chairman and spokesperson for the French Business Union (MEDEF) which gathers 173,000 corporates employing 10 million workers (www.medef.fr). He also serves as Board Member of MEDEF International (www.medefinternational.fr). He holds other non-executive positions as Chairman of the 3thd largest social housing company in Paris Region (www.erigere.fr) and Chairman of French business accelerator for exports (www.stratexio.fr).

Fabrice holds a LL.M. in international comparative laws from University of San Diego School of Law (USD), a master degree in international public law from Paris II Panthéon-Assas and a graduated in international relations from l’Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales of La Sorbonne University.

“Back in 2015, at the same time of the COP21 where the world’s leaders were signing the Paris agreement, we founded Aera Group in order to have a global impact on the fight against climate changes in Africa. I have faith in the power and reactivity of the private sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically within a very short term if the carbon price commensurate with the threats now hanging over the living world of which we are a part.”

Aurélie founded Aera Group in 2015. She is currently the CEO of the company. Rich in field experiences in renewable energy, waste treatment, energy efficiency and agriculture, she masters the main carbon standards and the key aspects of the purchase and sale of carbon credits. She advised more than 80 clients in Africa and actively contributed to the registration by the UNFCCC of the 1st ever CDM projects in 10 African countries. Now in charge of the Administration and General Affairs, she takes care of the day-to-day running of the company.
Aurélie need’s to find answer to climate change goes back years before Aera. After attending University of Rennes, specialized in Science, Technology, Engineering and Health, Aurélie get a engineer’s degree in Industrial Environmental Engineering from “UniLaSalle - EME”. In parallel, she participated to the development of one of the first wind farm project in the West of France. In 2019, she co-founded ‘Biogaz-IFF’ a company located in Britany that aims to develop, construct and operate a biogas plant using agricultural residues. The biogas produced is upgraded to biomethane and subsequently injected into the existing natural gas grid. In doing so, conventional natural gas users gain access to a renewable source of energy.

“I founded Aera Group to have the maximum leverage and impact on climate transition in Africa. Most of the environmental issues of our time, climate, biodiversity or water scarcity, have already severe impact on the continent. I believe that generating revenues for projects that protect the environment is the best way to reinforce their strength and to scale up action.”

Fabrice Le Saché founded Aera Group in 2015. He is currently executive chairman and member of the supervisory board. Since the creation of the company he headed sales & marketing with a strong business development focus. He transacted CO2 emissions certificates with +80 buyers mainly based in Europe (Shell Trading, Vitol, Swedish Energy Agency, EDF Trading, Eneco, Cargill, Bunge, Standard Bank,..). He structured spot/forward OTC deals for more than 20 M€ and turned Aera as the largest independent trader of African carbon credits. In 2020, Fabrice started the diversification of the company by enlarging trading activities to new environmental commodities (renewable energy, nature-based carbon assets and water certificates). He closed in 2020 the opening of Aera shareholding structure by selling a minority stake of Aera (35%) to ARISE, a JV between OLAM a USD 30 bn Singapore agri-food company and the Africa Finance Corporation.

Fabrice holds several non-profit positions. He is Vice-Chairman, spokesperson and member of the Board of the French Business Union - MEDEF - which gathers 1730,000 corporates employing 10 million workers (www.medef.fr). He also serves as Board Member of MEDEF International (www.medefinternational.fr). He holds other non-executive positions as Chairman of the 3thd largest social housing company in Paris Region (www.erigere.fr) and Chairman of French business accelerator for exports (www.stratexio.fr).

Fabrice holds a LL.M. in international comparative laws from University of San Diego School of Law (USD), a master degree in international public law from Paris II Panthéon-Assas and a graduated in international relations from l’Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales of La Sorbonne University.

By joining Aera group as a work-study student, the objective was first of all for me, to have a first professional experience in a field that I am passionate about. Indeed, I wanted, within the framework of my work, to be part of a dynamic of support for developing countries and preservation of the environment.
So, as a leading company in the field of carbon credit monetization and support for carbon certification, the choice of Aera is an evidence for me.

“Back in 2015, at the same time of the COP21 where the world’s leaders were signing the Paris agreement, we founded Aera Group in order to have a global impact on the fight against climate changes in Africa. I have faith in the power and reactivity of the private sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically within a very short term if the carbon price commensurate with the threats now hanging over the living world of which we are a part.”

Aurélie founded Aera Group in 2015. She is currently the CEO of the company. Rich in field experiences in renewable energy, waste treatment, energy efficiency and agriculture, she masters the main carbon standards and the key aspects of the purchase and sale of carbon credits. She advised more than 80 clients in Africa and actively contributed to the registration by the UNFCCC of the 1st ever CDM projects in 10 African countries. Now in charge of the Administration and General Affairs, she takes care of the day-to-day running of the company.
Aurélie need’s to find answer to climate change goes back years before Aera. After attending University of Rennes, specialized in Science, Technology, Engineering and Health, Aurélie get a engineer’s degree in Industrial Environmental Engineering from “UniLaSalle - EME”. In parallel, she participated to the development of one of the first wind farm project in the West of France. In 2019, she co-founded ‘Biogaz-IFF’ a company located in Britany that aims to develop, construct and operate a biogas plant using agricultural residues. The biogas produced is upgraded to biomethane and subsequently injected into the existing natural gas grid. In doing so, conventional natural gas users gain access to a renewable source of energy.