Meet the Team
The International Polar Foundation is staffed by a team of polar, education, energy, engineering, and communications experts, with all the necessary skills for taking on challenging polar projects.
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Alain Hubert
PEA Expedition Leader and Management
Nighat Amin
PEA Environmental, Logistics and Management
Laurent Dubois
Executive Secretary IPF Switzerland
Joe Cheek
Project Manager, Science and Communications Officer
Arnaud de Viron
IPF Accountant
Henri Robert
Science Liaison Officer
David Rigotti
PEA Head of Catering
Benoît Verdin
PEA Systech Engineer
Guus Luppens
PEA Systech Engineer
Wouter Verschueren
PEA Systech Engineer
Wouter Paesen
PEA Systech Engineer
Aymar de Lichtervelde
PEA Water Treatment Unit Engineer
Pierre Dumont
PEA Head of Mechanic and Vehicles Operations
Joffrey Birti
PEA Equipment Officer
Emmanuel Poudelet
PEA Field Officer
Nicolas Van Hoecke
Managing Director
Alain Thierry Barrera
Trainee, Administration, Finance, and Logistics
Mieke Sterken
Education Coordinator BIO
Justus Lehtisaari
Trainee, Communications, EU and Polar Affairs