POST-RETIREMENT ACTIVITIESSince 01.01.2006:- MELIES Business Angels(Montpellier / Languedoc-Roussillon business angels association): president and shareholder; board member since 2009- OCCITANIE Angels: president- FRANCE Angels: board member- Sud Angels (Southern France business angels association): member and shareholder- Eurobiomed, Southern France Health Sciences competitiveness cluster created by end of 2008: merger of the PACA and Languedoc-Roussillon Health Sciences clusters and the Orpheme biregional competitiveness cluster : board member (since creation, end 2008); responsible for organizing the Rare Disease Eurobiomed Partnership Meeting every 2 years since 2009 in Montpellier- Holobiosud, Languedoc-Roussillon Health Sciences cluster : former president (2006-2008)- Member of the French Water Academy and responsible for creating and coordinating the new French “Water and Health” working group (starting: early 2010)- Co-founder and board member of ICDD-SAS, a science-based biomarker development company that offers services and products to the healthcare industry- OTECI (association of senior experts from the industry): founder of the Montpellier / Languedoc-Roussillon bureau (since 2006); past national board member (since 2008)- Couleurs de Chine (NGO for promoting education in Miao and Dong Chinese minorities in the Guangxi province): active member since 2001; creation of and responsible for the Languedoc-Roussillon Region’s delegation (since 2006)- Eurasia (NGO for : 1) promoting education in poor children in Chengdu area, Sichuan, P.R. China; 2) promoting cultural exchanges between France and Asia, namely China) : president 2006-2007