Agnes Ruffat

Background

About Agnes Ruffat

Currently part-time Professor at Telfer School of Management - University of Ottawa, at Université de Toulouse II Jean Jaurès and PhD student in economic and management at the Solvay Brussels School at ULB.I academic and professional experience and competencies in public and international affairs and innovation, information systems, Industry 4.0, digital transformation management.I have more than 10 years experience in governmental organisation at the national, federal and territorial level. I was until recently AI, Big Data and Innovations Project Manager at Région Occitanie. Former Economic Policy Advisor at CIRNAC Canada and a Research Assistant to Patrick Leblond, the holder of the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy at the University of Ottawa. I hold a MBA from l’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées-ParisTech, and for over 20 years, I have worked in finance, innovation, trade and international affairs for both the private and public sectors. As a former Economic and Public Diplomacy Counsellor for the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium, as well as a private consultant, I facilitated trade and governmental relations between the EU member-states and Canada, and developed her expertise on the CETA negotiations, and on the implications of this agreement implementation.