Francois Moreau

As head of the Urban Ecology Agency since May 2021, François Moreau manages City of Paris policies on urban nature, biodiversity, participatory greening, animal welfare, sustainable food and agriculture. His team oversees a host of public entities such as Paris Farm, Paris House for Nature, House for Gardening, House for Animals and the Paris Biodiversity Observatory. His team is notably in charge of Paris Sustainable Food Plan, which aims to ensure more local, vegetarian and organic food in the municipal catering, as the City of Paris provides 30 millions meals a year. From the start of his career, François has been working in public local management, beginning with non profit agencies, before joining the City of Paris in 2008. He was initially in charge of the digital sector, then ran the music sector office at the Paris Cultural Affairs Department before managing the municipality's innovation policies as head of the Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Creative Industries Service.