Backed by France and the European Union, the 55-year-old candidate recently met with media in Port Moresby.
Out of the five candidates of the agency’s top leadership post, Catherine Geslain-Laneelle is the only female.
She is an engineer in agronomy and has held high-ranking positions at the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food, going from head of international exchanges to Director-General for Food and finally Director-General for the economic and environmental performance of businesses.
