Late Corn Breeding Director, Euralis Semences – Graduate of Paris-Grignon National Agronomic Institute (now AgroParisTech), Laurent is an agronomic engineer in breeding and plant improvement. Born in northeast France, he started his career at Euralis Semences in 2000 in the early silage corn segment. With a large experience of work in numerous European countries, he has worked the last 15 years as a late corn breeding director in the company’s headquarter in Pau, France. Laurent is now Corn Breeding Director of Euralis Semences and is one of the co-founders of the exclusive to Euralis Tropical Dent breeding strategy.