Adrien Darodes de Tailly

Senior Project Manager

Adrien joined Hystra in January 2016 as a consultant and is now Senior Project Manager. At Hystra Adrien has led multiple projects in several development sectors, including access to energy, clean cooking solutions, sustainable agriculture, nutrition, and WASH. His clients include large corporations, private foundations, development agencies, and multi-stakeholder alliances.

From 2021 onwards, Adrien has been leading a 4-year clean cooking program in the Sahel for the French Development Agency and a 3-year market introduction of ‘Balanced Energy Protein’ supplementation for undernourished pregnant & lactating women in Pakistan for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He also led several other strategy consulting assignments in the fields of energy, nutrition, and inclusive business.

Based in Burkina Faso in 2019-2020, Adrien helped local companies launch nutritious fortified foods to address women & child malnutrition as part of a joint private sector engagement program from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the French Development Agency.

Adrien graduated in 2015 from ESSEC Business School where he majored in social entrepreneurship.