• Advisor – FEP (European Federation of the Parquet Industry)
• Communication Manager – CEI-Bois (European Confederation of the Woodworking Industries)
• Secretary General Pro-Populus (European Federation of the Poplar Industry)
Majored in Translation in 2005 from the Institut Libre Marie Haps in Brussels, Belgium, François Sougnez first worked as a translator, proof-reader and terminologist before joining the European Confederation of the Woodworking Industries in 2009 as an assistant and communication manager.
With time he became more and more acquainted with the specificities and technicalities of the woodworking industries in general and of the parquet industry in particular. In 2010, he started as an advisor for European Federation of the Parquet Industry (FEP).
Moreover he was elected Secretary General of the European Poplar Association (Pro-Populus) in 2011.