Pascal leads La Paz Group’s project development work across all assignments. He is currently focused on identifying and starting up unique initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa, a region where La Paz Group’s approach to entrepreneurial conservation-oriented tourism is believed to have enormous potential. Pascal’s expertise in sustainable tourism development and ecotourism includes track record of developing communication strategies aimed at broadening and increasing the market for sustainable tourism and linking travelers to environmentally and socially responsible tourism destinations and organizations.

He began his career with the Tourism Research Institute in New Zealand and then relocated to the Ecuadorian Amazon where he worked with the Shiwiar community. He then developed and implemented the Regional Ecotourism Strategy of the Mohéli Island in the Comoros in Africa, before working on an ecotourism labeling project for the European Union. His recent assignments include projects in Panama, and a USAID-funded project in Mali. Pascal is the Founder and Director of the French Ecotourism Association, and recently wrote responsible travel guidebooks for both the Lonely Planet and Le Guide du Routard, France's leading guidebooks. He holds a Masters degree in Environmental Science from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.