Co-founder of Scantrust, a company providing a connected packaging platform for active brand protection, supply chain awareness, and consumer engagement. Co-founder of Black Market Watch, a NGO dedicated to shedding light on illicit trade. Member of the OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade. Expert at the Global Initiative Against Organized Crime. 2009-2014, member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Illicit Trade. Bachelor in Physics and Engineering and MSc, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal; PhD in Computer Science, University of Neuchâtel; postdoctoral studies in Digital Watermarking, EPFL, Switzerland. Author: numerous papers on document security, digital watermarking and information retrieval; several filed patents, and inventor of the Copy Detection Pattern.
Counterfeiters are flooding markets with fake masks, coronavirus test kits, PPE worn by frontline workers, medicine and medical equipment used for healing patients afflicted with COVID-19.
