NASA Harvest
Sylvain Coutu currently serves as the Head of Innovation & Sustainability at Africa Specialty Risks since February 2025 and holds the position of Chair of Public-Private Partnerships at NASA Harvest since January 2019, where the focus is on developing projects utilizing satellite imagery for agriculture. Previously, Coutu was the Head of Agriculture Insurance at AXA Climate and the Head of Innovation Special Lines at Swiss Re, overseeing teams in various underwriting sectors while fostering innovation partnerships. Coutu's extensive background includes roles as a Senior Agro Underwriter at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, a post-doctoral research associate at Stanford University, and a research engineer in remote sensing at ESA-CESBIO. Coutu's academic qualifications include a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from EPFL and engineering degrees from MIT and other prominent institutions.
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NASA Harvest
NASA Harvest is NASA's Global Food Supply and Agriculture Consortium. We are a multidisciplinary team of agricultural remote sensing experts commissioned by NASA and led by the University of Maryland. Our mission is to enhance the use of satellite data in decision making related to food supply and agricultural resilience worldwide. *Page content is our own, for official NASA comms visit https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasa/