Michel Rohart
Director, AGF SCOP Entreprises (Regional Union SCOP Rhone Alpes) (France)
 
After a university curriculum in History, economic and urban Geography, Michel ROHART started his professional life in a cooperative company, being one of its founding members and working as Advisor in land settlement. He later joined the French Ministry of Work, and then a real estate development company, firstly for operational mission, then as associate director, leading regional activities in Rhône-Alpes. He then founded with three other partners a real estate development group.

In 1992, he comes back to the cooperative world joining the cooperative company SADAG, as Chief Financial Officer, in charge of the company’s reorganization. He soon became a member of its board of directors.
 
In 1994, he joined the Regional Union of cooperative companies’ team of consultants, taking care of cooperative buyout operations, and accompanying the first activity and employment cooperatives (CAE). He became in 2005 Chief Executive Officer of the Regional Union (12 employees, 220 cooperative members back then) and launched the application of the development plan settled by the Union board of directors, based on 3 main themes: advising and supporting the cooperative members, developing the CAEs and the cooperative buyout operations.
On September 30th 2013, the Regional Union of Cooperative Companies counts up 351 cooperative members, and a team of 24 employees.