3 new senior roles for the next phase of Construction21

Veronique Pappe and Steven Borncamp have been appointed as co-Directors of Construction21: international to lead the global expansion of the knowledge sharing platform.   Both will share responsibilities and develop a team to continue the growth of Construction21.   Cedric Borel will serve as a Senior Advisor to the team.   The detailed profiles of all three are listed below:

Please feel free to send each a message through Construction21 of your feedback and ideas and to wish them luck in their new endeavour!

Veronique Pappe provides significant expertise in web marketing, information technology, management and sustainable buildings.

Ms Pappe has been very committed to accelerate the transformation of the building sector to green since 2008, when she chose to put her marketing experience to the service of the sustainable building sector.  She led the Construction21 consortium of nine European partners chosen to develop this Intelligent Energy Europe supported knowledge sharing platform for 18 months. Ms. Pappe’s results included utilizing her management, IT, and marketing experience to launch seven Construction21 platforms well adapted to the building professional’s needs across Europe with multi-lingual capabilities and advanced technical features. 

In addition to her duties as c0-Director of the Construction21: international network, she is the manager of the Construction21 France platform.   Her prior efforts included mobilising the profession, getting the support of the main national stakeholders and generating the individual registration of over 1200 influential building practitioners within the first few months of operation.  

Veronique was previously a consultant in sustainable urbanism to  local public officials. She has also provided web marketing advice to the French building media group Le Moniteur and to a real estate eco-project.  The first part of her career was dedicated to marketing; practiced in different cultural goods companies. She has created new chain stores dedicated to cultural products for kids (Fnac). She has developed web and mobile marketing campaigns for the 3 million French customers of the Bertelsmann book branch and has managed the renewal of the group customer IT system in an international context.

Véronique is a graduate of the Rouen Business School and holds a Masters in sustainable building and urbanism.

 

Steven Borncamp provides significant expertise in technology, management and sustainable construction.

Mr. Borncamp was an early advocate of sustainable development and socially responsible business having joined in 1993 the First Affirmative Financial Network - one of the pioneering investment companies in sustainability in the United States.   In 2005 he founded EcoNavitas (formerly SOPOLEC) an innovative business and technology consultancy company dedicated to supporting and growing environmentally responsible businesses. Through prior work at EcoNavitas, KPMG Consulting and BearingPoint he has provided strategic advice and managed complex business, technology, and knowledge management projects for leading companies across the Central and Eastern European region and throughout the United States.     He has presented for conferences including “Collaborative Tools: Solutions for Improving Efficiency”, “Building a Culture of Knowledge Sharing”, and “The Innovative Workplace”.

Steven has assisted the development of seven Green Building Councils and is the Founding President of the Romania Green Building Council. He and his team delivered three "Build Green Central Eastern Europe" conferences, an influential green buildings awards program, and numerous other green building initiatives for the region including in the areas of policy and green finance.  He has worked effectively to create a comprehensive and proficient marketplace for green building solution providers.  Steve is currently leading four exemplary green building projects and has over fourteen years of successful project management experience.    He managed the local implementation and operations of the Romania platform of Construction21.eu and is a frequent contributor to the international platform.

Steven is the Managing Director of the Living Future Europe Campaign (stewards of the Living Building Challenge building performance standard) and is the current Chair of the Europe Green Building Council Network’s Education Taskforce working to ensure accessible, relevant and high quality sustainable construction education is available throughout Europe and internationally.    He holds a Bachelor in Economics from the University of California San Diego and a Masters in International Relations from Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.


Cédric Borel provides significant expertise in sustainable construction and business strategy

Mr. Borel began his career in 1998 in the SNEF Company in Portugal as a business manager for electrical works and manufacturing of electrical goods.   Appointed head of the unit in 2002, he advanced to the upper management of France Southern operations in 2005.  In charge of business recovery and development of green solutions, he developed complex offerings around energy efficiency in buildings and renewables.  As special Adviser to the Regional Southeast Director at CEGELEC, he managed global growth for the company.

In 2008, Cedric became CEO of the French Institute for Performance Building (IFPEB), developing a program of collaboration  between members, a consultancy program and policy interventions. He was an initiator of the CONSTRUCTION21 project and a member of the Board of the French National Green Building Plan which included being an active participant in determining the Energy Performance Contracting reports and Energy Performance guarantee.   IFPEB is the official organization promoting better legislation for market transition and a  radical cut in national greenhouse gas emissions in the building sector at the French National Assembly  and  is involved in a range of international and European organizations or movements. Cédric  is an engineering graduate of the Grand Ecole des Sciences de l’Information et de l’Energie ( Supélec ); a  leading French engineering school.