Lâl Marandin led the organization’s business development operations in Nicaragua in 2004 as Associate Director before joining blueEnergy’s Board of Directors in 2005. He is a co-founder and the acting Treasurer of blueEnergy’s sister organization in France, ER&DE. Lâl was a commanding officer in the Paris Fire Brigade (France), has worked as an advisor in the economic division of the French Embassy in Mexico, and joined the French Air Force in 2002. He currently works in the Advanced Studies Department of the French Department of Defense. He holds a Master of Science in Civil and Aeronautical Engineering from the “Ecole Polytechnique” in Paris and National Air and Space School in Toulouse, France, and a Master of Science in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics from the University of Toulouse, France.