Pierre Duponche is the Founder and Managing Director of Le Relais. Before he began a career as a manufacturing engineer in the food processing industry, Pierre got involved during his studies in helping socially excluded people in social projects and initiatives dedicated to underclass and underprivileged youth. Pierre is involved in France’s Emmaus community, which enables people to escape homelessness, providing work and a home in a supportive family. For more than 25 years Pierre, through his social enterprise, has been creating jobs and providing homes for the disenfranchised and excluded in France and Africa.