Gaétan Siew - (Former president of the UIA), Author at COGITO

Gaétan Siew - (Former president of the UIA)

World citizen. Past President of the International Union of Architects UIA, avid world traveller having visited over 100 countries and 500 cities and the Silk road. Lectures internationally in Europe and in Korea and China. Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite and Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic. Board Director of Futures Cities UK. Past Chairperson of State Land Development Company (Smart Mauritius), and of Construction Industry Board. UN Habitat Special Envoy,Chair of the Port Louis Development Initiative and Africa Clean Energy Solutions. UIA Ambassador to COP. Member of the Chaire ETI Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris, France

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