Emerson Cachon

Emerson joined the IIJ as a Programme Manager in 2018, where he leads the Juvenile Justice Initiative. Prior to joining the IIJ, he worked as Legal Advisor and Programme Assistant with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) West Africa Regional Programme, with a focus on Benin and Togo. He joined OPDAT from the Millennium Challenge Account Benin where he was a Legal Adviser and, prior to that, a Junior Legal Adviser with Stewart Global Solutions working on legal and policy reforms. He has a Master’s in Business Law and Administration, degrees in Applied English Linguistics, and Business Law and Judicial Careers.