Mr Rodrigue Vinet began in the field in 1994 as Emergency Operations Coordinator in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in the Caucasus and subsequently at FAO Headquarters in Rome for the Emergency and Rehabilitation Division (TCE). He has been responsible for the Balkans, Middle East, the Caucasus, and Horn of Africa emergency and rehabilitation operations. In 2013, he was appointed head of the knowledge management and capacity building for action and support to programming team in TCE.
In November 2013, he was sent to the Philippines as head of the Level 3 emergency response to Typhoon Haiyan as the Designated Responsible Official (DRO) and FAO Representative a.i. He is now back at Headquarters as head of the Project Cycle and Operational Unit in the South-South Cooperation and Resource Mobilization Division of the Technical Cooperation Department.

Before joining the Organization, he was the Sales Manager for a seed company covering the African and European food processing markets.

His educational background is that of an agricultural technician with a Masters in Humanitarian Management.