Emmanuel HUMBERT holds a Master's degree in Civil Engineering from the French National School for State Civil Works. He has worked in the tunneling industry for more than two decades. After working for nearly fifteen years at CETU (Center for Tunnel Studies), the French government's technical center for road tunnels, he joined TELT (Owner of the Lyon-Turin tunnel) as head of the construction department, where he coordinates work on French construction sites. His experience includes road and rail tunnel construction and has been accumulated over the course of many tunneling projects as a project engineer or project manager. He has developed extensive professional skills in tunnel design, geotechnical engineering, and project risk and contract management. He is also a lecturer for postgraduate courses at French universities on the subject of Tunneling and Tunnel Boring Machines. Emmanuel is involved in ITA and is active in the French tunneling association.