Experience

European Council on Foreign Relations

• Germany
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Distinguished Policy Fellow

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium



NATO

• Belgium
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Secretary General

  • Oct 2016 - Oct 2022

  Brussels, Belgium As Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment, I led a team of 80 professionnals in the defence investment division and was part of the senior leadership of NATO. My portfolio included capability delivery, armament policy, integrated air and missile defence policy, aviation, and digital transformation of NATO.



FRS | Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique

• France
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director & CEO

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2016

  Région de Paris, France Director & CEO



Sciences Po

• France
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer Paris School of International Affairs

  • Oct 1998 - Jun 2016

  Région de Paris, France Seminar "New Nuclear Order" Paris School of International Affairs



ENA - Ecole nationale d'administration

• France
• Research Services

• Head of Seminar

  • Sep 2006 - Sep 2010

  Région de Strasbourg, France Seminar "European Defence"



Ministère des Affaires étrangères français

• France
• Public Policy Offices
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Assistant Secretary for Disarmament and Multilateral Affairs

  • Sep 2006 - Sep 2008

  Région de Paris, France Direcorate of Strategic, Security and Disarmament Affairs



Cabinet du Ministre de la Défense

• France
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Special Assistant for International Affairs and deputy diplomatic advisor

  • Jun 2002 - Sep 2006

  Région de Paris, France



Ministère de la Défense

• France
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Special Advisor, Nuclear Policy

  • Feb 1999 - Jun 2002

  Région de Paris, France Policy Directorate, MoD



Ifri - Institut français des relations internationales

• France
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Research Fellow

  • Jun 2000 - May 2002

  Région de Paris , France Security Studies



Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr

• France
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Professor

  • Sep 1995 - May 2002

  Coetquidan International Relations



EU Institute for Security Studies

• France
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Visiting fellow

  • Sep 1998 - Feb 1999

  Région de Paris, France Recherche



IRIS - Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques

• France
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher and Editor-in-Chief

  • Sep 1994 - Sep 1998

  Région de Paris, France



Ifri - Institut français des relations internationales

• France
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jul 1992 - Jun 1994

  Région de Paris, France