- Senior manager with strong work ethics
- 20 years of multisectoral expertise, from training to consulting, in both field action and analytical assessment
- Specialized in risk & crisis management and public business law
Work experience
2013 - Present
Government Legal Advisor & Reporting Judge
- Specialized in EU and French environmental, urban planning and competition law
- Rapporteur for bills and draft decrees
2012 - 2013
Head of the Risks and Crisis Department
- Ran the Crisis Management Training Centre for Top Managers : design and implementation of complex scenarios on a specialised technical platform (in 2013 : 5,000 person-hours of training and 555 managers trained)
- Crisis management consulting (public and private sector)
- Monitored, spotted and analyzed emerging risks and threats (Chief Editor of the monthly newsletter)
- Designed process tools for crisis managers
2009 - 2011
Head of the Major Risks Office
- Coordinated a network of 15 experts on major risks and hazards : floods, tsunamis, forest fires, marine pollution, CBRN hazards, technological risks (especially SEVESO sites and battery-driven electric cars)…
- Head of the National Support Centre for Nuclear Risks
- Consultant on civil protection and risk management for foreign governments, on behalf of the French Minister of the Interior (Israel, Bulgaria, Germany, Lebanon…)
- French representative to the Civil Protection Working Group (Council of the European Union)
- Board Member of IRSN (Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety)
2006 - 2009
Deputy Prefect
- Managed the Immigration Office (in charge of asylum-seekers, naturalizations, escort-to-the-frontier orders, litigation…) and the Directorate of Environment (especially SEVESO regulation)
- Scheduled the plan and courses of action of the security and civil protection forces (law enforcement, crisis management, conflict mitigation and mediation)
- Coordinated the task force for the "Grand Stade de Lille" project on behalf of the French Government
1997 - 2001
Youth Worker
- Head of the foster care for young adults (20 young men from 18 to 22 y.o.) in extreme difficulties
1992 - 1996
Teacher in French Literature and Language
- Taught grammar, literature and communication skills to young people (12-16 y.o.) facing major difficulties in schooling, using innovative learning techniques based on neuroscience research
Education
2014 - Present
PhD in Literature & Linguistics
2012 - 2013
M.A. in Literature & Linguistics
- French literature (from 16th to 20th century) ; comparative literature ; theory of language. Final dissertation on A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud
2004 - 2006
Master of Public Administration
- Internships : Louvre Museum ; French Embassy in Ukraine (during the "Orange Revolution")
2000 - 2001
B.A. in Public Administration
- Public policy and administration
- Constitutional, administrative and EU law
1995 - 1998
B.A. in Literature & Linguistics
- Comparative literature ; theory of language (especially semantics and pragmatics)
- Majored in 19th-Century French Literature and poetry
1987 - 1990
"World Graduate"
- Backpacked around the world to learn by experience
- Leadership
- Integrity
- Reliability
- Problem-solving
- Self-confidence
- English (European Level : C2). TOEIC (2015) : 990
- Spanish (C1)
- Portuguese (B2)
- German (B1)
- Turkish (A1)
- Hindi (A1)
- Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London - UK
- Fellow Member, Cap Gemini Cybersecurity Club, Paris - France
- Patron for underprivileged young people, Frateli Association, Paris - France
- Subscriber to the French Cinematheque since 1987 (favorite directors : Orson Welles, Ingmar Bergman, F.W. Murnau, Luchino Visconti, Stanley Kubrick). Ran a cine-club for 5 years. Shot experimental documentaries. Staged plays by Shakespeare, Molière, Claudel, Beckett.
- Land Art, Haiku and Francis Bacon connoisseur
- Former rugby player (lock) and coach for 15-20 y.o. players
