is a career diplomat, who joined ESCP in 2022 as a Permanent Affiliate Professor. He is Co-Director of the . He also teaches international relations and is the scientific director of the MSc "International Business & Diplomacy".
He began his diplomatic career in 1994, has been working as a technical councellor at Hubert Védrine's Cabinet office on strategic affairs, Balkans and Russia, as director of international relations at ENA, and as a deputy director of the policy planning staff. He was posted in Berlin and in Brussels (European Union) and was ambassador / permanent representative to the OSCE in Vienna. He has written many books and articles about international relations and European policy.