Ambassador of France to the State of Qatar since 2014. Previously, he served as French Ambassador for Syria at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after the closure of the French Embassy in Damascus. He was Ambassador to Syria (2009-2012). He was also Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spokesperson and Director of Communication and Information at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2008-2009), Special Advisor for crises and conflicts to the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs (2007) and Director of International Missions at Médecins du Monde (2006). He was a Senior lecturer at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (IEP), the French National School of Public Administration (ENA) and the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is a Medical Doctor from Paris V University and a graduate of Paris Institute of Political Studies.