Jean-Noël Poirier

CEO, Alma Consultance. Former Vice President, International and Marketing, Areva France. After holding many diplomatic posts with the United Nations in Asia, North Africa and the Middle East, he became an Advisor to former Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine, for North African, Middle East and United Nations Affairs. After serving as French Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, he joined, for the second time, the French mission to the United Nations as Political Counsellor. In late 2005, he became Deputy Director, Far East Asia, responsible for bilateral relations between France and North-East Asian countries. A graduate of IEP-Paris and the Institute of Asian Languages and Civilisations, he won the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s “Cadre Orient” competition, Asian Division (Chinese, Vietnamese).