Advisory Council

The Council consists of up to 66 members of the Chamber – including our 18 Board members - and hosts 2 sessions per year with a view to advising the management of the Chamber on its strategic decisions. The role of the Advisory Councillors is also to increase the effectiveness of the Chamber by actively participating in and leading its activities and to help recruit new members.

Emmanuelle Bury UK Country Head, BNP Paribas, French Chamber President

Sébastien Joly Managing Director, French Chamber

Elizabeth Angles d'Auriac President, Chanel UK Region and Deputy President, French Chamber

Thierry d'Argent CEO, SG London Branch and Group Chief Country Officer, UK and Ireland

Veronique Bardelmann SVP Europe & CEI, Safran

Kelly Beaver MBE CEO, UK & I, Ipsos

Luc Bardin President, Conseillers du Commerce Exterieur de la France au Royaume-Uni & Director, Life in Years

Fabrice Bernhard Co-Founder and CTO, Theodo

Arnaud Breabout Global CFO, Mundipharma

Pierre Chabrol Minister Councellor for Economic Affairs, French Embassy

Laurence Colchester Director, Bitter Lemon Press

Emma Dennard VP Northern Europe, OVH Cloud

Frederick Fischer Managing Director, Lalique

Sylvie Freund-Pickavance Global Strategy and Business Development Director, Value Retail Management Limited

David Hall President UK & Ireland, Schneider Electric

Aneta Jajkowska Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, Dassault Systemes

Gautier Jacob CEO, Dalkia UK

Olivier Marret Partner, Valtus UK

Simon Mercado Executive Vice-President, ESCP Business School

George Merrylees Partner, Wedlake Bell LLP

Quentin Michard Partner, Managing Director, Ekimetrics

Olivier Morel Partner & Head of International, Cripps LLP

Delphine Mourot Director, UK Office – HEC Paris

Diane Mullenex Partner, Global Head of the Retail, Sports and Hospitality Sector, Pinsent Masons LLP

Miya Paolucci UK CEO & VP ExCom of Energy Management, ENGIE

Oriel Petry Senior Vice President, Airbus UK

Mireille Rabaté Founding Head, Lycee International de Londres Winston Churchill

Jérémie Raude-Leroy Founder & CEO, Français à Londres

Marc Reboux Senior Director EMEA Office and Tenant Representation, CBRE Ltd

Rupert Reece Managing Partner, Gide Loyrette Nouel

Nicolas Ribollet French Chamber Treasurer

Emmanuelle Ries Head of French Team, Kingsley Napley

Jerome Salemi General Manager UK & Ireland, Air France-KLM

Christophe Sire General Manager, Savencia Fromage & Dairy

Phil Siveter CEO, Thales UK

Peter Smith Partner Constantin LLP

Marc de Thomasson Director, Victanis Advisory Services

Fabienne Viala NED, HS2 Ltd and Honorary President, French Chamber