GOVERNANCE AND OPERATION

The Board of Directors of the Fund is composed as follows:

  • Engineer General of Armaments (2S) Philippe HERVÉ, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the IHEDN Endowment Fund
  • Pierre LEVY, Ambassador of France, Chairman of the IHEDN Board of Directors
  • Lieutenant General Hervé de COURRÈGES, Director of IHEDN and EMS, Chairman of ACADEM
  • Gwénaël JÉZÉQUEL, Advisor to the SGDSN
  • Engineer General of Armaments Caroline SALAHUN, Head of the IHEDN National Session Department
  • Zivile KALIBATAITE, Deputy Head of the IHEDN Studies and Research Department
  • Céline VAN HAMME, Audit and Risk Director, Hermès international
  • Alexandre DUPUY, Director of Government and Institutional Affairs at KNDS France
  • Jean-René GOURION, Chief Operating Officer of MBDA France
  • Pierre BÉNARD, Sales Director, France, Thales Secure Information and Communication Systems
  • Laurent GIOVACHINI, Advisor to the Chairman of SOPRA STERIA
  • Guillaume ROCHARD, Executive Vice President, Strategy, Partnerships and Corporate Affairs, NAVAL GROUP

Bertrand DEMANDRE, General Secretary of the IHEDN Endowment Fund, attends Board meetings in an advisory capacity.

The Fund's Board of Directors meets several times a year to identify the Fund's areas of development and set the broad guidelines for its action. As regards the Chairs, it works in conjunction with the Steering Committees, which bring together the sponsors, IHEDN and the other stakeholders: DGA, SGA, DGRIS, COMCYBER, ANSSI, etc.

The Fund is an operator with legal, administrative and contractual management authority: the General Secretary is responsible for the direction, management and development of the Fund, under the authority and according to the directives of the Fund's Board of Directors and its Chairman.

The Fund regularly informs patrons of its activities and invites them to take part in the events it organises. It also informs them of the activities of the IHEDN.

The General Secretary of the Fund is responsible for the editorial content of the Fund and the Chairs. In this capacity, he supervises and approves the production and publication of communication initiatives and materials.