MANAGEMENT

Valerie Fert, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (History  Epigraphy and Philology of Ancient Near East). Founder of International Focus, Valerie Fert had her first professional experience at the Political Sciences Department of Jerusalem Hebrew University. Then, in France, she started a career in publishing and media. For twelve years, she was at the head-of-staff of the group Le Monde – La Vie. Since she founded International Focus, she advices on geopolitical and strategic topics at the request of universities, international organisations and large as medium size companies.

Thierry Lorho, National Institute of Telecommunications, MBA Paris Dauphine University, computer engineer, project manager at Sopragroup. Thierry Lorho ran assignments for Transpac, CNP, Crédit Agricole, Banque de France. He has created the International Focus technology Unit and designed the Analysis Support System Globe Expert. Within International Focus, he is  in charge of the technology and strategic watch.

STAFF

South Africa
Philippe Gervais-Lambony, professor at Paris X University, head of the “Geotropiques Laboratory”, former
scientific head of the French Institute in South Africa (Johannesburg).
Michel Klen, former representative officer in Southern Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa
Dominique Bangoura, professor at the Paris Centre d'Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques (Paris Centre for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies) and at the Abidjan Centre de Recherche et d'Action pour la Paix (Abidjan Centre for Peace Research and Actions), présidente de l'Observatoire Politique et Stratégique de l'Afrique.
Cyril Musila, international consultant (OECD, UN) and expert of the African Union Border Program. Lecturer in geopolitics related to Great lakes conflicts and natural resources (Institut Catholique de Paris and École Internationale des Sciences du Traitement de l’Information). Associate fellow at the IFRI (French Institute of International Relations) and co-founder of the « Observatoire de la reconstruction post-conflit de la région des Grands Lacs ».

Brazil 
Colonel (Rtd) Patrick Labit, former military attaché by French embassy in Brasilia.
Hervé Théry, former head of « Geography Department » at ENS, guest professor at Sao Paulo University.
 
China
Claudia Mininni, Institute of Oriental Studies of Naples, Shanghai University, London School of Oriental & African Studies, Institute of Political Studies Paris, junior consultant.
General (Rtd) Daniel Schaeffer, former military attaché by French embassy in Peking.
 
India
General (Rtd) Alain Lamballe, former military attaché by French embassy in New Delhi.
Frédéric Landy, professor at Paris X University, researcher at the « Centre for Indian and South Asian Studies».
 
Russia, Eastern and Central Europe
Arkadiusz Galat, Katowice University, master in geopolitics at the University of Paris I-ENS, gas and oil analyst. junior consultant.
Mihaïl Joita, Institute of Political Studies Paris, journalist of the Romanian review « Luméa », junior consultant.
Alain Soubigou, professor at Paris I University, holding the chair of contemporary history of the Central European countries.
 
With “classical” consultants dealing with political, strategic and economic analysis, we combine – according to needs – engineers, scientific researchers, lawyers, mathematicians, philosophers, sociologists and anthropologists. Our choice is strictly based on one criterion, which is excellence, either in France or in the countries where our networks are available.
 
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
 
International Focus relies on a network of partners, present in Bangalore, Brussels, Cape Town, Geneva, London, Manaus, New Delhi, Peking, Prague, Pretoria, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Warsaw... They advise mainly on the following topics: competitive intelligence, due diligence, European affairs, law, lobbying, communication and management in sensitive environment.