ALEXANDrE MEDVEDOwSkY Chairman of the Board of Directors of ESL & Network Holding Partner
Alexandre Medvedowsky is a graduate of the IEP (Institute of Political Studies) in Paris, holder of a DEA (Diploma of Advanced Studies) in Macroeconomics (Paris 1) and a former student of the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (National School of Administration) (Denis Diderot Class, 1984-1986). He has been a magistrate of the Council of State since 1986 and from 1990 to 1992 served in the cabinet of Laurent Fabius, President of the National Assembly at that time. From 1998 to 2001 he was an associate professor at the University of Aix-Marseille III, and he taught at the IEP in Paris until 2006. He was a councillor of the Bouches-du-Rhône from 1998 to March 2015. He was named a Councillor of State in July 2001 and joined ESL & Network Holding that same year, serving on the Board of Directors. In 2005, he was named President of ESL & Network France. On January 1st, 2013, he was named Chairman of the Board of Directors. Alexandre Medvedowsky is the president of SYNFIE, the French syndicate for economic intelligence.
H.E. JEAN-DAVID LEVIttE Senior Partner Former Diplomatic Advisor to Presidents Chirac and Sarkozy
As a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (Academy of Human and Political Sciences) at the Institut de France, a professor at the renowned Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris, and an independent Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., Jean-David Levitte has enjoyed a distinguished diplomatic career. Joining the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1970, Jean-David Levitte began his diplomatic career in Hong Kong, then moved to Beijing, before being called upon by President Giscard d’Estaing to join the Elysée in 1975, where he remained until 1981. He was appointed Diplomatic Advisor and Sherpa between 1995 and 2000 by President Jacques Chirac, having previously occupied a number of positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, notably Director General for Cultural, Scientific and Technical Relations, Director of the Department for Asia and Oceania, Assistant Director of West Africa, and French Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva. Mr. Levitte has also served as Diplomatic Advisor and Sherpa under President Nicolas Sarkozy between 2007 and 2012. He also served as France’s ambassador to the United States during the difficult period of the Iraq War. Prior to that, Mr. Levitte was France’s Ambassador at the United Nations in New York, presiding over the Security Council at the time of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Amongst other achievements, Mr. Levitte succesfully negociated the return of the arms inspectors to Iraq in 2002. Jean-David Levitte joined ESL & Network group in September 2015. Levitte is a lifelong ambassador. 19