Careers testimonials
Eamon Drumm, Class of 2022
From the Master in Public Affairs (one-year Master) to the position of Senior Program Officer at Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Can you describe your academic and professional background before the MPA? I was born in the United States but have been living in France since 2010. My undergraduate degree is in politics and urban...
Myassa Djebara, Class of 2015
From the "Master affaires publiques", general stream (now Master in Public Policy, Public Administration stream) to the position of Speech and Analysis Advisor to the Minister for Democratic Renewal and Government Spokesperson
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? As a high school student in Alès in the Gard region, my main teacher was a teacher of philosophy, who found himself sent to the Cévennes, a...
Maximin Wion, Class of 2021
From the Master in Public Policy, Social Policy and Social Innovation stream, to Project Process Manager at Mitsio Motu
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I started my academic career in the Europe-Africa Programme at Sciences Po. It was an opportunity to study the challenges of the African...
Valentin Jedraszyk, Class of 2019
From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration stream, to the position of project manager at the General Directorate of Companies, French Ministry of the Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC BACKGROUND? Originally from Lens, in the Hauts-de-France region, I passed my scientific baccalaureate there in 2013. I then joined the European campus of Sciences...
Laura Reznikova, Class of 2020
From the Master in European Affairs, Europe in the World policy stream, to Junior Policy Analyst at OECD
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I graduated in the summer of 2020, from the Master in European Affairs at the School of Public Affairs. Prior to this, I completed a MSc in...
Virgile Billod, Class of 2019
From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration stream, to the position of Communication and Public Affairs Advisor at Brunswick Group
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I grew up in a small town in the Haute-Saône region of France, quite far from the Parisian considerations in which I am immersed today....
Nassim Larfa, Class of 2019
From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration stream, to the position of Advisor to the President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council
Nassim Larfa was selected in the ranking of 35 young positive leaders under 35 years old with the newspaper Les Echos Start and Positive Planet (January 2023). CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC...
Clément Tougeron, Class of 2022
From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration stream, to the position of senior consultant at Tilder, a public affairs and communications company
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? My academic background is similar to that of many Sciences Po students: after 3 years in a literary preparatory class, I was admitted...
Uma Kalkar, Class of 2022
From the Master in Public Policy, Dual Master's degree with the University of Toronto, Digital, New Technology and Public Policy Stream, to the position of Researcher at the GovLab
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After learning about ‘wicked problems’ during my freshman year, I knew I wanted to help create impactful, ‘for good,’ policies. I...
Ester Davanzo, Class of 2021
From the Master in European Affairs, Politics and Public Policy stream, to the position of Communication Manager at the Directorate General for Enterprise at the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I started my academic journey in Italy, with a degree in International Studies at the University of Trento. During these three years, I was...
Axelle Dubois, Class of 2019
From the Master in Public Policy, Global Health policy stream, in apprenticeship, to the position of Senior Consultant in Public Health Policy & Business Development Manager at Alcimed
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After a literary baccalaureate, I spent two years on the Sciences Po campus in Paris, as part of a dual degree with the University of...
Lucas Hassan, Class of 2020
From the Master in Public Policy, Security and defence policy stream, to the position of cybersecurity project manager at the Directorate General for Enterprise of the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After a scientific preparatory class, I first entered an engineering school (ENSTA ParisTech) where I followed a course in applied...
Arthur Duthoit, Class of 2016
From the Master in Public Affairs (now Master in Public Policy), general track (now Public Administration policy stream) to Senior Data Consultant at Artefact
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I entered Sciences Po after the baccalauréat on the Paris campus. After the first three years of undergraduate college, including one year...
Paul Auburtin, Class of 2020
From the Master in Public Policy, Digital, New Technology and Public Policy stream, as an apprentice, to the position as a consultant with APCO Worldwide
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After obtaining a Baccalauréat ES at the Lycée de Provence in Marseille, I chose an Anglo-Saxon path. I studied European Political...
Torben David, Class of 2018
From the Master in Public Policy, Digital, New Technology and Public Policy stream, to the position of Digital Policy Advisor to the German Social Democrat MEP Tiemo Wölken
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After obtaining the Abitur (the German high school diploma), I left Berlin for London to pursue my interest in international politics and...
Eleonore Cartillier, Class of 2016
From the Master in Public Affairs, general stream (today, the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration policy stream) to the role as Sustainability Manager at Saint-Gobain
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After two years of preparatory classes, I was lucky enough to get into ESSEC, the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and then Sciences Po...
Martin Fourdrignier, Class of 2016
From the Master in Public Affairs, Local Government and Energy policy stream (now Master in Public Policy, Public Administration policy stream), as an apprentice, to the position as European interconnections and networks project manager at the French Energy Regulation Commission
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After a literary baccalaureate in the Ardennes, I studied preparatory classes for three years at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. I...
Ariane Forgues-Enaud, Class of 2016
From the Master in European Affairs, Dual Master’s with LSE to the positions of parliamentary attaché, and founder of "Emplois politiques" and "Des Europe & Des Hommes
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After living abroad until the age of 15 and graduating from high school in Lille, I went directly to Sciences Po's Collège...
Tatiana Carpentier, Class of 2021
From the Master in European Affairs, Management and Public Affairs policy stream, to the position as Institutional Relations Manager at Ferrero
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After a literary baccalaureate, I decided to do a Bachelor's degree in Politics and International Relations at the University of Bath...
Jihye Kang, class of 2015
From the Master in European Affairs to the Mission of the Republic of Korea to the EU
Can you describe your academic and professional background? I completed my four-year undergraduate studies in Seoul, including a one-year exchange programme (similar to ‘Erasmus’) in Aix-en-Provence...
Pauline Lego, Class of 2019
From the Master in European Affairs, Energy, Environment and Sustainability stream, Dual-Degree with LSE, to the Energy Regulatory Commission
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL BACKGROUND? Attracted by social sciences since secondary school, I decided to begin my university studies with a law degree at the University of...
Claire Versini, Class of 2013
From the Dual Master in European Affairs with LSE, to the Institut Jacques Delors, to now being involved in the Union of European Federalists, in the association Tous Tes Possibles and in charge of training and development at i3L
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After a dual Master's degree in European affairs from Sciences Po and the London School of Economics, I worked at the Jacques Delors...
Marcio Boka, Class of 2022
From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration policy stream, to entrepreneurship
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After graduating secondary school with an economic and social sciences baccalaureate from the American international section in Paris...
Marie Trelat, Class of 2020
From a Master in Public Policy, Public Administration policy stream as an apprenticeship student, to the position of Project Manager in the Cabinet of the President of Grand Chalon
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I am originally from Saint-Bérain-sous-Sanvignes, a village of around 1000 inhabitants in Saône-et-Loire. I attended secondary school...
Ross Creelman, Class of 2017
From the Master in European Affairs, to the position of Public Policy Manager at ETNO (European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association)
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I enrolled in the Master in European Affairs at the School of Public Affairs following a degree in foreign languages and literature....
Julie Wang, Class of 2021
From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration policy stream, to Sales Development Executive at SAP France
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? Throughout my studies, I was keen to build dual expertise in economics and public affairs. The Sciences Po - University College...
Fanny Cornet, Class of 2019
From the Master in Public Policy, Security and Defence policy stream, to the position of Security and Anti-Fraud Manager for the Monoprix Group
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I was lucky enough to have expatriate parents. When I was 9 years old, we left France to live in São Paulo, Brazil for three years,...
Margaux Vincent, Class of 2017
From the Master in European Affairs to Analyst for the OECD on Public Finance and Decentralisation issues
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I obtained a dual degree in Political Economy of Europe from Sciences Po and the London School of Economics, after a Bachelor's...
Mallaury Labarre, Class of 2019
From the Master in Public Policy, Security and Defence policy stream, to a position as a Project Manager of International Affairs and Industrial Security at the General Secretariat for Defence and National Security
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After obtaining an economic and social science baccalaureate, I joined a literary preparatory course at the University of Poitiers in...
Cyril Cassagnaud, Class of 2021
From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration policy stream, to the INET school to become a senior manager in local authorities
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? The guiding principle of my career is to train myself to solve the environmental and social problems we are facing. This has led me...
Sandrine Elmi Hersi, Class of 2020
From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration policy stream, to a position of European Affairs Officer and co-chair of the Sustainability Working Group at ARCEP
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? Throughout my career, I have gradually specialised in two areas in particular: Franco-European public affairs and digital regulation...
Wissem Saïle, Class of 2021
From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration policy stream and an apprenticeship, to a position as a Spokesperson Officer for the French Ministry of the Interior
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After a scientific baccalaureate, obtained in 2016, I joined the Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of the University of...
Richade Fahas, Class of 2021
From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration policy stream, to the co-founding of Public+ and the passing of the competitive examinations for ENA, the National School of Administration
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After a literary baccalaureate in Castelnau-Le-Lez, near Montpellier, I studied at the Sciences Po Undergraduate College because I...
Xavier Bendavid, Class of 2014
From the Master in public policy, general stream* to Senior Manager of CSR and Citizen Affairs at Disneyland Paris
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I began studying at the Parisian campus of Sciences Po in September 2009, after a competitive entrance examination reserved for...
Jad Gaouad, Class of 2021
From The Master in Public Policy, Energy, Environment and Sustainability stream to an apprenticeship at the Corps of Engineers of Bridges, Water and Forests.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After my baccalaureate (obtained in 2012), I entered a scientific preparatory class at Lycee Lakanal in Sceaux. I then joined the...
Franck Gbaguidi, Class of 2018
Advisor to the Managing Director at IFC - World Bank Group, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, Energy, Environment and Sustainability policy stream
You were the Graduate of Honor of the School of Public Affairs in 2018. Can you describe your academic and professional background? My university journey was eventful and marked by a series of...
Nicolas Vogtenberger, Class of 2018
Advisor to the President at Publicis Media, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration policy stream
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After the baccalaureate I chose to do a scientific preparatory class in Strasbourg, and I went on to an engineering school in Grenoble....
Camille Frasca, class of 2017
Director of Museums for the City of Villefranche-sur-Mer, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, Culture policy stream, Dual Degree with the Ecole du Louvre, in apprenticeship at the Picasso Museum
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After two years of preparatory classes in classical literature and a degree in comparative modern literature in English and Spanish...
Thomas Monarchi-Comte, class of 2018
Public affairs manager at Ulterïa, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, Public administration policy stream
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I entered Sciences Po after my Baccalauréat in economics. First, I studied for 2 years at the Dijon campus, in order to give an...
Sophie Caillaud, class of 2018
Consultant at YCE Partners, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, Public administration policy stream
Can you describe your academic and professional background? After two years at the Franco-German campus of Sciences Po in Nancy, in a double degree program with the Faculty of Law of the University...
Julien Rouvreau, class of 2018
Consultant at YCE Partners, graduated from the Master in European Affairs, dual degree with the London School of Economics
Can you describe your academic and professional background? First of all, I did a Bachelor of Literature at the University of Poitiers - a multidisciplinary program rich in social sciences,...
Océane Evrard, class of 2018
Associate consultant at Nordmann, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, dual degree with HEC
Can you describe your academic and professional background? I began my studies at Sciences Po, during which I did my third year abroad in Philadelphia. When I returned from the United States, I...
Raphaelle Sananes, class of 2018
Foreign affairs advisor at the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration policy stream
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL background? To be completely honest, it started with a failure in the Sciences Po entrance exams after the baccalaureate, with two catastrophic marks...
Jean-Baptiste Baudat, class of 2018
Magistrate at the Administrative Court of Paris, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration stream
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? Originally from Romorantin-Lanthenay, in the Sologne region, (where I grew up and obtained my scientific baccalaureate), I was mechanically...
Madeleine Osorovitz, class of 2018
Secretary of Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, Cultural Policy & Management stream
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I entered Sciences Po after completing my baccalaureate, and I also studied literature at the Sorbonne. In my third year, I had the...
Laure Manach, class of 2020
Consultant at YCE partners, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, Public administration policy stream
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After a scientific baccalaureate, I started my studies with a double degree between Sciences Po and the Pierre et Marie Curie University,...
Aleth Vennin, class of 2020
Consultant at YCE partners, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, Social Policy and Social Innovation policy stream
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After a year of preparatory B/L (Humanities and Social Sciences), I joined the Cycle Pluridisciplinaire d'Études Supérieures of PSL...
Agathe Madeline, class of 2019
Monetary policy portforlio manager, in the context of the launch of the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme of the European Central Bank, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, markets and regulation stream
Can you describe your academic and professional background? I started Sciences Po in 2013. After two years at the Menton campus specializing in the Middle East and the Mediterranean area, I took off...
Alexandre Fongaro, class of 2017
Institutional Affairs Officer of the Kering Group, graduated from the Master in Public Policy in apprenticeship, Administration publique policy stream
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After obtaining my baccalaureate in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, I took part in a one-year cultural and linguistic exchange programme in Brazil. I...
Pierre Benassaya, class of 2019
President of the NGO Graines Populaires, graduated from the Master in Public Policy in apprenticeship, Public Administration policy stream
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? In 2014, after obtaining a scientific baccalaureate, I decided to take the Sciences Po entrance exam. I still remember the pressure...
Lucile Collin, class of 2019
Communication Officer to the European Commission's Financial Services, graduated from the Master in European Affairs, Markets and regulation policy stream
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? After a Baccalauréat in Economics and Social Sciences, I moved to London to do a Bachelor's degree in European Social and Political...
Clara Langlois-Gey, class of 2019
Consultant at GovHe, graduated from the Master in Public Policy in apprenticeship, Santé policy stream (Health)
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I spent two beautiful years on the university campus of Poitiers as part of the Bachelor's degree, discovering the history, culture and...
Niklas Luksch, class of 2018
Donor Relations and Resource Mobilization coordinator at IOM Germany, graduated from the Master in European Affairs, Dual degree with Fudan University
Can you describe your academic and professional background? I have always been passionate about politics. After graduating from high school in Germany, I sought to explore the subject in more depth....
Tony Brando, Class of 2019
Technical advisor and parliamentary collaborator, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration stream, in apprenticeship
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I believe I am part of the panel of "atypical profiles" to whom Sciences Po gives a chance every year. At a very young age, I worked in...
Gesine Weber, class of 2019
Program assistant at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, graduated from the dual degree Sciences Po Master European Affairs, Europe in the World / Freie Universität (Berlin)
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND? I have always been passionate about international politics and Europe. After three months in China following my high school graduation, a...
Louis Holt, class of 2020
Graduated from the Master in Public Affairs (one-year Master)
Can you describe your academic and professional background before the Master in Public Affairs (MPA)? I spent five years working for the British Government on various different strands of...
Alice Voirand, class of 2020
Recently graduated from the Master in Public Policy, policy stream Sécurité et Défense. Her commitment to women's health
A recent graduate of the Master in Public Policy at the School of Public Affairs, Alice Voirand has just earned the Advanced Certification in Gender Studies, which attests to her multidisciplinary...
Salomé Berlioux, class of 2014
Founder of Chemins d'avenir, graduated from the Master in Public Policy (formerly Public Affairs)
A native of the Allier region (centre of France), Salomé Berlioux fought a long battle against self-censorship before graduating from the School of Public Affairs at Sciences Po. In 2016, she began...
Laurent Rieder de Saint-Joseph, class of 2014
Flagship Store Manager at Bulgari, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, in apprenticeship
Discover the path of Laurent Rieder de Saint-Joseph. Since obtaining his Master in Public policy, Laurent successfully secured management positions at Christian Dior and Richard Mille between Paris...
Marie Gervier, class of 2018
Communication and Event Manager at the United Nations, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, Cultural Policy and Management policy stream
Marie Gervier graduated from the Master in Public Policy at the School of Public Affairs, Cultural Policy and Management policy stream. She is currently working as as a Communication and Event...
Katharina Poirier, class of 2019
Associate at PWC, graduated from the Master in European Affairs, Energy, Environment and Sustainability policy stream
What paths do our graduates take after the School of Public Affairs? Discover Katharina Poirier's testimony. She was a student of the Master of European affairs, Energy policy stream. Can you...
Alice Etienne, class of 2015
Environmental project at ADP Group, graduated from the Master in Public Policy, Energy policy stream
Within the ADP Group, Alice Etienne, a graduate of the School of Public Affairs, Policy stream Energy in 2015, defines and leads the Group's environmental strategy on the subjects of waste management...
Charlotte Norlund Matthiessen, class of 2012
Parliamentary Assistant at the European Parliament in Brussels, graduated from the Master in European Affairs
Charlotte Nørlund-Matthiessen did her undergraduate studies on the Dijon campus, which hosts the European specialisation programme with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe, before...
