Leadership

A Global, Multidisciplinary Leadership Team

Entente Cordiale Day is a student-led Franco–British initiative bringing together students from leading universities in France and the United Kingdom to conceive, organise, and represent joint academic and cultural initiatives.

The Leadership Team is supported by a network of Division Members across the university network, who contribute to the work of the initiative and represent it within their respective institutions.

Strategic guidance and oversight are provided by a Supervisory Board and an International Advisory Board, composed of senior figures from law, finance, academia, public institutions, and international affairs. These bodies advise on strategic direction and institutional positioning.

Presidency

Clara Chevalier

Co-President (France)
Sciences Po & The University of Hong Kong
Economics

Martha Leszczinski

Co-President (UK)
King’s College London
Political Economy

Student Executive Council

Zian Vigny

Vice-President of Academics (France)
École Polytechnique
Physics

Brandon Tay

Vice-President of Academics (UK)
University of Oxford
Psychology & Philosophy

Shiori Nakatani

Vice-President of Sponsorships (UK)
University of Oxford
Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)

Yann Balligand

Deputy Vice-President of Sponsorships (France)
SKEMA Business School
Management

Rachel Zhang

Vice-President of Partnerships (UK)
University College London
Economics

Oscar Quispe

Vice-President of IT (Global)
EPITA & École polytechnique
Cybersecurity

Joy Wang

Vice-President of Communications (Global)
King’s College London
Political Economy

Jaden Zhu

Vice-President of Logistics (Global)
Sciences Po & Columbia University
Politics & Government

Samuel Rea-Rankin

Head of Operations (Global)
Sciences Po
Politics & Government

Honourary Leadership

Marquis de Breteuil

Co-Founder and Honorary President, Entente Cordiale Day
Lawye, Fellow of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques; former Administrator of the Palace of Versailles (2012–2015)

Marquis de Salisbury

Co-Founder and Honorary President, Entente Cordiale Day
Banker, former Leader of the House of Lords (1994–1997)

Founding Leadership & Executive Direction

Yves Djimi

Co-Founder, Entente Cordiale Day
Chair, Alumni Supervisory Board Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Admitted to the Paris Court of Appeal

Charlotte Simunek

Executive Director, Entente Cordiale Day
Senior Project and Programme Manager

Supervisory Board

Antoine Hillion

Institutional Communications Advisor, Entente Cordiale Day
Partner at Havas Group

Susan Walton

Think Tank & Philanthropy Advisor, Entente Cordiale Day
Global Risk and Resilience Advisor, Partner at Frost Consulting; Founder and Chair of American
Friends of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Trustee of multiple charitable and institutional organisations

Max Buechner

Defence Advisor, Entente Cordiale Day
Investor, Fund Manager, CEO Speer Group

Didier Chaudet

Geopolitical Advisor, Entente Cordiale
Independent consultant, specialist in the geopolitics of the Persian-speaking world and South Asia

Camille Foley

Logistics Advisor, Entente Cordiale
Former Business Manager in Investment Banking

Marie-Helene Blattmann-Lenoir

University Affairs Advisor, Entente Cordiale

Franck Debane

Technological Advisor, Entente Cordiale
Entrepreneur, CEO Forward Partners

Adel Baba-Aissa

Strategy Advisor, Entente Cordiale
Investment Director at Acumen & Meridiam, Solicitor of England and Wales, Attorney-at-Law, New York.

International Advisory Board

Durdana Ansari OBE

Entrepreneur, Producer BBC World Services and Public Speaker
Honorary Captain of the British Royal Navy

Stephen Clarke

Fellow of the Royal Historical Society,
Writer and Journalist

Salaheddine Mezouar

Entrepreneur
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kingdom of Morocco (2013–2017)

Vicente Garcia

Entrepreneur, Founder and Managing Director
Summit + Stage Advisory; Advisor to the Atlantic Council (2021–2025).

Host Partners

L'Hôtel des Invalides

General Gravêthe

Royal Hospital Chelsea

General Bradshaw

Join the Team

We welcome motivated students who wish to contribute to the development and delivery of Entente Cordiale Day across institutions and disciplines.