Prénom de l'expert

Stéphane

Nom de l'expert

AUDRAND

Associate Research Fellow, Security Studies Center, Ifri

Defense Economics and the Arms Trade
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Technology, Doctrine, and Strategic Forecasting
Naval Strategy

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Security Studies Center

Stéphane Audrand has been an independent consultant since 2012, specializing in international risk management. He advises major French companies on their operations in certain sensitive sectors (arms trade, civil nuclear power, agriculture) and on their forward-looking analysis of global geopolitical developments. Previously a banking executive, he held positions in operational risk management, CSR, and compliance in Switzerland and France.

He holds a DEA in Contemporary History and a Master’s degree in International Security and Defense, and has studied in particular the interaction between technological developments, organizational models, and strategic thinking, as well as the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

As a reserve officer, he served notably as head of an audit mission at the French Navy Inspectorate and as a special advisor on “arms control and counter-trafficking” at the DGRIS.

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