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Olivier Sueur
Senior Advisor, France, Paris
Specialising in defence and security, including infrastructure and connectivity, Olivier is Senior Advisor at Rud Pedersen Paris.
With two decades of experience in the public and private sectors as well as within international organisations, Olivier perfectly navigates the complexities that corporations and industries face in Paris and Brussels. He has gained media recognition and developed his network by regularly appearing on all-news channels and radio, as well as being active on social networks. He also regularly publishes in academic journals and the press. He teaches transatlantic security and global strategic competition at Sciences Po. He is also an associate fellow at the Institute of Applied Geopolitical Studies (IEGA).
Before joining Rud Pedersen, Olivier held several sensitive positions: He was a negotiator for France at NATO; a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, responsible for transformation issues; a deputy director (equivalent to a deputy assistant secretary) for NATO, the European Union and the United Nations, and a data and AI advisor at the French Ministry of Defence. He is a trainer for the European Commission Business Accelerator's EUDIS BAMM programme.