The Franco-British Council / Conseil franco-britannique has announced 23 new Young Leaders for 2025 in the eighth year of its Young Leaders programme. This new cohort joins an alumni network of 176 Young Leaders who share the goal of working together across their sectors to shape the future of the Franco-British relationship.
Members of the selection jury included prominent personalities from both countries: Hélène Duchêne (Co-Chair), French Ambassador to the United Kingdom; Dame Menna Rawlings DCMG CVO (Co-Chair), British Ambassador to France; Thierry Cheval, Managing Director, L’Oréal UK & Ireland; Anne Duncan, Director of the British Council in France; Oriel Petry, Senior Vice President Airbus UK; Bernard Spitz, MEDEF
Two Young Leaders – James Linder and Victor Guerin – were chosen by the Government of Jersey as part of the partnership between the Franco-British Council and the Government of Jersey.
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Le Conseil franco-britannique / Franco-British Council a sélectionné 23 nouveaux Young Leaders pour l’année 2025, huitième année depuis la création du programme. Cette nouvelle cohorte s’ajoute à un réseau de 176 Young Leaders. Tous partagent le même objectif : celui d’œuvrer ensemble et ce dans tous leurs secteurs d’activités pour façonner l’avenir des relations franco-britannique.
Les membres du jury de sélection comprenaient des personnalités éminentes dans les deux pays : Hélène Duchêne (coprésidente), Ambassadrice de France au Royaume-Uni ; Dame Menna Rawlings DCMG CVO (coprésidente), Ambassadrice britannique en France ; Thierry Cheval, Managing Director, L’Oréal UK & Ireland; Anne Duncan, Director of the British Council in France; Oriel Petry, Senior Vice President Airbus UK ; Bernard Spitz, MEDEF.
Deux Young Leaders – James Linder et Victor Guerin – ont été choisis par le Gouvernement de Jersey dans le cadre du partenariat entre le Conseil franco-britannique et le Gouvernement de Jersey.
Young Leaders 2025 / Les Young Leaders 2025
- Esther Attias, Reporter at La Tribune
- Dave Bristow, Pianiste, compositeur et professeur de piano
- Alexandra Bugnon-Murys, Senior Commissioning Manager at Hinkley Point C
- Prof Boris Chaumette, Associate professor of Psychiatry (MCU-PH) at Universite Paris Cite
- Dr. Franck Courbon, Founder & CEO Ethicronics
- Sophie de Carné Trécesson, Group Leader – Gustave Roussy, Junior Professor – Universite Paris-Saclay
- Arthur Delaporte, Deputé
- Rachel Duckett, Opera singer
- Lt-Cpl Guillaume Faivre, Armée de terre
- Alexandre Fongaro, Investor Relations Manager at Kering
- Piers Fotiadis, Deputy Director, UK Counter Terrorism Policing
- Victor Guerin, Sculptor
- Jonathan Guiffard, Associate researcher at the French Institute of Geopolitics
- Sir Ranil Jayawardena, Former Cabinet Minister
- Jonathan Johnson, France-based football executive (CBS Sports/Brighton and Hove Albion/Racing Club de France)
- Dr Elise Laperrousaz, Head of Flood and Coastal Risk Office, General Directorate for Risk Prevention (French Ministry of Ecological Transition)
- James Linder, Lead Economist, PwC Channel Islands
- Major Scott McCauley, UK military
- Dr. Sarah Montin, Maitre de conference en litterature britannique et traduction Universite Sorbonne-Nouvelle/ Senior Lecturer in British Literature and Translation at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle
- Chris Murray MP
- Camille Pintout, Deputy head for nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
- Akila Quinio, Financial Times, reporter
- Chloe Van Soeterstède, Principal Guest Conductor, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Arch Sinfonia