1971 - 1973

Ecole Nationale d’Administration

1 June 1973

Appointed as Secrétaire des Affaires Etrangères at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1973 - 1975

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Economic et Financial Affairs)

1975 – 1977

Private Office of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs

October 1977 to April 1978

Technical Adviser in the Private Office of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs

1978 - 1981

Chargé de mission in the Private Office of the Prime Minister

1981 - 1984

Second Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations in New York

1985 - 1986

Deputy Director of African and Malagasy Affairs at the French Minister of Foreign Affairs

1986 – 1989

Deputy Director, United Nations and International Organizations Directorate, French Minister of Foreign Affairs

1989 - 1992

Deputy Permanent Representative for France to the United Nations in New York

1992 - 1996

Director of African and Malagasy Affairs at the French Minister of Foreign Affairs

1996 - 2000

French Ambassador in the Arab Republic of Egypt

7 February 2000

Diplomatic Adviser and Sherpa to the President of the French Republic

3 December 2002

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of France to the Security Council, Head of the French Mission to the United Nations