Our Teams in the Near & Middle East

We are at your service to connect with France’s most innovative businesses and we have the tools and advice you need to set up your business and access investment opportunities in France.

We are a key player in fostering competitiveness, growth, and employment in France, offering clear and efficient access to all corporate development stakeholders and services for all businesses, irrespective of their size, sector, and projects, from exports to investments through to multinational partnerships.

We also manage the V.I.E International Internship Program (Volontariat International en Entreprise), which enables companies with offices in France to send young European talents abroad for up to 2 years’ assignments, at a very competitive cost. We bring together all our expertise to support your business’ development and to ensure the success of your projects by offering a pragmatic, customized approach in line with your budget and ambitions. In 2019, there were 280 volunteers spread out in the Middle East.

In total, we are 42 people working in the Near & Middle East, each of us being organized by areas of expertise.

Direction

Axel
Baroux

Regional Managing Director Near & Middle East

Head of department

Veronique
Priour

Head of Agrotech Middle East – Country Manager

Rachid
Balaouine

Head of Industry & Cleantech Department Middle East – Country manager

Romain
Guizard

Head of Lifestyle &Healthcare Department Middle East – Country Manager

Aude
Guivarch

Head of Tech & Services Middle East – Country Manager

Miryem
Oukas

Head of Media & Communications Department Middle East

Raffaella
Silvetti

Director Inward Investment Near & Middle East

Ghita
Hazzaz

Head of HR and Accounting Department

Agrotech Team

Veronique
Priour

Head of Agrotech Middle East – Country Manager

Alejandro
Diaz-Pache

Trade Advisor – Agri-Agro AgTech

Julien
Barlier

Head of AgroTech departement

Eleonore
Sayar

Trade Advisor  Agro-Food & Lifestyle-Healthcare

Deborah
Modiano

Agri-Food Senior Trade Advisor

Flavie
Paquay

Head of Agrotech Department

Etienne
Savin

Head of Boosters & Immersion Programs

Ayoub
Ounes

Trade Advisor Agrotech

Juan
Vargas Piamonte

Trade Advisor

Rabih
Soufangi

Country Manager

Carole
Kazzi

Country Manager

Industry & Cleantech Team

Rachid
Balaouine

Head of Industry & Cleantech Department Middle East – Country manager

Yanis
Marsa

Trade Advisor | Industry 4.0 | Oil & Gas | Mobility | Railway | Security | Energy | AI | Nuclear | Tech

Inès
Mohamed

Trade Advisor – Nuclear, Renewable energies, Environment

Mohand
Hadjal

Senior Trade Advisor – Defense I Aerospace I Maritime I Energy

Kaya
Ekmeci

Trade Advisor in chage of Industry & Cleantech Department

Sophie
Miller

Trade Advisor Industry & Cleantech

Etienne
Savin

Head of Boosters & Immersion Programs

Walid
Jaziri

Trade Advisor

Christelle
El-Khoury

Trade Advisor

Alexandre
D’Espinose

Trade Advisor

Madiha
Bourfoun

Trade Advisor – Sustainable City

Laura
Mazeh

Trade Advisor – Security & Environment

Nadine
Salameh

Trade Advisor – Sustainable City

Abdeen
Hamza

Trade Advisor – Sustainable City

Saritha
Dilip

Senior Trade Advisor – Construction, Transport & Security

Sandra
Papet

Head of Industry & Cleantech Department for the UAE

Rabih
Soufangi

Country Manager

Carole
Kazzi

Country Manager

Lifestyle & Healthcare Team

Romain
Guizard

Head of Lifestyle &Healthcare Department Middle East – Country Manager

Maya
Ghachem

Head of Healthcare & Lifestyle Industry UAE

Cédrick
Ruttens

Trade Advisor Sport, Entertainment & Tourism

Lina
Toumi

Trade advisor lifestyle- healthcare

Eleonore
Sayar

Trade Advisor  Agro-Food & Lifestyle-Healthcare

Muriel
Farhi

Trade Advisor Lifestyle & Health

Sarah
Benyamina

Trade Advisor Lifestyle & Healthcare

Beste
Bicakci

Trade Advisor Lifestyle & Healthcare

Hager
Ben Nasr

Senior Trade Advisor – Healthcare

Etienne
Savin

Head of Boosters & Immersion Programs

Walid
Jaziri

Trade Advisor

Hana
Elgohary

Senior Trade Advisor – Cosmetics

Madiha
Bourfoun

Trade Advisor – Sustainable City

Rabih
Soufangi

Country Manager

Carole
Kazzi

Country Manager

Tech & Services Team

Aude
Guivarch

Head of Tech & Services Middle East – Country Manager

Gehad
El Kazzaz

Trade Advisor Tech & Services

Delphine
Adjiman

Senior Trade Advisior High Tech

Amira
Abdelwahab

Trade Advisor – Retail Tech & Franchise

Stéphanie
Hanna

Senior Trade Advisor – Fintech & Cybersecurity

Laura
Jarroir

Trade Advisor – Telecom & Broadcast

Lola
Richard

Trade Advisor – E-gov & Edtech

Etienne
Savin

Head of Boosters & Immersion Programs

Abdeen
Hamza

Trade Advisor – Sustainable City

Media & Communications

Miryem
Oukas

Head of Media & Communications Department Middle East

Gehad
El Kazzaz

Trade Advisor Tech & Services

Hajer
Bchir Kraiem

Communication Specialist

Yasmina
Ouari

Communication Specialist

Christelle
Lichaa El Khoury

Communication Advisor KSA

V.I.E

Rachele
Penven

V.I.E Referent

Yasmine
Rizkallah

V.I.E Correspondant

Karine
Benichou

V.I.E Correspondant

Banu
Aykin

V.I.E Correspondant

Roula
Zard

V.I.E Correspondant

Rabih
Soufangi

Country Manager

Carole
Kazzi

Country Manager