Tristan Aureau is currently the Director of the Centre for Analysis, Planning and Strategy of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to this, he served as chief of staff to the French Minister for EU Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot (2024). He has extensive experience in international and European affairs due to his previous functions, as deputy sherpa to the President of the European Council (2019-2023) and as diplomatic adviser to the EU Negotiator for Brexit, Michel Barnier (2016-2019). Tristan Aureau is a member of the French Council of State, where he started his career as an administrative judge and a legal adviser to the Government (2013-2016). In parallel to his different posts, he has been teaching international relations and public law in several academic institutions, notably Sciences Po, ENA and the College of Europe.
