Pascal Confavreux

Pascal Confavreux is the deputy spokesperson at the French Minister of foreign affairs, after being the spokesperson and press counselor at the Embassy of France in the United States (2020-2024).

He previously served as President Emmanuel Macron’s advisor on the private sector, foreign investments and exports, and as Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s deputy diplomatic advisor. Pascal previously worked at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs on matters related to commercial diplomacy. He was head of the business unit promoting exports, secretary-general of the Tourism Promotion Council, and sherpa to the foreign minister’s special envoy for Mexico. In between, he worked in the private sector as an advisor to the CEO of Aéroports de Paris for two years.

Pascal is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris, where he taught public law for three years alongside his positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He graduated from the École Nationale d’Administration (ENA) in 2012; from the École Normale Supérieure in 2010, with a major in history and minors in economics and Chinese studies; and from the Sorbonne University in 2008, with a Master’s degree in modern history.