This Year’s Young Leaders

2026 American Young Leaders

• Alexandre Barjon

  Managing Director, Head of French & Belgian Corporate Clients, North America

  BNP Paribas Global Banking Americas
• John Begala

  Officer

  The Pew Charitable Trusts
• Haley Esparza

  Astronaut Operations Manager

  SpaceX
• Joni Fontoura

  Managing Director & Partner

  Reed Management
• Antoine Gamberini

  Strategy & Operations Lead

  Google
• Brittany Hughes, Esq.

  Counsel, Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee

  United States Senate
• Frances Klimczak

  Head of Government Partnerships

  Lila Sciences
• Baptiste Melly

  Chief of Staff for the Americas

  Société Générale
• Isabelle Rucart

  Head of Investor Relations, Private Energy Funds

  Brookfield
• Varun Sanyal

  Vice President, Government Relations & Policy

  Gotham Organization
• Jessica Schinazi

  CEO

  Away
• Representative Dr. Megan L. Srinivas

  Iowa State Representative, Iowa House of Representatives;

  Chief Medical Officer, Primary Health Care, Inc.

2026 French Young Leaders

• Julie Angulo

  Chief Operating Officer

  Veolia Hazardous Waste North America

• Tristan Aureau

  Director for the Centre for Analysis, Planning, and Strategy

  Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

• Lucie Berkovitch

  Psychiatrist, Hospitalo-Universitary Department, Sainte Anne Hospital;

  Head of Psychedelic Research Axis, Computational Brain Team, Neuromodulation Institute

• Félix Blossier

  Co-founder & COO

  Pennylane

• Pierre-Marie Carraud

  Executive Director, Services & Retail Media

  Carrefour Group

• Antoine de Braquilanges

  CEO

  Helsing France

• Thibéry Lancrenon

  Lieutenant Colonel

  French Army, French Joint Defense Staff

• Ania Nussbaum

  Elysee Correspondent

  Bloomberg News Paris

• Sylvie Soundaravelou

  Head of Financial Markets and Trading

  TotalEnergies

• Amber Yopp

  Global General Manager, Kérastase

  L’Oréal