Governance Bodies

In order to achieve these goals, the French Red Cross Foundation has been provided with governance bodies to match its ambitions. Its Board of Administrators is made up of committed professionals and experts in humanitarian and social action. They work hand in hand with a Scientific Committee composed of renowned and specialized researchers from several continents, who ensure the interdisciplinary nature of the Foundation.

Board of Administrators

Last updated October 2025

Bureau Members

President

Caroline CROSS
National President of the French Red Cross
Doctor of Medicine

Vice-President

Françoise FROMAGEAU
Geriatrician
Regional President for Brittany at the French Red Cross
President of MONALISA

Treasurer

François GAUTHEY
Engineer (Ecole Polytechnique – Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées)
Partner at Priscus Finance

Secretary

Marc VANNESSON
Director of Program Development at the French Red Cross

Réunion de la gouvernance de la Fondation Croix-Rouge

Board Members

Cécile APTEL
Professor of International Criminal Law
Deputy Director at UNIDIR

Marc AUDRIT
Strategy and communications consultant

Anne LEBRETON
Regional President for Ile-de-France at the French Red Cross
Former elected representative of Paris

Patrice PAOLI
Diplomat
Former Ambassador
Former Director of the Crisis and Support Center at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Philippe RYFMAN
Honorary Professor and Research Associate in the Political Science Department and the European Centre of Sociology and Political Science at the Sorbonne (CESSP-Sorbonne), Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne

Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
Represented by Anne RASMUSSEN
Historian, Director of Studies

Ecole des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP)
Represented by Sylvie OLLITRAULT
Doctor of Political Science, Director of Research

Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
Represented by Alexandre MAGAT
Head of Multilateral Affairs, International Partners and Funders

Government Commissioner
Philippe VIGNES
Prefect

Scientific Committee

Last updated September 2025

Laurent VIDAL – President
Doctor of Anthropology from Paris Descartes University – Sorbonne, holder of an HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, graduate of the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Director of Research at IRD.

Malika AÏT-MOHAMED PARENT
Independent international expert in anti-corruption, International Anti-Corruption Academy (Austria), Former Under-Secretary General, Governance and Management Services International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Geneva)

Laetitia ATLANI-DUAULT
Doctor of Anthropology, Vice President for Europe at Paris Cité University, President of the Covid19 Ad Memoriam Institute, Director of Research at CEPED (Paris Cité University, IRD) and Affiliate Professor at Columbia University (USA)

François BRICAIRE
Professor of Medicine, Member of the French National Academy of Medicine

Yvan CONOIR
Senior Consultant, MEAL Coordinator at Expertise France, Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, at Université Laval and UPPA (Quebec)

Christian de BOISSIEU
Economist, Professor at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, member of the Academy of Technologies, Vice-President of the Cercle des Economistes

Eric DELAPORTE 
Professor of Medicine in Infectious and Tropical Diseases at the University and University Hospital of Montpellier, Director of the Translational Research Unit on HIV and Infectious Diseases under the supervision of the University of Montpellier, INSERM and IRD

Maria Gabrielsen JUMBERT
PhD in International Relations and Political Science from Sciences Po Paris, Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and Co-Director of the Norwegian Center for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS)

Jocelyn RAUDE
Research Professor in social psychology at EHESP (France)

Sandrine REVET

Doctor of Anthropology and Research Director at the CERI Sciences Po Paris

Marie-Caroline SAGLIO-YATZIMIRSKY

Clinical Psychologist, University Professor at INALCO and Director of the Convergences Migrations Institute.

Marc-Henry SOULET 

Full Professor of Sociology, holder of the Chair of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland)

Mahaman TIDJANI ALOU
Associate Professor of Political Science, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Juridical Sciences, Université Abdou Moumouni in Niamey (Niger)

Isabelle VONECHE-CARDIA
Humanitarian Historian, Lecturer-Researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Switzerland)

Detailed biographies of Scientific Committee members
Recent political and humanitarian events remind us of the relevance of the research priorities chosen by the French Red Cross Foundation, be they humanitarian transition, ethical principles for action or the close relationship between humanitarian and social missions. The most important issue is always to innovate in the fight against human vulnerabilities. All the responsibility of the Scientific Committee is to ensure the selection and follow-up of the research carried out in order to guarantee its quality and relevance.

Prof. Jean-François Mattei

Former President of the Scientific Committee