Mr. Belais has served as Secretary of the Endowment Fund of the French Republican Guard since 2024 and has been an independent consultant since 2020. Previously, he was Adviser to the Chairman and Director of Development at Iris Finance from 2017 to 2020. From 2011 to 2017, he served as Chief Executive Officer of the French Agency for Business Creation (APCE). Between 2008 and 2011, he was Chairman of Canal France International (CFI), while simultaneously overseeing international relations at France Télévisions, where he served first as Deputy Director (2006–2007) and then as Director (2008–2011). Earlier in his career, he was Cultural Attaché at the Consulate General of France in Los Angeles from 2004 to 2006. In 2004, he served as Chief of Staff to Renaud Muselier, Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs, following his tenure as Chief of Staff to Pierre-André Wiltzer, Minister Delegate for Cooperation and Francophonie, from 2002 to 2004. From 1997 to 2002, he was Chief of Staff to Jacques Peyrat, Senator and Mayor of Nice, after serving as Adviser and Chief of Staff to Jacques Godfrain, Minister Delegate for Cooperation, from 1995 to 1997. Mr Belais previously held a number of positions within French and European institutions, notably with the Rally for the Republic (RPR) group in the French National Assembly (1993–1995), the Paris City Council (1984–1993), and the European Parliament, where he served as Parliamentary Assistant to the European Democratic Progress Group (1982–1984). Mr Belais is a Knight of the Legion of Honour, a Knight of the National Order of Merit, and an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
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