Suzanne Tisserand

Suzanne Tisserand is a policy fellow with the Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, based in the Berlin office. She works on analysing political and security developments in sub-Saharan Africa and relations with Europe, with a focus on the Sahel region, coastal west Africa, and central Africa.

Prior to joining ECFR, Tisserand worked as a policy officer at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs in Paris. In this capacity, she was responsible for coordinating the implementation of European external action projects in the fields of security and defence. She previously gained experience in New York at the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs on monitoring Security Council sanctions regimes, and in Senegal, working for the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa.

Tisserand holds a Master’s degree in European and international affairs, with a specialisation in peace and security; and a Bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations from Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye.