About Camille Grand
As of 1 September 2025, Camille Grand serves as Secretary General of the European Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association (ASD), the leading trade body representing Europe’s aerospace, security, and defence industries.
With his appointment, he also becomes the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the global Aeronautical Manufacturers Association, ICCAIA (International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations). The Chairmanship rotates on a two-year basis between ASD/Europe and AIA/US; in the interim periods, he continues to serve as member of the Board of Directors.
Before joining ASD, he was a Distinguished Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), the leading pan-European foreign policy think tank, where he led the organisation’s work on defence and technology in European security since November 2022, often consulted by EU Institutions, European governments and NATO.
Earlier, he worked as Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment at NATO (2016-22), piloting NATO’s work in capability delivery, missile defence, aviation, and armament and technology cooperation, inter alia chairing the Conference of National Armament Directors and co-chairing the NATO-Industry Forum. He previously was the director of the Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS, 2008-16), the leading French think tank on defence and security studies.
He also held senior positions in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as head for disarmament and multilateral affairs (2006-08), and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as deputy diplomatic adviser to the Minister (2002-06). He was a senior adviser on nuclear policy at the French MoD Policy branch and worked as a researcher inter alia at the EU Institute of Security Studies (EU-ISS) and the Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI).
He is an associate professor at the Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po Paris) and has also taught at the Ecole nationale d’administration (ENA) and the French army academy.
He has also served on several independent expert groups and boards including for the United Nations, the European Union, NATO and the French government. His expertise includes armament and technology, defence and security policy, NATO and EU common defence and security policy, nuclear and missile defence policy. He has published numerous academic and policy papers on these topics and is regularly quoted in European and international media.