Guillaume Décot – VISS25
Political Counsellor, Delegation of the European Union to Canada
Guillaume Décot is Political Counsellor at the European Union (EU) Delegation to Canada since September 2023. He has extensive experience gained in several EU institutions, the French Ministry of Defense, and the private sector. He is the lead expert on the questions of security and defence at the EU Delegation to Canada.
He started his career in the French Ministry of Defence in 2009. He was an officer in the French Navy, taking part in various missions in the Middle East, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. He then served at the Joint Staff Headquarters in Paris and as a cabinet official in charge of Heritages.
He became an EU civil servant in 2017 working first at the European Commission on the financing of the Common Agricultural Policy. He joined the European External Action Service in 2019, where he worked as an expert on cultural diplomacy and then a policy officer on crisis management and security sector reform. From 2021 to 2023, he served as Political Counsellor at the EU Delegation to Iraq.
He holds a Master in Business Administration and International Law from EDHEC Business School, a Master in Law and Management from the University of Brest specialized in maritime organizations and a Master from the French Naval Academy.
Guillaume Décot is Political Counsellor at the European Union (EU) Delegation to Canada since September 2023. He has extensive experience gained in several EU institutions, the French Ministry of Defense, and the private sector. He is the lead expert on the questions of security and defence at the EU Delegation to Canada.
He started his career in the French Ministry of Defence in 2009. He was an officer in the French Navy, taking part in various missions in the Middle East, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. He then served at the Joint Staff Headquarters in Paris and as a cabinet official in charge of Heritages.
He became an EU civil servant in 2017 working first at the European Commission on the financing of the Common Agricultural Policy. He joined the European External Action Service in 2019, where he worked as an expert on cultural diplomacy and then a policy officer on crisis management and security sector reform. From 2021 to 2023, he served as Political Counsellor at the EU Delegation to Iraq.
He holds a Master in Business Administration and International Law from EDHEC Business School, a Master in Law and Management from the University of Brest specialized in maritime organizations and a Master from the French Naval Academy.
