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Vicky Masson is chief of staff to the acting president at GMF. She works closely with the executive team, assists in streamlining operations, and facilitates cross-functional collaboration. Vicky began at GMF as an intern in the Paris office in 2021, and moved to the Geostrategy Hub as Program Operations Manager.

Prior to joining GMF in 2021, Vicky was an intern at the Agence Française de Développement, where she contributed to a research project on the intervention of international stakeholders in countries in crisis, particularly in the Middle East and Africa. She holds a master’s degree in international security at Sciences Po Paris, where she specialized in diplomacy and African studies. 

James Bindenagel is a U.S. Ambassador (ret.), whose 30-year Foreign Service career included assignments in West, East, and united Germany. He is currently a Senior Professor at the Center for Advanced Security, Strategy, and Integration Studies at Bonn University.