Career
He also teaches international relations at Sciences Po Paris. From early 2008 to end of 2010, Romain Poirot-Lellig worked in Kabul, Afghanistan mostly as political advisor to two successive European Union Special Representatives. He worked briefly at the French Prime minister"s Secretariat général de la défense nationale from 2007 to 2008 as North Atlantic Treaty Organization Desk Officer.
From 2005 to 2008, he was special adviser for public policy to the President of Ubisoft Entertainment South America As such, he was responsible, from the private sector side, in negotiating a digital production tax cr voted by French Parliament and approved by the European Commission.
From 2001, he working as a consultant providing financial advisory such as fundraising, business development and finance services to infrastructure, high-tech and media companies in Asia and Europe. Prior to that, Romain Poirot-Lellig was a journalist for leading French newspapers, including Louisiana Tribune and Paris Match from 1996 to 2000.
He received a Master’s Degree in International Affairs and international security from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and a Master’s Degree in Corporate Management from the Université Paris IX Dauphine. With former French ambassador in Afghanistan Jean d"Amécourt, he co-authored "Diplomate en guerre à Kaboul", a first-hand behind-the-scenes account of the pivotal years of the international coalition in Afghanistan published by Robert Laffont.
The book was awarded the " d"Honneur" for 2013.
