Valérie Brisset has been appointed as the new Consul General of France in San Francisco. A seasoned career diplomat, she will officially assume her duties in late February or early March, heading the Consulate General of France in San Francisco, whose jurisdiction covers a large part of the western United States.
Valérie Brisset brings with her a strong academic and institutional background. She studied at Sciences Po Paris and is a graduate of the École nationale d’administration (ENA), Robert Badinter class. She also pursued higher education in the United Kingdom, notably at the London School of Economics and the University of Warwick. Before joining the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, she held positions at the Louvre Museum and taught European affairs.
Since 2011, she has held several roles within France’s diplomatic network, including at the French Embassy in Greece, where she served as First Counsellor, and at the French Embassy in China as Deputy Head of Mission and Head of the Political Chancellery. Since 2022, she had been Deputy Director for Cultural, Educational, Academic, and Scientific Diplomacy at the Quai d’Orsay, overseeing a network of more than 100 cultural cooperation services worldwide, as well as French Institutes such as Villa Albertine.
Her appointment to San Francisco marks her first posting as Consul General.
Welcome, Madam Consul General.
