Franck Margelidon

Franck Margelidon has extensive experience in military operations, geospatial intelligence, and defense sales. Since March 2020, Franck serves as Chargé d'affaires militaires - groupement - mécénat at Nexter and has held the position of Defense & National Security Sales Manager at Esri France since July 2017. Prior roles include Professor and Group Leader at École de Guerre, where Franck trained senior military officers from 70 nationalities, and Director of the Inter-Service Geospatial Intelligence Center at the French Ministry of Defence. Franck also held key leadership roles within the French Army, including Secretary General and Chief of Staff in the Army Intelligence Brigade, and led the 28th Geographical Group of the Army. Educational qualifications include advanced studies at École de Guerre and a DEA in Geographical Information Science from Ecole nationale des Sciences géographiques.