Pauline manages strategic intelligence activities for EU institutions, NATO and private sector clients at Forward Global’s Brussels office. She brings 15+ years of experience in European security and defence and a large network of contacts to her work. Pauline was previously Head of the European Defence Agency’s Media & Communication Unit, after managing Friends of Europe’s Security & Defence Programme for eight years. She began her career in government relations at Thales Italia. Pauline studied at King’s College London, the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris and Leiden Universiteit in the Netherlands. She speaks fluent French, English, Italian and German. She is a member of the Brussels chapter of Women in International Security (WIIS), of Women4Cyber Belgium and a co-founder of the Brussels Binder (the open-source database of female EU policy experts).