Mr. Michel Soula,  NATO Head Operations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

 

Mr. Soula is currently in charge of all NATO Operations worldwide, excluding Afghanistan, in the Operations Directorate 

at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, where he deals with the all crises NATO is currently involved in, namely Kosovo and maritime operations. He also dealt with NATO’s operation in Libya. Prior to that, he held the position of Deputy Director of the Private Office of the NATO Secretary General for seven years, working first with Javier Solana and then with Lord Robertson. He was interalia in charge of the Balkans. As French civil servant, Mr. Soula started his career in the French Post Ministry before he was seconded to the French Foreign Service where he held various positions, in particular in the Strategic Affairs and Disarmament Directorate on chemical and biological warfare.