May 2025 / Paris, France: FGS Global (“FGS”), a leading international consultancy specializing in stakeholder communications strategy and public affairs, is strengthening its Paris leadership team with the arrival of Camille Putois as Partner.
With a rare background at the crossroads of the executive branch, the private sector and major international organizations, Camille will bring immediate strategic value to our clients. She will play a key role in strengthening our public affairs consultancy offering, which has become a critical issue for executives faced with the increasing fragmentation of markets, regulations and value chains. Her arrival demonstrates FGS Global's ambition to offer CEOs and Boards comprehensive, integrated and decision-oriented support.
A graduate of École Normale Supérieure and ENA, Camille Putois has held a number of high-profile positions in the French administration, including deputy director of the Prime Minister's office. She also pursued a career in the private sector, as a director of advertising sales subsidiaries of the Publicis Group, and founder and president of a tech start-up, further to her experience as Partner in communications and public affairs advisory. Until 2024, she was Managing Director of Business for Inclusive Growth (B4IG), a global coalition of leading companies launched at the G7 France in 2019, dedicated to sustainability issues and co-chaired by the Secretary-General of the OECD.
At FGS Global, Camille will draw on her solid experience of public-private dialogue, both in France and internationally. Together with Alexis Coskun, Director, she will contribute to the development of the global public affairs consultancy offering, in close coordination with FGS’ Washington D.C., Berlin, Brussels and London offices, and around three major strategic areas:
- Public policy, regulation and investment: anticipating political and regulatory developments; supporting their implementation; devising strategies aligning business interests and public objectives; creating public-private coalitions and initiatives.
- Sustainability: anticipation of changes in public and regulatory policy, and management of regulatory conflicts concerning climate, human rights, etc.; advocacy and engagement strategies with stakeholders; public-private coordination and coalitions; crisis anticipation and management.
- Geopolitics: anticipation and assessment of the impact of geopolitical tensions on companies; risk analysis; development of collaborations between companies and researchers and experts on major geopolitical issues.
This appointment is part of the dynamic growth of FGS Global's Paris office, which is strengthening to support its clients in their most strategic, sensitive and complex issues.
Co-leads for FGS Global’s Paris office commented on Camille’s appointment: "We are thrilled to welcome Camille to our Paris team. Her outstanding experience at the intersection of politics and business, combined with deep expertise in regulatory and geopolitical matters, will further elevate our market-leading stakeholder advisory offering. Camille’s arrival enhances our ability to support French and international CEOs and Boards through their most strategic, sensitive, and high-stakes moments.”, said Charles O’Brien, Partner. Katharina Blumenfeld, Partner, added: “Camille is the perfect embodiment of our ambition to offer executives a strategic perspective, firmly rooted in the French landscape and fully connected to major international issues. Her arrival marks a new stage in the development of our team, and we're very enthusiastic about what is to come as we continue to drive our growth and ambition in the French market."