

Paris Reception
The Chief of Staff Association is pleased to invite you to an evening members' reception in Paris.
Hosted by Annie Scacco, CSA Engagement Lead for Continental Europe, this event will bring together senior chiefs of staff and strategic leaders from across France.
Our speaker for the evening is Sean Cunniff - British Army officer, former British Military Attaché in Paris, and a leader with more than 25 years' experience at the intersection of strategy, diplomacy and operational delivery.
Sean has held senior roles within NATO, served as a chief of staff within a British Army operational brigade, and advised UK defence leaders on Euro-Atlantic security policy and complex international decision-making. He also served as CEO of the Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment, the largest residential technical training college in Europe.
Drawing on that experience, Sean will reflect on the chief of staff role within French and broader European contexts - including where it overlaps with and differs from that of directeur / directrice / chef(fe) de cabinet.