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Florence Ferrando

Consultant at Forward Global

Florence has been a consultant at Forward Global since January 2018. She holds a Dual Master’s degree in International Relations from Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University, specialising in international security, defence, and economic intelligence. Her academic focus includes strategic areas such as cross-border cooperation, non-state threats, defence economics, and nuclear deterrence.

Over the course of her academic career, Florence completed several internships across both the public sector and the private sector, including roles at the General Directorate of Armament – Technical Service of the Navy and Police Forces, and with notable experiences at MBDA and Safran in the aerospace industry.

Within Forward Global, Florence undertakes diverse missions for a range of public and private clients. Her responsibilities encompass various tasks, from conducting comprehensive analysis and managing stakeholders to providing essential support on project deliverables and overseeing major projects.

Most of her work revolves around the pivotal topic of digital transformation in the defence sector, as she worked continuously on cybersecurity and new technologies (Artificial Intelligence, virtualisation, Big Data, Cloud, Blockchain, IoT) with a focus on their applications in both industrial and public sectors.

Content by Florence Ferrando

Podcast

The Women Leaders podcast: Hungary and the defeat of illiberal democracy

With the Tisza party taking office in Hungary, attention has turned to how this victory was achieved – not as an abstract political question, but through the lived experiences of Hungarians who opposed Viktor Orbán’s illiberal democracy and came together to defeat it. Eva Cartwright and Flora Hevesi, two such activists, join us for a dynamic and heartfelt conversation exploring what life under Fidesz really meant in Hungary’s cities and villages, and how victory was finally achieved.

8 May 2026 | Ilana Bet-El and Florence Ferrando
Podcast

The Women Leaders podcast: Wide waves of war

In the face of sustained conflict in the Persian Gulf, oil, gas, and fertiliser supplies are running low, and prices are running high. Nations across the globe are reevaluating their geostrategic partnerships in the face of this disruption. To unpack the full international implications of the US/Israeli-Iran war, ELN Senior Associate Fellow Ilana Bet-El is joined by Shihoko Goto of the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) and Rebecca Christie of Bruegel.

24 April 2026 | Ilana Bet-El and Florence Ferrando