Lieutenant General Bertrand Le Meur
Head, Directorate for Defense Strategy, Counter-Proliferation, and Strategic Foresight
French Ministry for the Armed Forces
Bertrand Le Meur was appointed as Head of the Directorate for Defence Strategy, Counter-Proliferation and Strategic Foresight at the Ministry for the Armed Forces by decree of 1 July 2021. He was simultaneously raised to the rank of “ingenieur general hors classe de l’armement” (4 star). As such, he is in charge of strategic analysis, global defence doctrine, analysis of global trends affecting the environment. Finally, he contributes to the conduct of the policy of control of exports of defence materials and similar items. As part of his various functions, he is called upon to consult the various authorities of the Ministry as well as France's major partners in the military field.
Bertrand Le Meur began his career in 1990 at the Directorate General for Armament (DGA), in the field of military telecommunications, where he first contributed to the design studies, then to the management of military satellite telecommunications programmes (Syracuse Il and Ill). He managed a division in charge of all telecommunications systems. In 1998, he joined the DGA's Programmes and Methods Directorate (DPM), where he oversaw the progress of air programmes. He participated in the internal audit and set up financial indicators between the DGA and the Air Force. In 2001, to diversify his experience, he joined the mobile telecommunications company SFR, where he was successively in charge of mobile engineering projects, operations management of an internet subsidiary of the company, Director of the regional establishment for the South-West and finally, of the Support Functions and Methods Department in support of the deployment and maintenance of the SFR network. In 2009, Bertrand Le Meur returned to the DGA, within the Directorate of Plans, Programmes and Budget (DP). He was responsible for analysing the conditions for launching programmes and advising the Director on control and launch procedures. In February 2012, Bertrand Le Meur joined the Industrial Affairs and Economic Intelligence Department of the DGA. After a position as Sub-Director for the "electronics, land and naval" sectors, he was appointed as general engineer and took over the management of the department in February 2014.
In February 2018, Bertrand Le Meur joined the General Secretariat for Defence and National Security (SGDSN), a department of the Prime Minister, as deputy to the Director of International, Strategic and Technological affairs. He is a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour and an Officer of the National Order of Merit. He is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique (1988) and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées (1990).
Bertrand Le Meur began his career in 1990 at the Directorate General for Armament (DGA), in the field of military telecommunications, where he first contributed to the design studies, then to the management of military satellite telecommunications programmes (Syracuse Il and Ill). He managed a division in charge of all telecommunications systems. In 1998, he joined the DGA's Programmes and Methods Directorate (DPM), where he oversaw the progress of air programmes. He participated in the internal audit and set up financial indicators between the DGA and the Air Force. In 2001, to diversify his experience, he joined the mobile telecommunications company SFR, where he was successively in charge of mobile engineering projects, operations management of an internet subsidiary of the company, Director of the regional establishment for the South-West and finally, of the Support Functions and Methods Department in support of the deployment and maintenance of the SFR network. In 2009, Bertrand Le Meur returned to the DGA, within the Directorate of Plans, Programmes and Budget (DP). He was responsible for analysing the conditions for launching programmes and advising the Director on control and launch procedures. In February 2012, Bertrand Le Meur joined the Industrial Affairs and Economic Intelligence Department of the DGA. After a position as Sub-Director for the "electronics, land and naval" sectors, he was appointed as general engineer and took over the management of the department in February 2014.
In February 2018, Bertrand Le Meur joined the General Secretariat for Defence and National Security (SGDSN), a department of the Prime Minister, as deputy to the Director of International, Strategic and Technological affairs. He is a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour and an Officer of the National Order of Merit. He is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique (1988) and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées (1990).