Anne-Sophie Sebban-Bécache

Anne-Sophie Sebban-Bécache is Vice President of Europe at AJC, providing strategic leadership and overseeing the organization’s operations and initiatives across the continent. Prior to this, she served as Director of AJC Paris and Associate Director, where she led the organization’s advocacy efforts in France and played a key role in strengthening AJC’s European network and partnerships.

Before joining AJC, Sebban-Bécache worked at the French Embassy in Israel as an Attachée in the Political Chancellery, where she was involved in diplomatic and political affairs, with a focus on Israeli-Palestinian relations and regional security. She also served at the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations in New York, specializing in human rights and humanitarian affairs, where she contributed to multilateral efforts in peacebuilding and international policy development. Sebban-Bécache managed high-profile projects for the International Forum for Peace in the Middle East, coordinating peacebuilding initiatives and organizing events that brought together political leaders, experts, and diplomats to address Middle East conflicts.

Sebban-Bécache founded “Les Eveillés” (“The Enlightened”), a grassroots Jewish student association aimed at promoting social debate and empowering young Jewish leaders. She also served as Secretary-General of the NGO Collective Emergency Darfur, a humanitarian organization focused on advocating for and aiding victims of the Darfur conflict. She regularly contributed to Bernard-Henri Lévy’s journal “La Règle du Jeu”, where she wrote on political and social issues.

Sebban-Bécache holds a Ph.D. in Geopolitics from the French Institute of Geopolitics at University Paris VIII, and an M.Sc. in Public Affairs from Sciences Po Paris. She also teaches Middle East Diplomacy at Sciences Po Lille and serves as a board member of the French Association for Israel Studies (AFEIL).