Presentation

An agency of professional negotiators

Cofounded in 2013 by Marwan Mery and Laurent Combalbert, ADN Group is currently directed by Marwan Mery and includes a whole team of professional negotiators and experts. They offer exceptional services on a daily basis – training courses, conferences, assistance – focusing on complex negotiation and corollary subjects (stress management, leadership, mental preparation…).

Marwan Mery travels the world each year, surrounded by his team of experts, to work with businesses, government organization and NGOs to resolve complex situations, including critical situations (kidnapping and ransom, extortion…) social conflicts, commercial negotiations with high stakes and diplomatic relations.

Our vision

Governance

Marwan Mery is a professional negotiator. Cofounder of ADN Group in 2013 with Laurent Combalbert, he is also the chairman of Hostage and Crisis Negotiation International Academy whose objective is to train elite units in resolving crisis through negotiation. In 2016 the Franco-American television series Ransom, which follows the story of a crisis negotiator, is based on the life experience of both French negotiators. In 2019, Marwan Mery was appointed member of the jury for the World Negotiation Day at the UN. Author of several publications on complex negotiation and its corollary subjects, he occasionally lectures at HEC Paris, after having taught for five years at the Sorbonne. As CEO of ADN Group he currently spends 50% of his time in the field and manages his overseas teams and offices from Paris.

The heart of our work is complex negotiation. Our work relies on a deeply humane vision of the world and is incorporated in the excellency of our approach and transmission.

Surrounded by Silvia Bravard-Meunier and Stéphane Charlot on the executive board, Marwan Mery watches over the balance between the group’s developing activity and the evolution in the current environment. ADN Group’s Executive Board works on defining strategic objectives and coordinating putting them to work.

Presentation of the strategic committee

Operational expertise

Our team

All ADN Group experts are active professionals. They spend, at least, a third of their time managing complex situations. The rest of their time is spent transmitting their knowledge in training courses and conferences.

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Silvia Bravard-Meunier

Silvia Bravard-Meunier is a professional negotiator. She carried out many high-pressured negotiations during her professional career in one of the largest French factories. Specialised in high-pressured negotiation and contentious interpersonal negotiation, she works with businesses on their commercial and social negotiations.

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Stéphane Charlot

After graduating from the National School of Higher Police Officer Studies (École Nationale Supérieure des Officiers de Police), Stéphane carried out different positions in the GIPN (National Intervention Groups) before becoming assistant director of the RAID’s intervention group, then captain of the antiterrorist department. At ADN Group, Stéphane has become the reference for mental preparation, […]

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Lousin Mehrabi

After an impressive career in finance (Citigroup, Commerzbank and the New-York Stock Exchange) in strategic positions related to negotiation, Lousin changed profession to assist businesses. She holds four nationalities, speaks five languages fluently and currently works at ADN Group in complex negotiation.

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Kirk Kinnell

Former head of the crisis negotiation team for Scotland Yard, Kirk managed over two hundred critical situations (hostage-taking, internment and madmen). After teaching at the FBI, he joined ADN Group to conduct negotiations with high stakes and to train businesses, from all over the world, in complex negotiation.

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Simon Martenot

After graduating from the Polytechnic School of Paris (École Polytechnique et des Mines de Paris) Simon became and still is HR manager of a multinational. Simon has significant experience in contentious social relations and works, at ADN Group, with business of any size in social negotiation and conflict management.

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Aude Pichaud

After her studies in commerce, Aude negotiated for a long period in large retailing before becoming the commercial manager at Kellogg’s. At ADN Group she trains and assists businesses of any size on the subjects of complex and commercial negotiation.

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Dimitri Linardos

Former member of the special forces, Dimitri has carried out dozens of high-risk, secret operations for the French government. At ADN Group Dimitri is an expert in audit, in securing people and property overseas, in traveler safety and crisis management.

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Thibaut Guiraud

As a doctor in physiology, the manager of a clinic and the author of over fifty scientific articles, Thibaut is an eminent specialist in stress management, recovery and nutrition. At ADN Group Thibaut trains and assists leaders in maintaining their performance levels in deteriorating situations.

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Julie Duret

With a background as a salesperson, Julie has held several positions in management and in sales within multinationals and with prestigious brands: Unilever, Marie, Kellogg’s, Danone and Blédina. At ADN Group Julie trains businesses of any size in emotional selling and managing commercial teams.

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Stéphanie Kveton

After graduating from HEC Geneva and obtaining and HRM in Behavioural Science and industrial Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, having a certified CIPD as well as numerous psychometric tools, Stéphanie Kveton works with ADN Group, on complex negotiation.

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Jonathan Guillon

A former member of the special forces in the marine commandos of the 2nd REP of the Foreign Legion, Jonathan carried out numerous external operations for the French government. At ADN Group he works on the subjects of physical preparation, toughening up and surpassing oneself.

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Jean-Louis Calmon

A graduate from the National Police School, Jean-Louis is the head of an operational unit in the Police Force. He has strong experience, both in France and overseas, in securing diplomatic sites and works with businesses on the subjects of complex negotiation and crisis management.

A state of mind

Long term vision

ADN Group has united skill and talent. Each one of our experts insure the quality of their services on a daily basis, relying on their knowledge in transmission and their expertise in the entirety of their subjects. This strong basis, that is both operational and excellent, is ADN’s signature and the guarantee of a long-lasting action.

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The foundations of performance

Our values

Our values form the basis for all ADN Group’s actions. They are the foundations of performance and longevity. Three fundamental values are shared by all team members: Excellency, Transmission and Protection.

Excellency

We carry out missions on a daily basis, not only operational missions, but also training courses and conferences and therefore there is no room for compromise. It is of great importance to the entire group to offer services of the highest quality and our teams give great attention to every detail. We have cultivated our difference by striving for excellency in even the smallest details.

Transmission

Transmission is at the very roots of ADN Group. This is what has established our legitimacy over the years. The foundation of our whole approach, transmission of knowledge, is one of our main commitments so that our expertise can be available to as many people as possible.

Protection

ADN Group has cultivated a mentality of mutual aid and support which privileges an altruistic vision of solidarity, open to the world. By getting involved in organisations and with people living in complex situations, we have made all our resources available to help find solutions that respect their identity and their autonomy.