Joan Valadou is a diplomat at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. He took up his post as Deputy Director for Human Development in September 2019 and as such follows international issues related to health, education, gender and food security within the Directorate General for Globalisation, Culture, Education and International Development.
Previously, Mr. Valadou worked on global health issues as a UNITAID officer (2007-2009) and as a China editor (2009-2011) at the Ministry, before joining the French Embassy in China (2011-2015) and the French Embassy in Japan (2015-2019). He is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and of INALCO (Chinese language and civilization).