Julien Gondard

CMA France

Director-General of CMA France

Biography

Julien Gondard was born on 14 July 1976 and has served as Director-General of CMA France since 2020 and as Mayor of Fontainebleau since 2022. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Law and a postgraduate diploma (“DESS”) in Social and Political Marketing from Sorbonne University. With over 20 years of experience, he has developed expertise at the intersection of public communications, territorial development and local government. He began his career as a political marketing consultant at Leaders & Opinions (1998-2005), before joining the City of Fontainebleau as Head of the Mayor’s office (2005-2012). During this period, he has also served as Director of Communications for the Communauté de communes du Pays de Fontainebleau (2010-2012). Alongside these roles, he headed Le Pouvoir des idées within the Arteus Group and was the Executive Director of the Concours national des villes (2012-2015). In 2015, he joined CMA France as Director of Network Support (2015-2017), before becoming Deputy Director-General (2017-2020). At local level, he served as First Deputy Mayor of Fontainebleau from 2020 to 2022.