Olivia Blanchard

Research Fellow & Project Manager, Danube Tech Valley Initiative

Olivia Blanchard is a young and dynamic professional originally from the French Overseas territory, currently based in Slovakia. She covers Danube Tech Valley Initiative topics within the GLOBSEC Policy Institute. She previously worked in various consultancy and international market analysis roles, as well as liaison interpretation missions. She has a master’s degree in International Strategies and Diplomacy.

The polyglot and liaison interpreter is also the President of the educational non-profit organisation Bringing Europeans Together Association France (BETA France), part of a European network. BETA France works with young Europeans to encourage European identity, understanding of European processes and democratic and civic debate at the national and international levels.