Marie Audren joined HOTREC as Director General in August 2020. She has extensive experience in EU public affairs. She was Deputy Director General of spiritsEUROPE. She also worked as an adviser in the EU office of the French business federation, MEDEF. She holds a Master’s degree in “European studies” from the Louvain-la-Neuve University (UCL) and a Master’s degree in “Public Administration” from Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Rennes).