Conferences by Laurent Combalbert

Laurent Combalbert studied law and political science and has a diploma from the French « École Nationale des Officiers de Police » which he entered in 1995 and came second in the exit classification.

Trained by the FBI

He joined the French elite RAID brigade in 1998 as a crisis negotiator and completed his training in 2000 at the FBI’s National Academy in the USA.  Using his experience of hundreds of critical cases involving hostage taking, kidnapping and other acts by fanatics, he was the author of a training module which he has used, with other RAID officers, to train crisis negotiators around the world.

Became a Lecturer, an Advisor & an Author

Since 2004, he has been using his unique experience to run conferences, and advise companies, the media, governmental and non-governmental organisations on how to tackle situations such as kidnappings, extortions, diplomatic crises, etc.  Laurent Combalbert is also the successful author of numerous works on leadership, negotiation and communication, and he lectures on complex negotiation at HEC and Sciences Po in Paris.

A TV Show about Laurent

Finally, he and his associate Marwan Mery inspired and assisted the creation of the television series Ransom shown on French television since January 2017. This relates the life of a negotiator renowned for resolving crisis around the world.