Clara Chappaz

Minister of Digital Affairs

Clara Chappaz is Ambassador for Digital Affairs and Artificial Intelligence at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a position she has held since December 2025. Prior to this appointment, she served in the French government as Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies from December 2024 to October 2025, having first entered government as Secretary of State for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies in September 2024, making her France's first AI minister. During her ministerial tenure, she unveiled the National Institute for AI Evaluation and Safety (INESIA), launched Dare AI — a plan for integrating artificial intelligence across France's economy by 2030 — and led the creation of a 91-partner coalition to address AI's environmental impact at the Paris AI Action Summit in February 2025. The French government also announced a $400 million investment in public interest AI at that summit. She was named to TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential People in AI in 2025.

Before entering government, Chappaz served as Director of La French Tech from October 2021 to September 2024, where she led the mission supporting the growth of the French startup sector in France and internationally. Prior to that, she held C-level positions at Vestiaire Collective, serving as Chief Growth Officer from January 2019 and Chief Business Officer from October 2020 to October 2021. Earlier in her career, she served as director general of Zalora, starting in 2015. Chappaz holds a Master of Science from ESSEC Business School and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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