Océane Benfodda - France
Biography
Océane Benfodda has been international cooperation officer in the French Security Department of the Civil Aviation Safety Directorate (DSAC SUR, oversight directorate) since 2019. Her responsibilities include serving as the official DGAC representative to several international security working groups, in particular the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) Guidance Material Task Force (GMTF) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Working Group on Guidance Material (WGGM).
As an aviation security inspector, she is also responsible for updating the documentation and tools used by national security inspectors and auditors.
Previously, Océane served for two years as manager of Air France oversight in the DSAC SUR department. She supervised and coordinated monitoring of the air carrier, and approved Air France’s security training and security programme.
Prior to her role in the DSAC SUR department, Océane served in the Security Strategy and Regulation Unit (SRD1) of the Air Transport Directorate (DTA). She was responsible for preparing the European Commission’s inspection of the French Appropriate Authority, following-up on aviation security meetings on legislative amendments, and drafting French working papers/information papers on aviation security policy for the ICAO Assembly.
Océane has a master in political science degree in international relations from the Sciences Po Lyon Institute (Lyon, France) and a master in political science degree in security, peace, and conflicts from IEE-ULB (Institute for European Studies of ULB University in Brussels, Belgium). She also completed security training at ENAC (French National School of Civil Aviation) on radioscopic image analysis, security equipment and mail and cargo security regulation.