The French National Maritime Academy (ENSM) educates merchant navy officers and maritime engineers. It operates under the supervision of the Secretariat of State for the Sea and Biodiversity, which is affiliated with the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion.
The board of directors is chaired by Frédéric Moncany de Saint-Aignan and sets the general policy directions of the School.
The ENSM board of directors is composed of 28 members, including 5 members representing the State, 15 external personalities, 6 qualified individuals (at least one from higher education), 8 members representing employers from the maritime economy sector, 1 member designated by alumni associations, and 8 elected members representing the staff and students. Of these, 4 represent the teaching or r
As external personalities and in the capacity of qualified individuals:
Bruno GRUSELLE ;
François HOULLIER ;
Nathalie ILLE ;
Gaël LE SAOUT – Vice President ;
Frédéric MONCANY de SAINT-AIGNAN – President ;
Emilie POIRSON.
As external personalities and in the capacity of representatives of employers from the maritime economy sector:
Nathalie MERCIER-PERRIN, titulaire, and Christine De JOUETTE, her substitute ;
Claire MERLIN, titulaire, and Florian WEYER, her substitute ;
and, representing shipowners,
Jean-Philippe CASANOVA, incumbent, and Mme Maha VANDEWALLE, his substitute ;
Alain COATANHAY, incumbent, and Mme Evelyne ILIOU, his substitute ;
Sylvain DAMOUR, incumbent, and Mme Caroline GALLAND, his substitute ;
Isabelle DAUMAS, incumbent, and Mme Catherine CORNU, her substitute ;
Vincent PINEL, incumbent, and M. Jérôme NAVARRO, his substitute ;
Jean-Emmanuel SAUVEE, incumbent, and M. François LERAY, his substitute.
As external personalities and in the capacity of a member designated by alumni associations:
Christophe LACHEVRE, incumbent,
Mme Estelle JUAN, his substitute.
As elected members representing the staff and students and in the capacity of representatives of the staff performing teaching or research functions within the school:
Jean AVRIL, incumbent, and M. Laurent SALVATI, his substitute ;
Jean-Michel LABORDE, incumbent, and Mme Pauline LAMY-JALABERT, his substitute ;
Guillaume LASBLEIZ, incumbent, and Mme Fabienne PERROT, his substitute ;
Franck PETITJEANNOT, incumbent, and M. Julien TOURY, his substitute.
As elected members representing the staff and students and in the capacity of representatives of the staff not performing teaching or research functions:
Maxime CROCHEMORE, incumbent, and Pascale HAURET TERTU, his substitute ;
Roxane MONGINOT, incumbent, and Céline CRAVEREAU, her substitute.
As elected members representing the staff and students and in the capacity of student representatives:
Edouard GIRAUD, incumbent, and Marie KROTOFF, his substitute ;
Seraphin LIVET, incumbent, and Aliénor RAMBEAU, his substitute.
The Expanded Management Collective meets monthly to discuss current affairs of the school and to monitor the implementation of actions across all school sites. It consists of about twenty members and is chaired by François Lambert, Director-General of the French National Maritime Academy.
François Lambert, General Manager
Pierre-Yves Le Corre, General Services Manager
Nathalie Tancret, Director of Studies
Guillaume de Beauregard, Director, Le Havre site
Fabrice Moret-Bailly, Director, Marseille site
Luc Varin, Director, Saint-Malo site
Pascal Leblond, Director, Nantes site, Research Coordinator
Véronika Rous, Quality Manager – Management and Internal Control
Delphine Deschamps, Director, Human Resources
Gersende Le Dimna, Head of international relations and academic partnerships
Romain Baudry, Head of legal expertise
Sophie Bourhis, Head of property management
Cyril Delher, Deputy Director, Marseille site, in charge of training courses
Sophie Nevoux, Deputy Director, Le Havre site, in charge of training courses
Christophe Marcillaud, Deputy Director, Saint-Malo site, in charge of training courses
Guillaume Edouard, Head of information and communication systems
Valentine Lesoudier, Communications Manager
Gregory Colomer, Head of ENSM’s sea survival and rescue training center (Cesame)
Olivier Lemattre, Deputy Director of Studies
Thomas Fossier, Head of teaching facilities
Stéphanie Gourlin, Apprenticeship and corporate relations manager
Frédéric Dupont, Pedagogical engineer
Orlane Siwik, Head of Continuing Education (CEMAFOR)
Fabrice Verdin, Accounting officer
Frederic Dhieux, Prevention advisor
The Restricted Management Collective meets weekly with the same objective of discussing current affairs and monitoring the implementation of actions across all school sites. It consists of 8 members and is chaired by François Lambert, Director-General of the French National Maritime Academy.
François Lambert, Director General
Pierre-Yves Le Corre, Director General of Services
Nathalie Tancret, Director of Studies
Guillaume de Beauregard, Director of the Le Havre Site
Fabrice Moret-Bailly, Director of the Marseille Site
Luc Varin, Director of the Saint-Malo Site
Pascal Leblond, Director of the Nantes Site, Research Coordinator
Véronika Rous, Quality Manager – Management Control and Internal Audit
Specialized Training of the Social Administrative Committee (FS-CSA)
Created by the same decree as the CSA, the specialized training is chaired by the Director-General of ENSM.
This training meets at least three times a year or whenever circumstances require it. The composition of the FS-CSA is organized by Article 24 of decree n° 2020-1427.
A summary of opinions is distributed to all staff and then posted on the school’s intranet. Only staff representatives and administrative agents participating in the committee receive the minutes.
The Joint Consultative Committee is tasked with examining issues concerning the contractual status of agents at the ENSM (see Annex 2, Decision n°117 of March 25, 2013).
The CCP is mandatorily consulted on:
Individual decisions related to dismissals at the end of a trial period;
Disciplinary sanctions other than warnings and reprimands;
Any individual question related to the professional situation of contractual agents.
It meets at least once a year.
Educational Chain
The Directorate of Studies at the ENSM is led by Nathalie Tancret and her deputy Oliver Lemattre. They are supported by 5 department heads and 230 instructors.
Teaching departments by program and department heads:
Engineer cycle L: Florence Blot
Navigating engineer cycle M: François Grinnaert
Maritime engineering: Awa Sam
Monovalent machine: Pierre Gicquel
Monovalent deck: Thomas Roy
Teaching Staff
ENSM relies on a teaching body of about 230 professors and external contributors spread across the sites of Le Havre,Saint Malo, Nantes et Marseille.
The courses taught at ENSM are divided into six teaching units:
SNA: Nautical Sciences
CES: Construction, operation, safety
SHS: Human and social sciences
MEC: Naval mechanics
EEA: Electronics, electrotechnics, automation
FON: Fundamentals
Other Pedagogical Resources
The Directorate of Studies at ENSM also relies on a dedicated support team for pedagogy:
Thomas Fossier, responsible for pedagogical equipment
Didier Delean, responsible for the study information system
Frédéric Dupont, pedagogical engineer
Research commission
By ministerial decree of February 8, 2022 (decree currently being modified), the list of members of the ENSM research commission is constituted as follows: