Professor of Cardiology and Vascular Diseases, and Medical Director of the Institut du Thorax at the University Hospital of Nantes (CHU Nantes), leading the Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies Unit. Serves as Vice-President of Research at CHU Nantes and coordinates the INSERM Clinical Research Centre. Member of the Board of Directors of the French Society of Cardiology (SFC), President of the National College of Cardiology Teachers, and former President of the Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies Working Group of the SFC. Previously served on the Committee on National Societies and the Heartfailurematters.com Core Group.