First a business owner in 2006, at the age of 18, Alexandre Malafaye went on, from 2013 onwards, to hold senior executive positions within major French groups. In 2008, driven by a strong interest in history and geopolitics, he began writing and went on to
publish five suspense novels (thrillers), notably with PLON, which received critical acclaim and won awards.

In March 2012, convinced of the need to rethink “the art and the manner of governing” in France and in Europe, he founded the SYNOPIA InsCtute, a scienCfic, independent and nonpartisan organisaCon serving the public interest. In line with its mission, the Synopia Institute develops ideas and solutions to improve public and private governance and to strengthen sovereignty in France and across Europe, in order to address contemporary naConal and internaConal challenges and to foster transiCons and
social cohesion.

In 2018, he founded KALIX, a strategy consulting firm specialising in economic and relational intelligence. As part of his professional activities, he delivers keynote speeches, appears regularly in the media, writes for the press, and travels frequently abroad.
He is an auditor at the French Institute for Advanced Studies in National Defence (IHEDN), a Navy reservist (C).