Pierre Brochand

Pierre Brochand
Head of the DGSE
In office
2002–2008
PresidentJacques Chirac
Nicolas Sarkozy
Preceded byJean-Claude Cousseran
Succeeded byErard Corbin de Mangoux
Personal details
Born (1941-07-04) 4 July 1941
Cannes, France
Alma materHEC Paris, ÉNA

Pierre Brochand (born 4 July 1941, in Cannes) is a former director of the French Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE). He was previously a diplomat. He was a witness to Operation Frequent Wind and the Fall of Saigon in April 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War.

Alumnus of the École nationale d'administration (ENA), he is also a graduate of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC).