Prior to taking up his post at The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, Maxime worked at the Baltic Defence College in Tartu as a Lecturer in War and Conflict Studies and as Acting Department Director. During that time, he was also a Non–Resident Research Fellow at the International Centre for Defence and Security. Maxime holds a master’s degree in International Relations from Sciences Po Lyon with a specialization in strategic, military and security studies from Sciences Po Aix–en–Provence.