Olivier Colom, international adviser at Holding Edmond de Rothschild SA, in Paris, on May 14, 2014. ELODIE GREGOIRE/REA/LE MONDE
"Let's talk on the phone, I dn't [sic] like emails," wrote Jeffrey Epstein in September 2013 to one of his main French contacts: Olivier Colom. Despite this, the former deputy diplomatic adviser at the Elysée during Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term as president (2007-2012) now finds himself at the center of the Epstein scandal for his prolific correspondence with the American sexual predator, between 2013 and 2019, as revealed in the trove of emails released by the US justice system on January 30.
Today, the former diplomat, age 56, is a consultant to heads of state and business leaders through his company founded in 2016, OC Advisory, and is very active in Africa. According to information published by Africa Intelligence, the Frenchman, with whom Le Monde was able to conduct an extensive interview, played a key role in organizing far-right leader Marine Le Pen's trip to Chad in 2025.
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