Ms. Ingrid Derveaux is a French judge and a lecturer with over 15 years of professional experience in the legal field. She has held the position of Secretary General of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) since January 2023, being the first woman in this position. She leads EJTN’s secretariat in Brussels. EJTN is the only network dedicated to providing training to European judges, prosecutors, court staff, and trainers, along with their respective national judicial training institutions.
Ms. Derveaux’s professional career in France encompasses judicial,managerial, and advisory roles in key justice institutions. She served as Deputy Director and Head of International Affairs at the French National School for the Judiciary, Vice-Prosecutor at the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office, Investigative judge in Nice, and judge in civil and criminal matters in the Cambrai court. Additionally, she has been working in the cabinet of the French Minister of Justice, contributing, among other things, to the negotiations for establishing the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘EPPO’).
As an academic and legal practitioner focusing in the field of criminal justice, Ms. Derveaux has lectured for several years on courses of criminal procedure at the University of Valenciennes. She holds an advanced degree in Law, including a master’s in private law from Paris II Panthéon – Assas University.