Our story

The Negotiators Agency

+ 45 000
PEOPLE TRAINED WORLDWIDE
+ 2 500
INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS
+ 30
EXPERTS IN FRANCE AND ABROAD

ADN CREATION

The methods developed in the field become the ADN Model© and are taught during training sessions.

2013

NOTRE CONVICTION

ADN naît avec une ambition : transformer la façon dont les organisations négocient.

2017

PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED NATIONS

Organization of World Negotiation Day and production of the Negotiation Bulletin.

2020

Negotiation and Beyond

ADN’s team of professional negotiators supports executives, companies, and organizations every day as they face increasingly complex negotiations, both in France and internationally.

2024

THE ADN ECOSYSTEM

ADN is transitioning into a mission-driven company, renewing the Qualiopi certification obtained in 2021, registering as a certifying body with France Compétences, and becoming a member of the UN Global Compact.

2026

Bringing negotiation to life in a new way

Nego Show©, podcasts, live events, immersive formats, digital tools... ADN is expanding its scope to bring negotiation to life beyond the training room.

Driving the negotiation forward

The ADN Agency

Beyond Words

A sense of responsibility

ONU

Since 2017, we have been training diplomats and supporting certain member states. Together, we co-organize World Negotiation Day at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

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HARVARD

Since 2020, the agency’s negotiators have been working with students on complex crisis negotiation—a program designed specifically for them and led by Marwan Mery.

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CCHN

ADN experts work alongside humanitarian negotiators to train and assist them in crisis negotiation.

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ADN KIDS

The first negotiation program for children to combat violence and school bullying.

Over 15,000 children trained for free over 10 years.

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THE FOUNDER

Marwan Mery

A former specialist officer in influence and crisis negotiation with the COS (Special Operations Command), Marwan Mery works daily with companies, government organizations, and NGOs to address critical situations. A consultant for the United Nations and a lecturer at Harvard University, he has authored around ten best-selling books and currently heads an agency comprising some thirty experts, operating both in France and abroad.

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