Minister plenipotentiary

Born 22 July 1948, Rennes, France
Married, 2 children

Chevalier de la L�gion d'Honneur, Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite, Officier des Arts et des Lettres

Training
•  University of Rennes, degree in law (1971)
•  University of Paris I, higher studies diploma in public law (1972)
•  Diploma of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (1972), public service section
•  Ecole Nationale d'Administration (1976), promotion "Guernica"
•  Prize from the Faculty of law and economic science at Rennes, in public law and economics
•  Prize from the Faculties of law of France (civil law), general competition.

Foreign language
English

Professional career

June 1976 - January 1981	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1976 - 1977	Responsible to the Director for economic and financial affairs (EEC, GATT, North/South Conference, energy, transport, Cocom etc.)
1977 - 1981	Economic cooperation Department (EEC matters, especially agriculture and setting up the common fisheries policy)
January 1981 - December 1984	Commission of the European Communities Adviser then Deputy head of cabinet to Vice President Ortoli, responsible for economic and monetary affairs
January 1985 - March 1986	French Embassy in Washington Counsellor for economic affairs
March 1986 - May 1988	Private office of Prime Minister Jacques Chirac Specialist adviser for european affairs and international economic and financial matters
September 1988 - March 1993	Usinor Sacilor Member and then head of the Group's Directorate for international affairs.
	Other duties: • Representative of the French Steel Federation • Chairman of the governing board of the Steel Statistics Centre • Member of the ECSC Consultative Committee
April 1993 - January 1995	Interministerial Committee on European Economic Cooperation Secretary General
at the same time	Private Office of Prime Minister Edouard Balladur Counsellor for European affairs and Deputy sherpa (preparation of G7 summits)
1995 - 1999	Member of the European Commission, with special responsibility for economic, monetary and financial affairs.
January 2000	Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux Member of the Executive Board (May 2000)
Since May 2001	SUEZ Senior Executive Vice President, in charge of International Affairs, Corporate Relations and European affairs and France sales Department.

Publications
•  "Le Syndrôme du Diplodocus", Albin Michel Publishers (1996)
•  "L'euro", Le Livre de Poche, Collection Inédit/Economie (1998)
•  "L'économie, fil d'Ariane de l'Europe", Sciences-Po Publishers (2000)