October 2008 - Present: Banque de France, Director of Business Conditions and Macroeconomic Forecasting
October 2005- September 2008: Banque de France, Deputy Director Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecasting
November 2000 - September 2005: Banque de France, Paris, Head, Division “Forecasting and Macroeconomic Studies”, in charge of modelling and forecasting real, nominal and financial developments in France and in the euro area at the macroeconomic level.
August 1999 - November 2000: Banque de France, Paris, Head, Division “Macroeconomic studies on France”: in charge of forecasting real economic developments and public finance for France.
January - August 1999: Deputy Head, Division “Macroeconomic Studies on France”, in charge of forecasting real economic developments.
July 1998 - January 1999: senior economist, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, DG Research, Unit « Monetary and Financial Research” : in charge of studies on the future of European Banking System and the transmission channels of monetary policy.
August 1996 - June 1998: senior economist, European Monetary Institute, Stage III Division, Unit “General Studies”. In charge of launching ECB monitoring of public finance, as well as analysis of the stability of the euro area financial system.
October 1994 - August 1996: Banque de France, Deputy Head of Research Center
September 1991 - September 1994: University of Chicago (IL, USA), Department of economics, Ph D student.
October 1989 - August 1991: Banque de France, researcher in the Research Center.
September 1988 - September 1989: Banque de France, economist, Unit “Monetary Statistics”.
July 1986 - August 1988: Banque de France, economist, Unit “French desk”.
February 1985 - June 1986: Banque de France, Special training after competitive exam.
September 1983 - April 1984: Research assistant, Ministry of Industry.
Education and diplomas
June 2005 : PhD Research Habilitation, Université de Paris X-Nanterre. Jury : M. Artis (IUE, Florence), A. Benassy (Paris X), C. Bordes (Paris 1), C. Goodhart (LSE, London), V. Mignon (Paris X), J.-P. Pollin (Orléans).
September 1991 - September 1994: Ph D in economics at the University of Chicago (IL, USA), Department of Economics, advisers Prof. Jose Scheinkman, Prof. Doug Diamond and Prof. John Cochrane: “Competition among financial intermediaries and the risk of contagious failures”. Preliminary exams in Finance + International Economics.
January 1986 - July 1988: Doctorat « nouveau régime » in Economics, Université Paris XIII, committee chair : Prof. Olivier Pastré. “Analyse comparative des structures de financement du secteur productif”.
March 1983: Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (postgraduate degree obtained 5 years after baccalauréat), specialisation in “Money, banking and financial system”, University of Paris X-Nanterre.
September 1980 - June 1982: “Diplôme de l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, section Service Public (BA in Political science).
September 1977 - June 1981: Maîtrise en économétrie (BS in econometrics, degree obtained after 4-years) and Licence en Histoire ( BA in History, 3-years), University Paris X-Nanterre.
Other professional activities
Enseignant à l’Université de Paris X-Nanterre: Master "Conjoncture et Politiques Economiques" et Master "Economie internationale". Cours "Croissance et Fluctuations", séminaire de recherche "économie bancaire internationale" (depuis 2002-2003).
Enseignant à l’Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration de l’Information (ENSAI, 1995/1996)
Maître de Conférences à IEP Paris (1988/1989 et 1989/1990).
Membre du Conseil de l’UFR de Sciences Economiques et Gestion (SEGMI) de l’Université Paris X-Nanterre depuis 2003-2004.
Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier.
Rapporteur : Journal of Political Economy, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Revue Economique, Revue d’Economie Politique, Revue d’Economie Industrielle, Economie et Prévision, Rech. Econ. Louvain, Annals of Finance, Manchester School.
Membre de L’Econometric Society, de la Société Universitaire d’Etudes et de Recherches Financières (SUERF)
Membre du conseil d’Administration de la Société d’Economie Politique.
