The quiet Corsican

By Tom Judd - 20.11.2008 / 00:00 CET

The French civil servant behind the EU's response to the financial crisis.

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Curriculum Vitae

1960: Born, Bastia
1960: Born, Bastia
1985: Graduates from École Nationale d'Administration; Inspecteur
des Finances
1988-89: Adviser to the head of the Inspection Générale des Finances
1989-90: Adviser for energy, transport and mines in the treasury directorate
1990-93: Head of the European affairs office of the treasury directorate
1993-95: International economic affairs adviser in the cabinet of prime minister Édouard Balladur
1995-96: Head of financial markets in the treasury directorate
1996-2000: Under-secretary for Europe, monetary and international affairs in the treasury directorate
2000: Deputy-director treasury directorate
2001-02: Head of state financing at the treasury directorate
2002-04: Cabinet director for finance minister Francis Mer
2004: Adviser to finance minister Nicolas Sarkozy
2004-: Director-general of the treasury and for economic policy
2005-: President of the EU's economic and financial committee