Speakers & Moderators

Agnès Bénassy-Quéré is a Deputy Governor at the Banque de France, on leave from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Paris School of Economics, where she is a Professor of Economics. Prior to joining the Banque de France, she served as Chief Economist at the French Treasury Directorate General (2020-2023). From 2012 to 2017, she was the Chairwoman of the French Council of Economic Analysis.
Previously, she was Director of the CEPII (Centre for Prospective Studies and International Information) from 2006 to 2012 and held academic positions at Paris-Nanterre, Lille, and Cergy-Pontoise Universities, as well as at École Polytechnique. She has been a member of several important advisory bodies, including the High Council for Financial Stability, the General Council of the Banque de France, the Council for Public Taxation, the National Productivity Council, and the Franco-German Economic Analysis Council.
She has also been a non-resident fellow at Bruegel and led the research network of the CEPR on European economic architecture. Her research primarily focuses on the international monetary system and macroeconomic policy in Europe.