Jean Pisani-Ferry

Jean Pisani-Ferry (born July 28, 1951) is a French economist and public policy expert. He is a fellow at think tanks Bruegel in Brussels and the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C. He is also a senior professor in economics and public management at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, and a professor at the European University Institute near Florence.

He served as Commissioner General for Policy Planning under Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

Prior to this appointment, he was Director of Bruegel, the Brussels-based economic think tank, He was also a professor of economics with Université Paris-Dauphine.

Since 2010, he has written monthly columns for international media organization Project Syndicate.

Early life and education Born in 1951, the son of politician Edgard Pisani and historian , Jean Pisani-Ferry initially trained as an engineer. He has a Master in mathematics. He has an advanced economics degree from the Centre d'études des programmes économiques (CEPE, Paris) and a Master's Degree in Engineering from Supélec.

Career Early on he held positions in research and government in France. From 2013 until the end of 2016, he was the Commissioner-General of France Stratégie, which is the French government's ideas lab. He in 2019 co-wrote the book "Global Governance: Demise or Transformation?" with George Papaconstantinou for the Trans European Policy Studies Association. Early in 2017, he was the Director of programme and ideas of Emmanuel Macron's presidential bid in France. and Project Syndicate. He spoke at the fifteenth Trento Festival of Economics in May 2020.

Other activities European Council on Foreign Relations, Member Berggruen Institute, Member of the Council for the Future of Europe Peterson Institute for International Economics, Member of the Advisory Committee