Éric Roger Pierre Lombard (; born 16 May 1958) is a French businessman and politician who has served as Minister of Economics and Finance in the

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François Bayrou François René Jean Lucien Bayrou (; born 25 May 1951) is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France since December 2024. He has presided over the European Democratic Party (EDP) since 2004 and the Democratic Movement (France ...

since 2024. From 2017 to 2024, he served as CEO of the

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Family and education

Éric Lombard is the son of Alfred Lombard, who is a senior executive in

Nouvelles Galeries Nouvelles Galeries is a French department store chain owned and operated by Galeries Lafayette. Founded in 1897 the chain previously was one of the largest department store chains in France however now only has two locations. History In 1 ...

, and Annie Lévy, who is a graphologist and daughter of , an industrialist who founded the Devanlay group in

Troyes Troyes () is a Communes of France, commune and the capital of the Departments of France, department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within ...

. From 2004 to 2007, he was the CEO of the holding company, managing the family assets. His grandparents, Pierre and Denise Lévy, had collected more than 4,000 works of art, 2,000 of which were bequeathed in 1976 to Troyes, where, in 1982, the

Musée d'art moderne de Troyes The Musée d'art moderne de Troyes is one of the two main museums in the French city of Troyes – the other is the Musée des beaux-arts de Troyes, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Troyes. It is located in the city's former 16th- and 17th-century, episc ...

has opened. Lombard is married to a visual artist, Françoise Carré, and has three children. Lombard graduated from

HEC Paris HEC Paris () is a business school and ''grande école'' located in Jouy-en-Josas, a southwestern outer suburb of Paris, France. It offers Bachelor, MiM, MSc in International Finance, MBA, EMBA, executive education, professional developm ...

in 1981.

Career

In 1989, he became technical advisor to the government's spokesman in the cabinet of Louis Le Pensec, and then the Ministry of the Overseas. Lombard worked as an advisor to

Michel Sapin Michel Sapin (; born 9 April 1952) is a French politician who served as Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2014 to 2017. He is a member of the Socialist Party. He was Minister of the Civil Service from 2000 to 2002 and Mini ...

from 1991 to 1993, first at the

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and later at the Ministry of Economics and Finance.Véronique Chocron (8 November 2017)
Eric Lombard en passe d’être nommé à la tête de la Caisse des dépôts
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''. On 16 November 2017, while

Pierre-René Lemas Pierre-René Lemas (born 23 February 1951 in French Algeria) is a French civil servant. He served as the Chief of Staff of the French President, François Hollande from 2012 to 2014. He has served as the Chairman of the Caisse des dépôts et ...

had been acting as head of the institution since 22 August, Éric Lombard was proposed by

Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He was Ministry of Economy and Finance (France), Minister of Economics, Industr ...

to succeed him as director of the

(CDC), on the basis of a project to make it the financial institution for the common good. His appointment is subject to the approval of the committees of the National Assembly and the Senate. It was confirmed by a vote of the senators on 28 November 2017 and made official by the Council of Ministers on 8 December. Its first success is to bring together within a single structure the consulting and financing expertise of the CDC for regional players under a single brand: the .

Other activities

Bpifrance Bpifrance also known as the ''Banque publique d'investissement'' () is a French public sector investment bank. It is a joint venture of two state owned enterprises: the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and EPIC Bpifrance Group (formerly EPI ...

, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2014)

References

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