Christian Noyer (born 6 October 1950) is a French economist who served as

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from 2003 to 2015. In this capacity, he chaired the

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from 2010 until 2015. He had previously served as Vice-President of the

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from 1998 to 2002.

Career

Appointed to the Treasury in the Ministry of the Economy and Finance in 1976, Noyer subsequently spent two years in Brussels from 1980 to 1982 at France's permanent representation to the European Communities. Back at the Treasury, he held a range of posts dealing with both domestic issues (government cash and debt management, banking affairs, financing of industry and state-owned enterprises) and international affairs (multilateral issues, export financing). In 1995, he became chief of staff to

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Jean Arthuis. Noyer was appointed Governor of the Bank of France in 2003 by then-President

Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac (, , ; 29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, as well as Ma ...

, and confirmed to a second term by his successor

Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. Born in Paris, he is of Hungarian, Greek Jewish, and French origin. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Se ...

. During his tenure as Governor, he was also Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR – the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority for banks and insurance). He also chaired the supervisory boards of the Institut d'émission des départements d'Outre-Mer (IEDOM) and the Institut d'émission d'Outre-Mer (IEOM), the French overseas note-issuing central banks.

Later career

In 2014, daily newspaper ''

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'' reported that Noyer had been considered to succeed Baudouin Prot as chairman of private bank

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; the post instead went to

Jean Lemierre Jean Lemierre (born 6 June 1950) is a French former public servant who was the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 2000 to 2008. He is now chairman of BNP Paribas. Career Public sector In 2000, Lemierre was el ...

. In 2016, Noyer was appointed by the Government of France to serve on a task force mandated with leading efforts to attract business from London in the wake of

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. He also led France's successful bid to relocate the

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to Paris in 2017. In 2018, the French Treasury asked Noyer to study all possible options to reorganize Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, part France's fifth-biggest lender Groupe Crédit Mutuel.

Other activities

International organizations

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(IMF), Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (1993-1995, 2003-2015) *

Financial Stability Board The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is an international body that monitors and makes recommendations about the global financial system. It was established after the G20 London summit in April 2009 as a successor to the Financial Stability Forum ...

(FSB), Ex-Officio Member (2008-2015) *

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, Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (1993-1995)

Corporate boards

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, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2016)

Non-profit organizations

Group of Thirty The Group of Thirty, often abbreviated to G30, is an international body of financiers and academics which aims to deepen understanding of economic and financial issues and to examine consequences of decisions made in the public and private sect ...

, Member *

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(IFRI), Member of the Board of Directors *

Club de l'horloge The Carrefour de l'Horloge (literally ''The Clock Crossroad''), formerly Club de l'Horloge (1974–2015), is a French far-right national liberal think tank founded in 1974 and presided by Henry de Lesquen. The organization promotes an "integral n ...

, Member (1974–75).See Philippe Lamy's thesis, p. 579: http://www.theses.fr/2016PA080034/document.

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