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 elected as the new chief of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), succeeding

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. During his time in office, he warned Russia to stop

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-style expropriations from spreading. In 2004, the French government nominated Lemierre as candidate to head the

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(IMF); the post went to

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instead. From 2005 until 2008, he served on the advisory board of the

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Private sector

Following his departure from EBRD, Lemierre joined BNP Paribas as an adviser. In 2011, Lemierre (alongside

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) was co-head of the bondholders’ committee that renegotiated €200 billion of Greek bonds with the government in a high-stakes deal that staved off the country's collapse. Lemierre was the bank's key negotiator in the record $8.9 billion fine it paid in 2014 for violating U.S. sanctions on Sudan,

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and

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between 2002 and 2012. In 2014, he was appointed chairman of the board of directors.

Other activities

Government agencies

Monetary Authority of Singapore The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is the central bank and financial regulatory authority of Singapore. It administers the various statutes pertaining to money, banking, insurance, securities and the financial sector in general, as well ...

(MAS), Member of the International Advisory Panel

Corporate boards

* Türk Ekonomi Bankası (TBE), Member of the Board of Directors *

Total S.A. TotalEnergies SE is a French multinational integrated energy and petroleum company founded in 1924 and one of the seven supermajor oil companies. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and ...

, Independent Member of the Board of Directors *

China Investment Corporation China Investment Corporation (CIC) ( Chinese: 中国投资有限责任公司; pinyin: ''zhōngguó tóuzī yǒuxiàn zérèn gōngsī'') is a sovereign wealth fund that manages part of the People's Republic of China's foreign exchange reserves. ...

(CIC), Member of the International Advisory Council * China Development Bank (CDB), Member of the International Advisory Council

Non-profit organizations

Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales The Centre d'Études Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII) is the main French institute for research into international economics. It is part of the network coordinated by the Economic Policy Planning for the Prime Minister (). Fou ...

(CEPII), Chairman *

European Financial Services Roundtable The European Financial Services Round Table (EFR) brings together chairmen and chief executives of leading European banks and insurance companies. The purpose of the EFR is to contribute to the European public policy debate on issues relating to fi ...

(EFR), Member * French Association of Private Enterprises (AFEP), Member of the Board of Directors *

Institute of International Finance An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can ...

(IIF), Member of the Board * Paris Europlace, Member of the Board of Directors *

Trilateral Commission The Trilateral Commission is a nongovernmental international organization aimed at fostering closer cooperation between Japan, Western Europe and North America. It was founded in July 1973 principally by American banker and philanthropist David ...

, Member of the European GroupMembership

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lemierre, Jean 1950 births Living people French bankers Sciences Po alumni École nationale d'administration alumni Inspection générale des finances (France) BNP Paribas people People from Seine-Maritime TotalEnergies people China Investment Corporation people China Development Bank people Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite