Jean-Hervé Lorenzi (born 24 July 1947 in Toulon) is a French

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

. Jean-Hervé Lorenzi is President and Chairman of the French think-tank Le Cercle des économistes which annually organizes the economic forum Les Rencontres Economiques d'Aix-en-Provence. He holds the chair "Transition Démographique, Transition Economique" at the Fondation du Risque in partnership with

University Paris X Paris Nanterre University (), formerly University of Paris West, Paris-X and commonly referred to as Nanterre, is a public research university based in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France, in the Paris metropolitan area. It is one of the most presti ...

. He is president of "Pôle de Compétitivité, Finance et Innovation". He is a member of the executive board of

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France. As an independent administrator, Jean-hervé Lorenzi is also a member of the supervisory board of

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and a member of the board of directors of the Médéric Alzheimer Foundation and BNP Paribas Cardif.

Professional career

Starting his career in 1975 as a professor of economics at

Paris 13 University Sorbonne Paris North University () is a public university based in Paris, France. It is one of the thirteen universities that succeeded the University of Paris in 1968. It is a multidisciplinary university located in north of Paris, in the munici ...

and at the

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, Jean-Hervé Lorenzi became advisor of the President of Havas Group from 1979 to 1981. He then successively held different positions as a civil servant in the French administration at the DIELI and at the French Minister of Industry. From 1986 to 1991, he has been the managing director of the SARI Group and of CNIT. In 1991, he was appointed Economic Advisor to the French Prime minister

Édith Cresson Édith Jeanne Thérèse Cresson (; Campion; born 27 January 1934) is a French politician of the Socialist Party. She served as Prime Minister of France from 1991 to 1992, the first woman to do so and only woman until Élisabeth Borne's appoint ...

. From 1992 to 1994, he was Chief Executive Officer at the

Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, or CEA ( French: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives), is a French public government-funded research organisation in the areas of energy, defense and sec ...

. From 1995 to 1999, he became Deputy Managing Director then Managing Director of Gras Savoye. Jean-Hervé Lorenzi has been a professor at the

Paris Dauphine University Paris Dauphine University - PSL () is a Grande École and public institution of higher education and research based in Paris, France, Collegiate university, constituent college of PSL University. As of 2022, Dauphine has 9,400 students in 8 fields ...

from 1992 to 2012 (Master 218 Assurance et gestion du risque) and has been a member of the Conseil d'Analyse Économique from 1997 to 2012.

Education

Jean-Hervé Lorenzi graduated holds a Ph.D in Economics (1974) and was received first at the Agrégation in Economics (1975), receiving the 1975 award of the French economic association (Association française de sciences économiques).

Awards and distinctions

*Officier de la

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*Chevalier de l’

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Main publications

*"France, le désarroi d'une jeunesse" with Hélène Xuan et Alain Villemeur, Eyrolles, 2016 *« Un monde de violences, l’économie mondiale 2015-2030 », with M. Berrebi, Eyrolles, 2014 *« La France face au vieillissement, le grand défi », with H. Xuan, Descartes & Cie, 2013 *« Et si le soleil se levait à nouveau sur l’Europe », with O. Pastré, Fayard, 2013 *« Rajeunissement et vieillissement de la France », with J.Pelletan and A. Villemeur, Descartes & Cie, 2012 *« Le fabuleux destin d’une puissance intermédiaire », Grasset, 2011. *« Investissement et investisseurs de long terme » with P. Trainar, J. Clachant and A. Quinet ; Rapport du Conseil d’Analyse Economique, La Documentation Française, April 2010. *« Fin de monde ou sortie de crise », with P. Dockes, Editions Perrin, 2009. *« Croissance, productivité et commerce extérieur : la position française en déclin ? » with A. Villemeur, in Les Cahiers Français n°347, October 2008 *« Private Equity et capitalisme français » with P. Trainar and J. Glachant, Rapport du Conseil d’Analyse Economique, La Documentation Française, June 2008.

References

# Claire Gatinois et Marie de Vergè
"Les Rencontres d'Aix, un "mini-Davos" estival"
Le Monde, 4 juillet 2014, consulté le 30 octobre 2014.

External links

Biography of Jean-Hervé Lorenzi
on Le

Cercle des économistes Le Cercle des économistes is a French think tank founded in 1992 by Jean-Hervé Lorenzi. The association is made up of 30 economists who are also French university academics. It is a non-profit organization whose mission is to organize and promo ...

website
Transition Demographique, Transition Economique Website

Pole Compétitivité, Finance, Innovation Website

on

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Website

Les Rencontres Economiques d'Aix-en-Provence Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorenzi, Jean Herve 1947 births Living people French economists Officers of the Legion of Honour Writers from Toulon French people of Italian descent