Jean Pisani-Ferry

Biography

Jean Pisani-Ferry has been Commissioner-General for Policy Planning since May 2013. In his role he reports to the French Prime Minister. Prior to this appointment, he was the Director of Bruegel, the Brussels-based economic think tank that he helped to create in 2005. Pisani-Ferry was previously Executive President of the French Prime Minister’s Council of Economic Analysis (2001-2002), Senior Economic Adviser to the French Minister of Finance (1997-2000), Director of CEPII, the French institute for international economics (1992-1997), and Economic Adviser with the European Commission (1989-92). Pisani-Ferry is also a Professor at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. He has taught at the Université Paris-Dauphine, l’École Polytechnique, Paris and the Université libre de Bruxelles. Pisani-Ferry’s publications include numerous books and articles on economic policy and European policy issues.