Agnès Bénassy-Quéré

Agnès Bénassy-Quéré is the Director of the CEPII, the leading French research institute in international economics, and a Professor at University Paris X – Nanterre (on leave).

After defending her PhD in economics atUniversity Paris IX – Dauphine, she was appointed at the French Ministryof economy and finance (1991-1992). Then she became a lecturer at theUniversity of Cergy-Pontoise (1992-1996), a professor at the University ofLille 2 (1997-1998), a deputy-director at CEPII (1998-2000) and aprofessor at the University of Paris X-Nanterre (2001-2004).

In 2004, she returned to the CEPII as a deputy-director, before being appointed directorin July 2006.Agnès Bénassy-Quéré is a member of France’s Council of Economic Advisors, Commission Economique de laNation and Cercle des Economistes. She also teaches at Ecole Polytechnique. Her research interests focus on theinternational monetary system and European macroeconomic policy.