Our economists
Adrien Tenne
Adrien is currently a manager in Kearney's Paris office. Previously, he held positions at the Direction Générale du Trésor and the Agence des Participations de l'Etat. He also worked as an asset manager (in particular for bond portfolios) in the reserve management department of the Banque de France. A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique, Ensae and the London School of Economics, his research focuses on finance, market mechanisms, financial institutions and macroeconomics.
Alain Carbonne
A graduate of the Theoretical and Empirical Economics Master's program at the Paris School of Economics, Alain Carbonne worked in the financial sector, in the economic research department of Natixis and then in the strategy and public affairs department of the Axa Group, before joining the DG Trésor in 2015. In 2020, he joined the French delegation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) as Trade Advisor. He also holds a Master's degree in law, obtained while preparing for the Ecole nationale d'administration (ENA) competitive entrance exam, and a CAIA (Certified Alternative Investment Analyst) diploma. He has published on country risk issues (public finances, balance of payments), but has also worked on growth and inflation, and is interested in sustainable development and the labor market.
Alhonita Yatié
A PhD student at the University of Bordeaux (LAREFI), Alhonita YATIE is also an Attaché d'Enseignement et de Recherches (ATER). Her main areas of interest are blockchain and its applications, in particular crypto-assets (bitcoin, central bank digital currencies).
Alicia Bassière
With a degree in economics from the Toulouse School of Economics and the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Alicia Bassière is a doctoral student specializing in the electricity market and its role in the energy transition. She is also interested in the energy transition more generally, in particular questions of energy dependency, the relationship between transport and building heating. She is a board member of the Association Française des Economistes de l'Energie and of the Shifters association.
Amélie Roux
A graduate of HEC and with a master's degree in international economics from Paris Dauphine, Amélie Roux has been chief economist at Saint Gobain since 2018 after 8 years' experience as a senior analyst in the sovereign rating teams at Fitch Ratings. She had previously worked for several years at BNP Paribas. Amelie Roux is also a lecturer at HEC in the 'Managerial and Financial Economics' Master's program. Her areas of interest include country risk and sovereign ratings, emerging countries and the construction sector.
Anna Malessan
Anna Malessan is an economist working mainly on public policy issues. She is particularly interested in innovation. Anna is a graduate of TSE and Université Paris Dauphine. She is currently working on her PhD at TEPP (Théorie Evaluation des Politiques Publiques laboratory) on policies to support private innovation, and with a consultancy firm on state aid and European industrial policies.
Anneliese Krautkraemer
Anneliese Krautkraemer holds a Master's degree in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from the Toulouse School of Economics, and is currently working on a thesis at the University of Clermont Auvergne, funded by the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Region, on the economic and environmental efficiency of payments for environmental services. Her research interests include environmental economics, environmental services and ecological-economic modeling.
Anthony Morlet-Lavidalie
Anthony Morlet-Lavidalie holds a Master's degree in Applied Economics from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. After a spell at Bpifrance, he joined the Direction Générale du Trésor, then BNP Paribas' economic research department, before becoming an economist at Rexecode. His main areas of interest are macroeconomic issues (monetary and fiscal policy, labor markets).
Arno Fontaine
A graduate of Paris II Panthéon Assas and Sciences Po Grenoble, Arno Fontaine works as a consultant in public and citizen transformation at Agence Française de Développement in Paris. After having been in charge of appraising and monitoring projects linked to economic and financial governance in Jakarta, he now provides cross-functional support and works on how to integrate behavioral economics into the AFD Group's various projects. Arno was an economist for Natixis in France and is a professor of economics at the Institut Supérieur de Gestion. His areas of interest include development policy, behavioral economics and monetary policy.
Arthur Jurus
A graduate of the Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and the Toulouse School of Economics, and trained at the Centre d'études des politiques économiques (ENSAE), Arthur Jurus is Investment Director at ODDO BHF Switzerland, having previously been Chief Economist at Landolt & Cie, and an economist at Crédit Agricole, Société Générale, Caisse des Dépôts, Mirabaud Asset Management and the Edmond de Rothschild Group. He has also taught at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. A regular contributor to the French and English-language media, Arthur Jurus is Vice-Chairman of the Geneva Strategists Association (ISAG) and Chairman of BSI Economics.
BSI Economics
BSI Economics is a think tank on economics and finance, created in 2012, which helps to open up and improve debates by providing decision-makers and citizens with independent reflections on new economic and financial trends. BSI Economics puts its multi-thematic contributions at the service of public debate by calling on a diverse network of collaborators made up of central bankers, regulators, conjuncturists, researchers, sector specialists and economic strategists.
Caroline Perrin
Caroline Perrin is a Postdoctoral Researcher involved in the RE-WIRING project, funded by the European Commission, which explores women's representation in the political, corporate and judicial sectors across Europe and Africa. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics. Her work focuses on gendered policies and their effects on women's access to economic opportunities. She is a member of the Women, Business and the Law team at the World Bank, where she analyzes the impact of gendered laws on women's economic outcomes. She is also a Junior Fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank.
Charlotte Gardes
Charlotte has been working at the International Monetary Fund's Money and Capital Markets Department since 2021 on climate finance and climate risk supervision issues, mainly in developing economies. She began her career at the Autorité des marchés financiers, then at the Direction générale du Trésor. She is currently completing a doctoral thesis in economics on climate risk, after studying financial economics and business law at Sciences Po Paris, Paris I and Paris II. She is a member of several research groups and mission committees on climate. She teaches climate finance at American universities and has taught environmental and development economics at Sciences Po Paris and the Sorbonne respectively. Her areas of interest include sustainable finance, infrastructure financing, banking and financial regulation and financial stability.
Christophe Lévêque
A graduate of the Toulouse School of Economics, Christophe is a lecturer at Bordeaux University. His research focuses on public policy, particularly at local level, urban economics and economic history. His areas of interest cover all aspects of public policy.
Dalia Ibrahim
Dalia is a lecturer in applied macroeconomics at the IESEG School of Management and a central bank economist. She holds a PhD in economics from the University of Paris Nanterre (EconomiX-CNRS), and works on financial macroeconomics, geoeconomics and macro-financial stability. Her research focuses on economic and financial cycles, the fragmentation of the eurozone and the impact of geopolitical shocks on economic policies.
Elise Viadere
Elise Viadere is currently carrying out her doctoral research in energy economics at ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles. She is a graduate of Paris-Dauphine University and has worked for Electricité de France (EDF) and the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). Her main areas of interest are the analysis and activation of demand flexibility vectors in the European electricity market.
Elsa Leromain
Elsa Leromain is a researcher at the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and is affiliated with the Centre For Economic Performance at the London School of Economics in the UK. She obtained her PhD in international trade at the Universite Paris 1 et l'Economie d'Economie de Paris in 2017. She works on the impact of globalization in developed countries.
Enxhi Tresa
A graduate of the Toulouse School of Economics and the Paris School of Economics, Enxhi Tresa holds a PhD in economics from CY Cergy Paris Université. She currently works as an economist at the OECD, having previously worked for the World Trade Organization (WTO). Her work focuses on product value chains, trade policy, offshoring, government procurement and the link between international trade and climate change.
Etienne de L'Estoile
Etienne works as an economist-statistician in a central bank. As a PhD student at Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University, he is interested in macroprudential policies, through the link between real estate markets and financial stability, but also in issues linked to the use of massive data to analyze and predict economic phenomena. He is a graduate of Paris Dauphine and Freie Universität (Berlin).
Eugénie Joltreau
Eugénie Joltreau trained as an economist at the Université de Paris-Dauphine, supplementing her experience in environmental economics at institutions such as the ZEW Institute in Mannheim and the OECD in Paris. Her initial work focused on the European carbon market. Today, she is particularly interested in the circular economy and waste treatment policies implemented in Europe.
Evelyne Banh
A graduate of Université Paris-Dauphine in Economics and Financial Engineering and in Finance with a specialization in Insurance and Risk Management, Evelyne Banh is currently an economist at Société Générale, having previously worked in the regional economic department of DG Trésor in Singapore, at Euler Hermes and at Lyxor Asset Management. Her interests include monetary and fiscal policies, as well as Asian economic issues.
Hervé Amourda
Hervé AMOURDA is an economist with PRO BTP FINANCE. He began his career at Société Générale (CIB) in London as a junior economist, before moving to India and becoming a eurozone economist specializing in inflation. He was then put in charge of the economic scenario at the Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR). Hervé joined PRO BTP FINANCE in 2017. Hervé holds a Master's degree in Economics and International Finance from the University of Bordeaux and the University of California. He has been teaching Macroeconomics at the University of Paris Dauphine since 2018 (L2 and M2) and is a regular speaker at the University of Bordeaux.
Jérôme Mathis
A graduate of Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in Economics and Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Mathematics, Jérôme Mathis is a professor at Université Paris-Dauphine and conducts his academic research in the LEDa laboratory (CNRS joint research unit). His current research focuses on financial market regulation. He has written several books for students and the general public
Jonathan Thébault
Jonathan is an executive at the Banque de France, currently in charge of market and credit risk analysis. With a degree in International Economics from Paris-Dauphine and the PUC in Rio de Janeiro, he is interested in monetary policy and macro-financial equilibrium in emerging economies and the euro zone.
Julien Brault
A graduate of SciencesPo Paris, the Sorbonne and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Julien Brault holds a doctorate in international economic relations. He is currently an economist in the Research Department of the European Investment Fund, part of the European Investment Bank Group. He has also worked at the European Central Bank. His work focuses on investment fund returns, the impact of credit guarantees, private debt sustainability, economic and financial history, development policies, trade protectionism and capital controls.
Julien DHIMA
Julien DHIMA holds a Master's degree in Money-Banking-Finance and a PhD in Economic Sciences from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is currently a consultant and researcher at Lamarck Group, in the fields of credit risk, prudential standards and ESG risks, after having worked as a prudential standards analyst at Bpifrance for over a year and a half and as a credit and counterparty risk consultant for 5 years. In parallel with his work, he actively pursues academic research in the field of banking risks and prudential regulations, and is particularly interested in environmental issues. Julien DHIMA also provides occasional training on banking prudential regulations (Basel III and ESG risks) for AFGES (a professional training organization in banking, finance and insurance).
Julien Moussavi
Graduated from ENSAE ParisTech and holds a PhD in Financial Macroeconomics from Paris-Dauphine University (DRM-Finance). He currently works in a strategy and economic research department in the sovereign risk sector. His main areas of interest are emerging countries, their economies, financial markets and monetary policies. Julien is also a member of the editorial board of BSI Economics.
Julien Pinter
Julien Pinter is a researcher in Monetary Economics at the University of Minho. He was previously a visiting researcher at Harvard University and Charles University in Pragues. He holds a PhD from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He works on issues relating to monetary policy, exchange rate regimes and central bank communication. He has worked at the European Central Bank and the Banque de France in particular. He was a visiting researcher at the University of Amsterdam, worked at the Université de Bruxelles Saint-Louis and studied at Stockholm University.
Siva Kizildag
A graduate of Paris Dauphine University in Economic Diagnostics, Siva KIZILDAG began his career at Société Générale CIB as a junior economist, before joining Alliance France Tourisme to specialize in issues relating to the tourism sector, attractiveness and competitiveness. As economist at the Bpifrance Création Observatory, he now monitors the economic situation and analyses entrepreneurship and business creation in France.
Léo Nicolau
Léo Nicolau holds a Master's degree in "Financial Markets and Risk Evaluation" from the Toulouse School of Economics. As a junior economist with PRO BTP Finance, he worked on international macroeconomic and monetary policy analyses. His interests include global macroeconomics, financial markets and development economics.
Louisiana Teixeira
Louisiana Teixeira holds a PhD in Economics from Paris-Dauphine University, specializing in International Economics and Development. Her doctoral thesis focused on the Social Impacts of Trade Opening in Brazil, considering the macroeconomic reforms of the 1990s as well as special trade regimes (free trade zones). Having evolved over the last few years as a researcher and teacher at the Université Paris-Dauphine / DIAL / Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, her research deals with issues relating to international trade, emerging and developing countries, poverty and inequality, gender discrimination and the labor market.
Maëlle Quillévéré
Maëlle holds a Master's degree in International Economics from Paris Dauphine University, and is currently an economist at UBS. She works mainly on macroeconomic forecasting scenarios. She has several years' experience in the banking sector, notably in country risk analysis and market economics. Her interests include international economics, financial markets and international relations.
Maëlle Vaille
A graduate of Université Paris Dauphine, Maëlle Vaille is currently a doctoral student at Université de Bordeaux (LAREFI) and portfolio manager at Atlas Management in Geneva. Her main areas of interest are monetary policy, international macroeconomics and financial stability. More specifically, her thesis focuses on the effects of central bank balance sheet policies on financial stability.
Marine Coinon
A graduate of the Toulouse School of Economics and Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Marine Coinon is working on a thesis at Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté on the evaluation of agricultural and environmental policies. She is also a lecturer at the Toulouse School of Economics, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole. Her main areas of interest are environmental and natural resource economics. Marine Coinon is a member of the Steering and Ethics Committee.
Marion Amiot
A graduate of the London School of Economics in European Economic Policy, Université Paris-Dauphine in Economics and Birkbeck University in Econometrics, Marion Amiot is currently an economist at S&P Global Ratings. Previously, she also worked as an economist at Oxford Economics, Exane Ltd and GaveKal Research. Her main areas of interest are monetary macroeconomics, European integration, climate change economics and modeling.
Mathieu Obertelli
A graduate of Paris-Dauphine University, Mathieu Obertelli is in charge of economic research at La Banque Postale. His professional experience, between local authorities and the banking world, reflects his interest in the socio-economic and financial issues inherent in local authorities.
Nadia Allemand
A graduate of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in Money, Banking & Finance, the University of Buenos Aires in Economics and the TEA School of Journalism, Nadia is currently working on her PhD in Economics at the University of Navarre. Her research focuses on the economic and financial impacts of global warming. Nadia's career has included a number of professional experiences in the private sector, notably in consulting, and in the public sector, at the Financial Stability Directorate of the Banque de France and at the Budget, Finance, Financial Management and Fiscal Policy Commission of the Buenos Aires City Parliament. His areas of interest include macroeconomics, monetary policy, financial stability and green finance.
Nicolas Pietrzyk
A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and Sciences Po Paris, Nicolas Pietrzyk is an economist with the French Ministry of Culture. He has previously taught economics and management at universities and Grandes Ecoles, and worked in several national and international institutions. His main areas of interest are economic policy and the economics of culture. At BSI Economics, Nicolas Pietrzyk is also in charge of public affairs and a member of the Guidance and Ethics Committee.
Emmanuelle Oesterlé
A graduate of Paris-Dauphine University, Emmanuelle Oesterlé has a wealth of experience in economic research departments, notably in country risk. Her main areas of interest are international macroeconomic issues and monetary and financial economics.
Paul Berthier
A graduate of IEP Paris and Université Paris Dauphine, Paul Berthier is currently a sector economist in the Economic Research Department of Société Générale Group's Risk Division. His main areas of interest are international trade and global value chains, as well as employment and price dynamics at sector level.
Pierre-Michel Becquet
A graduate of Université Paris Dauphine in Monetary and Financial Economics, Pierre-Michel Becquet is an analyst at Société Générale, having previously worked for AFIC as an economic and financial research officer. His main areas of interest are corporate financing, financial intermediation and monetary policy.
Romain Berrou
Romain is a graduate of ESCP and holds a PhD from La Sorbonne on the subject of sustainable finance. His thesis focuses on regulation, market financing and asset management in the era of sustainable finance. He has 7 years' consulting experience on the subject. In 2022, he founded his consulting and expertise company RSF Advisors, through which he offers comprehensive support to financial companies on this theme, tackling both generic issues (ESG reporting, regulation, strategy) and more technical issues (modeling, data science, R&D). Romain is co-author of the book "The Rise of Green Finance in Europe", co-creator of the MBA course "Introduction to Sustainable Finance" at IFG Executive Education and lecturer in Sustainable Finance for Montpellier Business School. He is an ambassador member of AFR (Acteurs de la Finance Responsable).
Romaric Chalendard
A qualified actuary from the Institut de Science Financière et d'Assurances and a former auditor from IHEPS, Romaric runs a start-up with a mission that he founded. He also teaches in the actuarial master's program (ISFA). He specializes in financial analysis, financial stability, prudential regulations for insurance (Solvency II) and banking, financial risk management and social protection.
Sai Bravo
A graduate of the "Économie des marchés et des organisations" Master's program at the Toulouse School of Economics, Sai Bravo is preparing a thesis at the Université de Pau et Pays de l'Adour, financed by the "Chaire d'Économie du Gaz Naturel" at the École des Mines de Paris, on the role of hydrogen in the energy transition. His research interests include industrial, environmental and energy economics, with a particular focus on competition and regulation.
Samuel Delepierre
Agrégé de Sciences économiques et sociales, Samuel currently works at the International Monetary Fund. He is a graduate of Sciences Po Lille and Université Paris Dauphine. Previously, he was an economist at the French Treasury. His recent work focuses on emerging economies, country risk and the international monetary and financial architecture.
Sandra Nevoux
Sandra Nevoux is an Economist / Central Bank Researcher. She holds a PhD in Economics from the École Polytechnique. Her thesis focused on the problem of Partial Employment. Her areas of research include Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Public Economics, Geographical Economics, Productivity and Natural Disasters. As part of her PhD, she was affiliated with the Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST) and also worked at the Direction de l'Animation de la Recherche, des Études et des Statistiques (DARES) of the French Ministry of Labor, Employment, Vocational Training and Social Dialogue. She holds a Master's degree in Economics and Public Policy from the École Polytechnique, the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique (ENSAE) and the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). She is also certified by ENSAE's continuing education program in Data Science.
Sara Signorelli
Sara Signorelli is currently working on her PhD in labor economics at the Paris School of Economics and at the University of Amsterdam. She is a graduate of the Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement and has worked for the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute. Her research focuses on analyzing the impact of technological change and migratory flows on the French labor market.
Sébastien Cabrol
Sébastien Cabrol holds a PhD in Economics from Paris-Dauphine University, and is a portfolio manager and finance lecturer in the BFA master's program at Paris-Dauphine University. Previously, Sébastien worked as a fund manager at Lyxor AM and as a financial engineer at Société Générale and Deutsche Bank. His research interests focus on economic and financial crises, the impact of monetary policy, financial markets and absolute return strategies.
Selin Ozyurt
Selin Ozyurt holds a PhD in Economics from Paris-Dauphine University and is an economist at IFC. Previously, Selin worked for Euler Hermes, Agence Française de Développement and the European Central Bank as an economist and financial stability expert. Selin teaches at Master's level at Paris-Sorbonne University, ENSAE and Université d'Orléans. Her areas of interest include country risk, international finance, monetary and macro-prudential policy, and the links between the real and financial spheres.
Serine Guichoud
After several years in the banking sector, notably in Paris and New York, Serine Guichoud is pursuing a doctorate in environmental economics at La Sorbonne University. Alongside her work in banking, she teaches economics and risk management at La Sorbonne and ENSTA. Her areas of interest include environmental economics, the sectoral impact of extreme weather events, scenario analysis for climate projections and water management.
Simon Cardoen
Simon Cardoen is an analyst with a European private equity fund specializing in growth financing for technology and industrial companies. He teaches Finance at Pairs I Panthéon-Sorbonne University and was formerly Deputy Head of the Industry Office at the French Treasury. Simon graduated from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées with an MSc (in Sustainable Impact Analysis), and holds a double MRes in Economics and Finance from Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He is also co-founder of the "Partageons l'Eco" association.
Simon Ray
Simon Ray holds a Ph.D. from the Aix-Marseille School of Economics and a Msc. in Finance from Edhec, and is Head of Economic Research at CMA-CGM, having previously worked as a research economist at the Banque de France, the Direction Générale du Trésor and Société Générale. His main areas of interest are financial stability and corporate finance.
Sonia Bellit
A graduate of the Paris School of Economics and holder of a doctorate in economics, Sonia Bellit is currently an economist with the think tank La Fabrique de l'industrie. Previously, she worked for various institutions, including Dares (Direction de l'animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques), Pôle emploi and INHESJ (Institut national des hautes études de la sécurité et de la justice). As part of her doctoral thesis, she worked on the themes of work and the evaluation of public policies. Sonia Bellit is also currently working on French industrial policy, the challenges of reindustrialization and the industry of the future.
Stéphane Irion
A graduate of the Institut Supérieur de Gestion (ISG) in market finance, Stéphane Irion currently holds the position of Asset/Liability Manager with a life insurance company. His main areas of interest are financial markets and the insurance sector.
Sylvain Bersinger
A graduate of Lyon 2 and Paris Dauphine Universities, Sylvain Bersinger is an economist at Asterès, having previously worked in country risk at BNP Paribas and La finance pour tous. His analyses focus mainly on Latin American and African countries. He is interested in popularizing the discipline, and has written several books for the general public, hosts a YouTube channel and coordinates BSI Economics publications.
Theo Lamagnere
Théo Lamagnere is currently preparing a thesis at the University of Bordeaux on the autonomy of monetary policy and the dynamics of foreign exchange reserve accumulation in emerging countries. His broader interests include monetary policy, financial stability and capital movements.
Thomas Renault
A graduate of Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in market finance, Thomas Renault is a Maître de Conférences at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. A teaching and research assistant in economics and finance at IESEG Paris and founder of the Captain Economics blog, his main areas of interest are financial markets and market microstructure.
Victor Lequillerier
A graduate of the Paris School of Economics and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne in money-banking-finance, Victor Lequillerier is in charge of economic studies in a financial institution, after several experiences at Crédit Agricole and Coface. He has also taught economics at Master's level at the University of Poitiers for four years. Victor Lequillerier is Vice-President, General Secretary and co-founder of BSI Economics.
Victor Warhem
Trained in quantitative economics at Sciences Po Paris and the Paris School of Economics, Victor Warhem is an economist at the Centre de politique européenne. In the course of his career, which has taken him successively to the DG Treasury network, the banking sector, the start-up environment and think-tanks, he has developed expertise in budgetary, monetary and macroprudential policies, as well as in innovation in the financial sector.