Eric LABAYE
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- Le Cercle des économistes
Bio
Éric Labaye is President of École Polytechnique since September 2018 and President of Institut Polytechnique de Paris, created in May 2019 and that encompasses École Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, ENSAE Paris, Télécom Paris and Télécom SudParis. He serves on the board of Telecom Paris, the International Advisory Boards of ESSEC and Waterloo University, and the Board of Advisors of the School of Public Affairs at Sciences Po.
Before being named President of École Polytechnique, Éric Labaye was Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company and Chairman of the McKinsey Global Institute. Prior to this, he was Managing Director of the France office, then led the firm’s Global Knowledge and Communication. He was also a member of the Shareholders Council of the firm (Global Board) for nine years, of which he chaired the Client Committee in charge of the development’s strategy.
Éric Labaye worked for more than 30 years for clients globally in the telecom, high-tech and industrial sectors, and also for governments and public institutions on a variety of strategic and operational issues, including major transformation programs, strategies of growth and R&D, the development of agile organizations, acquisitions, post-merger management, and digitalization.
He conducted many research projects with MGI and in France on key economic topics, including growth in Europe, productivity, digitalization, future of work and inequality. He took part in the report of the expert college on “How to make France an economy of technological disruption” and chaired the working group “Carnet de Dubai” describing the innovation dynamics of AI in France for the World Expo 2020. He is a regular speaker during national and international conferences, in the public, private, academic or non-governmental spheres.
Éric Labaye also initiated and co-directed McKinsey's "Women Matter" research program, which since 2007 has aimed to promote gender diversity in the management bodies of major companies. He was a member of the “Commission for the Liberation of French growth” (Attali Commission) from 2007 to 2010, a member of the Economic Commission of the Nation from 2005 to 2014 and a member of the Marescaux Commission in charge of proposing a new model for university hospitals and the implementation of university hospital institutes (IHU). Since February 2022,
Éric Labaye has been a member of the France 2030 "Digital" ministerial steering committee. Éric Labaye is a graduate from École Polytechnique and Telecom Paris and holds an MBA with distinction (Henry Ford II award) from INSEAD.
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