Speaker

Pierre-René LEMAS

Chairman & CEO - Groupe Caisse des Dépôts

Date of birth 23 February 1951, Algiers

Career:

2012-2014: Secretary-General of the Office of the President of the French Republic

2011-2012: Principal Private Secretary of the President of the Senate

2008-2011: Managing Director of Paris Habitat – OPH

2007-2008: Director of the Official Journals

2006-2007: Prefect of the region of Lorraine, Prefect of the Eastern Defence Zone, Prefect of the Moselle region

2003-2006: Prefect of Corsica, Prefect of Southern Corsica

2000-2003: Director-General of Administration at the Interior Ministry

1998-2000: Director-General of planning, housing and construction at the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Housing

1996-1998: Director of housing and construction at the Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing, Transport and Tourism

1994-1995: Director of the delegation for regional development and action

1992-1994: Prefect of the Aisne region

1989-1992: Director-General of local authorities at the Interior Ministry

1988-1989: Technical adviser to the Minister of the Interior. Principal Private Secretary of the Minister of State at the Interior Ministry responsible for regional authorities

1986-1988: Deputy Director of political affairs at the Ministry for Overseas Departments and Territories

1983-1986: Technical adviser to the office of the Minister of the Interior and Decentralisation

1981-1983: Deputy Prefect, Principal Private Secretary of the Prefect of the Val de Marne region

1980-1981: Deputy Prefect, Principal Private Secretary of the Prefect of the Dordogne region

Education:

Former student of the National College of Administration (ENA)

Graduate of the Institute of Political Studies, Paris

Master’s degree in Law and postgraduate degree in Public Law

Officer of the National Order of Merit and Knight of the Legion of Honour