Éric Lombard

Éric Lombard
Lombard in 2018
Minister of Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovreignty
Assumed office
23 December 2024
Prime MinisterFrançois Bayrou
Preceded byAntoine Armand
CEO of Caisse des dépôts et consignations
In office
8 December 2017 – 23 December 2024
Preceded byPierre-René Lemas
Succeeded byTBD
Personal details
Born
Éric Roger Pierre Lombard

(1958-05-16) 16 May 1958 (age 66)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Political partyIndependent
Children3
Alma materHEC Paris
OccupationBusinessmanBusiness executive

Éric Roger Pierre Lombard (born 16 May 1958) is a French businessman and politician who has been serving as Minister of Economics and Finance in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou since 2024.[1] From 2017 to 2024, he served as CEO of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.[2][3]

Career

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Lombard worked as a advisor to Michel Sapin from 1991 to 1993, first at the Ministry of Justice and later at the Ministry of Economics and Finance.[4]

Other activities

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References

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  1. ^ "Banker Eric Lombard named French finance minister in new Bayrou government". Reuters. 23 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Gouvernement Bayrou : qui est Éric Lombard, banquier et directeur de la Caisse des dépôts, nommé ministre de l'Économie". Le Parisien (in French). 23 December 2024.
  3. ^ Leila Abboud (24 December 2024), France’s new premier selects Eric Lombard as finance minister Financial Times.
  4. ^ Véronique Chocron (8 November 2017), Eric Lombard en passe d’être nommé à la tête de la Caisse des dépôts Le Monde.
  5. ^ Véronique Chocron (8 November 2017), Eric Lombard en passe d’être nommé à la tête de la Caisse des dépôts Le Monde.