Professeur d’économie à l’Université Paris Dauphine-PSL
Frédéric Gonand (PhD, Hdr, CNU Pr) is a French economist with extensive experience in advising public authorities in different countries on macroeconomic and energy issues. From 2007 to 2011, economic advisor to Mrs Christine Lagarde, then Minister of the Economy in France. Then appointed as Commissioner (2011-2013) of the French Energy Regulation Authority. SInce 2013, academic activities (publications in academic journals such as the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management or the Energy Journal) and consulting activities esp. for businesses investing in the energy sector. Currently professor of economics at University Paris-Dauphine, specialized in energy economics and macroeconomics; economic advisor and member of the Board of Directors of the French employers’ trade union in the industrial sector (UIMM) and consultant about energy issues and economic intelligence for various consultancy firms and businesses. Expert for international arbitrations in the energy sector. Independent Co-Chair of the Committee for prospective of the French Energy Regulation Authority (2017-2018). Director of 3 Master degrees and 1 Executive MBA. Member of the investment committee of Private equity funds. PhD in economics from Ecole Polytechnique (French top school for engineers) and graduated from Ecole Nationale d’Administration (French top school for civil servants).