Éric Lombard
Éric Lombard | |
|---|---|
Lombard in 2018 | |
| Minister of Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty | |
| Assumed office 23 December 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | François Bayrou |
| Preceded by | Antoine Armand |
| CEO of Caisse des dépôts et consignations | |
| In office 8 December 2017 – 23 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre-René Lemas |
| Succeeded by | Olivier Sichel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Éric Roger Pierre Lombard 16 May 1958 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | HEC Paris |
| Occupation | Businessman • Business executive |
Éric Roger Pierre Lombard (French pronunciation: [eʁik lɔ̃baʁ]; born 16 May 1958) is a French businessman and politician who has served 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]
Family and education
Éric Lombard is the son of Alfred Lombard, who is a senior executive in Nouvelles Galeries, and Annie Lévy, who is a graphologist and daughter of Pierre Lévy (industrialist),[4] an industrialist who founded the Devanlay group in Troyes.
From 2004 to 2007, he was the CEO of the Art et Biens holding company, managing the family assets.[5] His grandparents, Pierre and Denise Lévy, had collected more than 4,000 works of art, 2,000 of which were bequeathed in 1976 to Troyes, where, in 1982, the Musée d'art moderne de Troyes has opened.[6]
Lombard is married to a visual artist,[7] Françoise Carré,[8] and has three children.[9]
Lombard graduated from HEC Paris in 1981.[10]
Career
In 1989, he became technical advisor to the government's spokesman in the cabinet of Louis Le Pensec, and then the Ministry of the Overseas. Lombard worked as an advisor to Michel Sapin from 1991 to 1993, first at the Ministry of Justice and later at the Ministry of Economics and Finance.[11]
On 16 November 2017, while Pierre-René Lemas had been acting as head of the institution since 22 August, Éric Lombard was proposed by Emmanuel Macron to succeed him as director of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations (CDC),[12] on the basis of a project to make it the financial institution for the common good.[13] His appointment is subject to the approval of the committees of the National Assembly and the Senate.[14] It was confirmed by a vote of the senators on 28 November 2017[15] and made official by the Council of Ministers on 8 December.[16] Its first success is to bring together within a single structure the consulting and financing expertise of the CDC for regional players under a single brand: the Bank of Territories.
Other activities
References
- ^ "Banker Eric Lombard named French finance minister in new Bayrou government". Reuters. 23 December 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Leila Abboud (24 December 2024), France’s new premier selects Eric Lombard as finance minister Financial Times.
- ^ "Eric Lombard, un Troyen de cœur". L'Est éclair. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Arts et Biens". societe.com (in French). Archived from the original on 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ Enguix, Mélody (8 March 2018). "Les 5 familles qui représentent la tradition à Troyes". L'Express (in French). Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ Pinson, Grégoire (27 January 2019). "Eric Lombard, le politique DG de la Caisse des dépôts". Challenges (in French). Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "Le Figaro : Deuils - Annie LOMBARD-LÉVY". carnetdujour.lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "Biographie de Eric Lombard Directeur de sociétés, Homme politique - Who's Who". www.whoswho.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ Darame, Mariama; Segaunes, Nathalie (17 February 2025). "Eric Lombard, le ministre qui a amadoué le Parti socialiste". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ a b Véronique Chocron (8 November 2017), Eric Lombard en passe d’être nommé à la tête de la Caisse des dépôts Le Monde.
- ^ "Communiqué du Président de la République, Emmanuel Macron". elysee.fr. 17 November 2017. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "Au coeur de la finance utile". editions-observatoire.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "Audition de M. Éric Lombard". senat.fr. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ Wajsbrot, Sharon (28 November 2017). "Eric Lombard confirmé à la tête de la CDC". LesEchos.fr. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "Compte rendu du Conseil des ministres du 8 décembre 2017 - mesures d'ordre individuel". gouvernment.fr. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2025.