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Christian Noyer

French economist (born 1950)

Christian Noyer (French: [kʁistjɑ̃ nwaje]; born 6 October 1950) is a French economist who served as Governor of the Bank of France from 2003 to 2015. In this capacity, he chaired the Bank for International Settlements from 2010 until 2015.²

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Born Oct 6, 1950.¹

About

He had previously served as vice-president of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2002.

From Wikipedia’s article on Christian Noyer, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

BNP ParibasBoard member¹³

Early life and education

1974 to 1976École nationale d'administration³
Date not recordedParis Institute of Political Studies³
Date not recordedParis Descartes University³

Career

Occupation: official.⁷

2003 to 2015Governor of the Banque de France^{5 6}
1995 to 1997Private secretary of the minister of Economy⁵
1993 to 1995General director of the Treasury⁵
1993Private secretary of the minister of Economy⁵
Date not recordedBoard member, BNP Paribas⁴

Appointed to the Treasury in the Ministry of the Economy and Finance in 1976, Noyer subsequently spent two years in Brussels from 1980 to 1982 at France's permanent representation to the European Communities. Back at the Treasury, he held a range of posts dealing with both domestic issues (government cash and debt management, banking affairs, financing of industry and state-owned enterprises) and international affairs (multilateral issues, export financing). In 1995, he became chief of staff to Finance Minister Jean Arthuis.

Noyer was appointed Governor of the Bank of France in 2003 by then-President Jacques Chirac and confirmed for a second term by his successor, Nicolas Sarkozy. During his tenure as Governor, he was also Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR, the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority for banks and insurance). He also chaired the supervisory boards of the Institut d'Émission des Départements d'Outre-Mer (IEDOM) and the Institut d'Émission d'Outre-Mer (IEOM), the French overseas note-issuing central banks.

Later career

In 2014, the daily newspaper Le Monde reported that Noyer had been considered to succeed Baudouin Prot as chairman of private bank BNP Paribas; the post instead went to Jean Lemierre.

In 2016, Noyer was appointed by Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery Bruno Le Maire to lead a task force mandated with leading efforts to attract business from London in the wake of Brexit. He also led France's successful bid to relocate the European Banking Authority to Paris in 2017. In 2022, Le Maire extended Noyer's mission until 2024.

In 2018, the French Treasury asked Noyer to study all possible options to reorganize Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, part of France's fifth-biggest lender, Groupe Crédit Mutuel.

In 2025, Noyer and Jörg Kukies were appointed by France's Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery Éric Lombard and Germany's Minister of Finance Lars Klingbeil to co-chair a French-German Taskforce on Financing Innovative Ventures in Europe.

Corporate boards

BNP Paribas, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2021)

Power Corporation of Canada, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2016)

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Personal life

BornOct 6, 1950, Soisy-sous-Montmorency⁸
CitizenshipFrance⁹

Awards

2016Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star^{10 11}
2002Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit¹⁰
Date not recordedCommander of the Legion of Honour¹⁰
Date not recordedCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎¹⁰
Date not recordedKnight of the National Order of Merit¹⁰

Sources

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WikidataChristian Noyer on Wikidata
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WikipediaChristian Noyer on Wikipedia
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WikidataChristian Noyer: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataChristian Noyer: Board member, BNP Paribas, on Wikidata
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WikidataChristian Noyer: Private secretary of the minister of Economy, on Wikidata
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WikidataGovernor of the Banque de France, as reported by Journal officiel de la République française
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WikidataChristian Noyer: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataChristian Noyer: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataChristian Noyer: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataChristian Noyer: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataChristian Noyer: X, on Wikidata
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WikidataBNP Paribas, Board member
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Wikimedia CommonsChristian Noyer photo by CB Richard Ellis, CC BY-SA 3.0