Jacques Biot

Jacques Biot
President of the École Polytechnique
Assumed office
1 July 2013
Preceded by Marion Guillou
Personal details
Born (1952-12-06) 6 December 1952
Lyon, France
Nationality French
Children 3
Education Lycée Ampère, Lycée du Parc
Alma mater École Polytechnique
Mines ParisTech

Jacques Biot (born 6 December 1952) is a French engineer, businessman and academic administrator. He serves as the president of the École Polytechnique.

Early life

Jacques Biot was born on December 6, 1952 in Lyon, France.[1]

Biot was educated at the Lycée Ampère and the Lycée du Parc in Lyon.[1] He graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1974 and the École des Mines in 1977.[2][3]

Career

Biot served in the Corps des mines in Languedoc-Roussillon from 1977 to 1980.[1] He worked as an urban planner and statistician in the Ministry of Labour from 1980 to 1983.[1] He subsequently served as an advisor to Labour ministers Edmond Hervé and Laurent Fabius.[1] When Fabius became Prime Minister in 1984, Biot remained his advisor, up until 1985.[1][3]

Biot worked for Roussel Uclaf, a pharmaceutical company.[1][3] He subsequently worked for Pasteur-Vaccins (now Sanofi).[1][3] He founded JNB-Développement S.A., a consultancy firm for the healthcare industry, in 1992.[1][4] He also served as the vice president and director of Guerbet.[2]

Biot has served as the president of his alma mater, the École Polytechnique, since July 1, 2013.[1][2] He succeeded Marion Guillou.[1] Biot was tasked with modernising the school, based on Bernard Attali's recommendations.[5] As a result, he established a centre for start-ups and oversaw the expansion of Paris-Saclay.[5][3]

Biot became an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 2014.[6]

Personal life

Biot is married, and he has three daughters.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Jacques Nicolas BIOT (né en 1952)". Les Annales des Mines. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "School Leadership". Ecole Polytechnique. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Inchauspé, Irène (July 10, 2013). "Les travaux d'Hercule de Jacques Biot". L'Opinion. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Company Overview of JNB-Développement S.A.". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Inchauspé, Irène (June 8, 2015). "Jacques Biot : « Polytechnique fonctionne déjà comme une entreprise »". L'Opinion. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Décret du 13 novembre 2014 portant promotion et nomination". legifrance. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
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