Bruno Bézard, new General Director of the DGFiP

Bruno Bézard, born May 19, 1963 in Chauny (Aisne), is Inspector General of Finance and an alumnus of the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale d’Administration.

He served as a finance inspector at the French Inspectorate General of Finance from 1988 to 1992.

Bruno Bézard subsequently held various positions at the Treasury Department until January 2000. Successively Deputy Chief of Staff for the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, sub-Director in the Treasury Department for development assistance, multilateral banks and emerging countries and Vice-Chairman of the Club de Paris, he went on to serve as Economic and Financial Advisor to the Prime Minister from mid- 2001 to April 2002.

From April 2002 to March 2003, he was Head of the Equity Investments Department at the Treasury Department before being appointed Deputy Managing Director of the French State Shareholding Agency (APE) in March 2003 and then its Managing Director in February 2007.

Since September 2011, Bruno Bézard has been Minister Counsellor for Economic and Financial Affairs and Head of the Regional Economic Department at the French Embassy in Beijing. Bruno Bézard was appointed Director representing the French State by ministerial order of December 24, 2010, replacing Pierre Graff.

Now, since the 1st of August of 2012, Mr. Bezard became General Director of the General Direction of Public Finances.

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