New Head of Economic Research of BNP Paribas Group

Jean-Philippe Cotis joins BNP Paribas as Head of Economic Research. He will report to Philippe Bordenave, BNP Paribas Group Chief Operating Officer.

Jean-Philippe Cotis worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC from 1986 to 1988. He headed the Forecasting Department at the French Ministry of Economics and Finance between 1997 and 2002, was Chief Economist at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) from 2002 to 2007 and was then appointed Director-General of INSEE, the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, a post which he held until 2012. Since 2012 he was Chief Economist of France's High Council on Public Finances. He is a graduate of leading French business school ESSEC (Ecole supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales) and of the Ecole nationale d'administration (ENA).

Former Chief Economist Philippe d'Arvisenet has been named Advisor to Group General Management.