| Christophe Destais |
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Deputy Director
In charge of the scientific programm Emerging Economies and International Migrations
Expertise
Emerging Countries
Economic Policy
Money & Finance
Contactlaure.boivin
cepii.fr
Tél. +33 (0)1 53 68 55 46
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Christophe Destais is Deputy Director of the CEPII since September 2010.
In addition to being the CEPII deputy-director, he teaches International Finance at the University of Paris 1 (Pantheon-Sorbonne).
Christophe Destais holds a master degree in political studies from the University of Grenoble (1984) and is a former student of the French national school of government (Ecole Nationale d’Administration- ENA 1993-1995). He first worked for the ministry of research and industry (1985-1992), mostly on energy policies (nuclear power then oil and gas). In the ministry of finances in Paris, he was in charge of the economic and financial relations between China and France (1995-1997). Then he dealt with the non-recourse financing (project finance) of big infrastructure or industrial projects in emerging or developing countries as well as the French export-credit policy and governance (1997-1999). After a sabbatical during which he worked as a research fellow for the Department of Economics of the University of Paris 1 (1999-2001), Christophe Destais returned to the MOF to lead a team in charge of the economic analysis of emerging countries (2001-2003). Before joining the CEPII, he was posted overseas, first as the head of the Economic Department of the French Embassy to Malaysia (2003-2006), then as Financial Counselor of the French Embassy in Washington DC (2006-2010). His main areas of interest are the international financial and monetary relations, the Eurocris, the US and the Chinese economies.
In addition to being the CEPII deputy-director, he teaches International Finance at the University of Paris 1 (Pantheon-Sorbonne).
Christophe Destais holds a master degree in political studies from the University of Grenoble (1984) and is a former student of the French national school of government (Ecole Nationale d’Administration- ENA 1993-1995). He first worked for the ministry of research and industry (1985-1992), mostly on energy policies (nuclear power then oil and gas). In the ministry of finances in Paris, he was in charge of the economic and financial relations between China and France (1995-1997). Then he dealt with the non-recourse financing (project finance) of big infrastructure or industrial projects in emerging or developing countries as well as the French export-credit policy and governance (1997-1999). After a sabbatical during which he worked as a research fellow for the Department of Economics of the University of Paris 1 (1999-2001), Christophe Destais returned to the MOF to lead a team in charge of the economic analysis of emerging countries (2001-2003). Before joining the CEPII, he was posted overseas, first as the head of the Economic Department of the French Embassy to Malaysia (2003-2006), then as Financial Counselor of the French Embassy in Washington DC (2006-2010). His main areas of interest are the international financial and monetary relations, the Eurocris, the US and the Chinese economies.
