Jean-Paul Betbeze

Jean-Paul Betbeze
Jean-Paul Betbeze
Born	(1949-09-06) 6 September 1949 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France
Alma mater	HEC Paris Paris Dauphine University
Occupation(s)	French economist and university professor

Jean-Paul Betbeze, born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre on September 6, 1949, is a French economist and university professor.

Biography

Education

A graduate of HEC Paris (1972), he obtained the DEA 101 in Organizational Sciences from Paris Dauphine University (1974), obtained a PhD in economics (1979) then a complementary thesis (1980). He teaches at the universities of Caen and Amiens. In 1984, he passed the agregation of economic sciences and obtained a chair at the University of Franche-Comté, which he retained until 1987, when he joined the Paris-Panthéon-Assas University (Master Banking Finance).

Leader

In 1989, he entered the business world and became director of economic and financial studies at Crédit Lyonnais. In 2003, on the occasion of the absorption of Lyonnais by Crédit agricole, he became advisor to the president and general manager of Crédit agricole SA. From 2005 to January 2013, he was chief economist and director of economic studies for this company. In February 2013, he created Betbeze Conseil with his wife and remained at Crédit Agricole as a senior advisor. In May 2013, his arrival at Deloitte France was announced.

Miscellaneous

A member of the Cercle des économistes, he also belongs to the National Economic Commission and the International Conference of Commercial Bank Economists (ICCBE). He chaired the Economic and Financial Affairs Commission of BusinessEurope, the Union of Industries of the European Community (UNICE, now BusinessEurope), the Société d'économie politique (SEP) and the French Association of Business Economists (AFEDE). He was a member of the Conseil d'Analyse Économique from 2004 to 2012 and president of the Payment Deadlines Observatory from 2006 to 2009.

Since 2015, he has been president of the Circle of Savers.

During the 2017 presidential election, he supported Emmanuel Macron.

Main works

• Nouvelles d'Éco : Saison 1 - 2013/2014, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014
• Si ça nous arrivait demain…, Plon, 2013
• 100 jours pour défaire ou refaire la France, PUF, 2012
• Les 100 mots de l'Europe, avec Jean-Dominique Giuliani, président de la Fondation R.Schumann, PUF, Que sais-je ?, avril 2011. Prix 2012 Mieux comprendre l'Europe du centre de culture européenne de Saint-Jean-d'Angely (présidente du jury : Marie-Christine Vallet, directrice éditoriale Europe - Radio France)
• Quelles réformes pour sauver l'État ?, avec Benoît Cœuré, PUF, Cahiers du Cercle des économistes, 2011
• 2011, la France à quitte ou double, PUF, 2011
• Les 100 mots de la Chine, en collaboration avec André Chieng, PUF, 2010, trad. japonaise
• Les 100 mots de la banque, en collaboration avec Georges Pauget, PUF, 2010, 3e éd.
• Crise : par ici la sortie, PUF, Hors collection, 2010
• Crise une chance pour la France, PUF, 2009
• Les 100 mots de l’économie, PUF, 2005, 5e éd. 2011, trad. grecque, portugaise, arabe, espagnole
• Financer la recherche-développement, rapport du CAE, Documentation française, 2004
• La peur économique des Français, Odile Jacob, 2004 (prix spécial Turgot 2004)
• Les X commandements de la finance, Odile Jacob, 2003 (prix Risques/Les Échos 2004)
• L'investissement, PUF, 1990
• Économie de l'entreprise contemporaine, Nathan, 1989
• La conjoncture économique, PUF, Que sais-je ?, 1989
• Manuel d'économie contemporaine, Nathan, 1987