| Christophe Destais |
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Deputy Director
International Migrations Research Program Manager
Expertise
Emerging Countries
Economic Policy
Money & Finance
Europe
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updated : October 14, 2021
Christophe Destais is Deputy Director of the CEPII since September 2010.
In addition to being the CEPII deputy-director, he has taught International Finance at the University of Paris 1 (Pantheon-Sorbonne), the University of Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas) and at ENSAE Paristech.
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. In 1995, he moved to the ministry of finances in Paris where he was first in charge of the economic and financial relations between China and France (1995-1997). He then 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 returned to the MOF to lead a team in charge of the economic analysis of emerging countries (2001-2003). Before joining CEPII, Christophe 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, sovereign debt management, the US and the Chinese economies and the Eurozone.
International Migrations program manager
In addition to being the CEPII deputy-director, he has taught International Finance at the University of Paris 1 (Pantheon-Sorbonne), the University of Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas) and at ENSAE Paristech.
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. In 1995, he moved to the ministry of finances in Paris where he was first in charge of the economic and financial relations between China and France (1995-1997). He then 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 returned to the MOF to lead a team in charge of the economic analysis of emerging countries (2001-2003). Before joining CEPII, Christophe 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, sovereign debt management, the US and the Chinese economies and the Eurozone.
International Migrations program manager
