The Institut Louis Bachelier (ILB) has announced the appointment of Marie Brière as Managing Director. She succeeds Jean-Michel Beacco, professor of finance at Dauphine, who died in a mountain accident last September. 

"A renowned economist with a long-standing commitment to dialogue between researchers and decision-makers in the public and private sectors, she is taking over as head of the Institute with the ambition of strengthening its role as a benchmark for contemporary economic and financial issues.”says the research institute, which was set up in 2008 in the wake of the subprime crisis. the French Treasury and the Caisse des Dépôts (CDC).

"Currently Head of Investor Research and Academic Partnerships at Amundi Investment Institute, she conducts research on long-term investment, sustainable finance, household savings and the impact of new technologies on finance. Marie Brière will retain her position at Amundi Investment Institute and will carry out her new responsibilities at the ILB in parallel."It says. 

An economist by training (ENSAE and PhD), Marie Brière has a long-standing relationship with the Institut Louis Bachelier, chaired by André Lévy-Lang. She joined and then chaired the Scientific Advisory Board of the Financial Risks International Forum in 2010, helping to structure exchanges between high-level researchers, public institutions and economic players around the issues of financial risks, sustainable finance and new technologies.

Since 2022, she has also directed the FaIR programme, dedicated to digitalisation and artificial intelligence in finance. At the same time, she is involved in a number of academic bodies and European expert groups (ACPR, CEPS, ESMA, Inquire Europe, OEE, etc.).