Natacha Valla (born January 1, 1976) is a French economist and Dean of the Sciences Po School of Management and Innovation.[1] She was Deputy Director General for monetary policy at the European Central Bank from May 2018 to January 2020. She is also chair of the SUERF, European Money and Finance forum, editorial board.
Background and education edit
Valla was born in Marseille, France.[2] When she was six, her family moved to Gabon for her father's career, who was an engineer at EDF.[2] After graduating from high school in Lyon, she was enrolled in a literary Higher School Preparatory Class in the Lycée du Parc. She holds a master's degree from Georgetown University.[2] She is also a graduate from the European University Institute, where she completed her PhD thesis titled Learning and distribution in monetary economics.[3]
Career edit
Valla started her career as an economist at the European Central Bank in 2001.[4] In 2008, Valla was appointed executive director at Goldman Sachs Global Economic Research,[4] focusing on the study of the eurozone. From 2014 to 2016, she was deputy director of CEPII, the main French think tank in international economy according to the World Economic Forum,[5] before joining the European Investment Bank in 2016 as head of Policy Strategy division.[4] During this period, she was also a permanent member of the Conseil d'Analyse Économique, part of the scientific committee of the ACPR, the French Banking Regulatory Body.[3] She was appointed Deputy Director General of the European Central Bank in 2018.[6]
Academic career edit
Valla has published research on numerous subjects in the field of international finance, monetary and applied macro-economics. She was a fellow at the Paris School of Economics[7] and a member of the French Société d'Economie Politique.[3] She is also co-author of a textbook of financial macroeconomics and has taught at the University of Florence, the University of Paris Dauphine, HEC and Sciences Po.[7] She currently teaches at New York University in Abu Dhabi.[7]
Other activities edit
Corporate boards edit
- Wakam, Observer on the Board of Directors (since 2021)[8]
- LVHM, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2016)[9][10]
- AccorHotels, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2016)[11]
- Autoroutes SA, Member of the Board of Directors
- SCOR SE, Member of the Board of Directors[12]
Non-profit organizations edit
- Arte, Member of the Programme Advisory Committee[13]
- Institut Montaigne, Member of the Board of Directors[14]
- Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), Member of the Advisory Council[15]
Awards edit
In 2000, Valla was awarded the SCE Prize in Computational Economics for her graduate research.[16]
In 2018, Valla was recipient of the French National Order of Merit.[2]
Personal life edit
Valla is the mother of two sons.[2]
See also edit
SUERF The European Money and Finance Forum
References edit
- ^ "Natacha Valla, New Dean of the School of Management and Innovation". 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ a b c d e "Natacha Valla à la BCE : l'ambition tranquille" (in French). 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ a b c "Natacha Valla". Le Huffington Post (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ a b c Altavilla, Carlo; Lemke, Wolfgang; Motto, Roberto; Valla, Natacha (2019-02-28). "2018 ECB conference bridges the science and practice of monetary policy". VoxEU.org. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ "Authors". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ "ECB Reshuffle Kicks Off as States Hold Fire for Future Posts". BloombergQuint. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ a b c "Natacha Valla - Macron : Les 12 mois de Jupiter". Institut Montaigne (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ Natacha Valla appointed as observer to the Wakam Board of Directors Wakam, press release of 13 April 2021.
- ^ Appointments to the Board of Directors LVHM, press release of 1 March 2016.
- ^ LVMH : Clara Gaymard bientôt nommée au conseil d'administration La Tribune’', 1 March 2016.
- ^ "New directors for AccorHotels with FRHI acquisition". Hotel Management (Press release). 13 July 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Corporate governance SCOR SE.
- ^ Programme Advisory Committee Arte.
- ^ Board of Directors Institut Montaigne.
- ^ Advisory Council Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF).
- ^ "Computational Economics". comp-econ.org. Retrieved 2019-03-30.