Agnès Bénassy-Quéré
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré (born 15 March 1966) is a French economist who has been serving as chief economist at the Direction générale du Trésor (or French Treasury) since 2020. She is also a professor of economics at the Paris School of Economics. Career. Bénassy-Quéré's research interests include the international monetary systems, exchange rates, economic policy, and the European integration. Bénassy-Quéré worked for the Ministry of the Economy and Finance before moving to academic positions successively at Cergy-Pontoise University (1993-1996), Lille 2 (1996-1999), Paris-Ouest (2000-2004) and École Polytechnique (2009-2011 ). In addition, Bénassy-Quéré also served as a deputy director (1998-2006) and as director (2006-2012) of the Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII). Recognition. Bénassy-Quéré's research was awarded Best Young French Economist Award by Cercle des économistes and "Le Monde" in 2000 (together with Bruno Amable).