IPEMED aims to bring the two sides of the Mediterranean closer together using economics, and to make a concrete contribution to building an integrated, sustainable and socially responsible Euro-Mediterranean area
Radhi MEDDEB
President
BIOGRAPHY
Radhi Meddeb, President of IPEMED, is an engineering graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique de Paris (1973) and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (1975).
Radhi Meddeb began his career in 1977 at Compagnie des phosphates de Gafsa, where he remained until 1982, then joined the Saudi-Tunisian Investment and Development Company until 1987. In 1987, he established COMETE Engineering, of which he is currently the CEO. Radhi Meddeb is also founder and CEO of COMETE International, COMETE Immobilière, COMETE Engineering Algeria and COMETE Engineering Libya.
He also founded and was general director of Arab Leasing International Finance (Saudi Arabia) from 1987 to 2006 and of Algerian Saudi Leasing (Luxembourg) from 1990 to 2006.
He is the director of Banque Tuniso-Koweitienne (BTK) in Tunisia for Financière OCEOR Groupe des Caisses d’Epargne (France), a member of its standing Audit Committee, a member of the Investment Fund Investment Committee of Altermed Capital, and a on the board of the Central Bank of Tunisia.
Jean-Louis GUIGOU
Founder and General Delegate
BIOGRAPHY
Jean-Louis Guigou is a university professor and former delegate to DATAR (Spatial Planning and Regional Action Agency) (1997-2002). Since 2006, he has been Delegate-general of IPEMED (Economic Foresight Institute for the Mediterranean Region), whose objective is to use economics to move the two sides of the Mediterranean closer.
After a particularly brilliant academic career, he held the post of Project Manager in the ministerial cabinet of Michel Rocard (Minister of Territorial Development) (1982), then Project Manager at the Spatial Planning and Regional Action Agency (Datar) (1983-88). After a brief return to university education (Professor at the University of Avignon (1985-90)), he was Director (1990-97) then Delegate (1997-2002) of the Spatial Planning and Regional Action Agency (Datar), Inspector General for Education (2002-04) as well as President of the Institute of Advanced Studies in European Territorial Planning and Development (Ihedat) (2000-02). In 2002 the French Minister for foreign affairs gave him the task of identifying and promoting scientists working in the Mediterranean. He then created the Economic Foresight Institute for the Mediterranean Region (IPEMED), of which he is General Delegate.
Jean-Louis Guigou is the author of several works, notably:
Une ambition pour le territoire, Edition de l’Aube (1995)
France 2020, mettre les territoires en mouvement, La Documentation Française (2000)
Gérard DEBRINAY
Managing Director
BIOGRAPHY
Graduate of the Euromed Management and of Northwestern University, Gérard Debrinay has been, since December 2011, Managing director of the Institut de Prospective Économique du Monde Méditerranéen, IPEMED.
Gérard Debrinay started his consulting career with SEMA before joining Algoe Consultants in 1977. He was appointed Managing Director in 1986 then CEO in 1996.
He also was Chairman of the Board of Amorçage Rhône Alpes and vice-Chairman of INSA, the largest engineering French graduate school and Vice-Chairman of the Observatoire européen de géopolitique (OEG). Moreover, he was at the Board of MEDEF Rhône Alpes where he held the position of vice-Chairman for the economic matters. He was vice-Chairman for Europe on the Board of AMCF (New York) too. Eventually, he was director of the RH Editions group and of the Institut des Managers du Développement local.
Pierre BECKOUCHE
Scientific advisor
BIOGRAPHY
Pierre Beckouche is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Superieure de Saint Cloud, and Associate of Geography. He is a professor at Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University, where he was director of the geography department from 2000-2005.
His work concerns economic and regional geography. He has worked for local collectivities, DATAR and the Ministère français de l’équipement as well as the European Union. His continuing research concerns Europe’s frontiers, particularly the Mediterranean area, and the comparison with the major regions (North America, East Asia, the Euro-Mediterranean).
Member of the UMR “Ladyss” (CNRS/Universités Paris 1, Paris 7, Paris 8, Paris 10, www.ladyss.com), he is also member of IPEMED.
Recent publications:
2004 (with Yann Richard): Atlas d’une nouvelle Europe. L’Europe élargie et ses voisins, Russie, Proche-orient, Maghreb, éditions Autrement, nouvelle édition 2008, Paris
2008: Les régions Nord-Sud. Euromed face à l’intégration de l’Amérique et de l’Asie orientale, Belin publishers, collection Mappemonde, Paris.
Cécile JOLLY
Associate Expert
BIOGRAPHY
Project manager at the Centre d’Analyse Stratégique.
Cécile Jolly is an analyst in political economy at the Centre d’analyse stratégique (CAS). Prior to this, she worked for the French Ministry of Defence (strategic affairs department) and then the Planning Commission.
She is the author of:
Le partenariat euro-méditerranéen, la dynamique de l’intégration régionale (La Documentation française, 2000)
L’Etat et les ONG : pour un partenariat efficace (La Documentation française, 2002)
L’entreprise responsable (éditions du Félin, 2006).
Mickael LANDEMAINE
Head of administration and finance
BIOGRAPHY
After several years of activity, spent in NGOs’ at management positions, Mickael LANDEMAINE joined IPEMED in may 2009.
Graduated from IAE-Sorbonne Business School in management, he is currently undertaking research on Corporate Social Responsibility, both for the institute and doctoral thesis.
Agnès LEVALLOIS
Editorial Advisor, Chief Editor of IPEMED News
BIOGRAPHY
Agnès Levallois is a journalist and consultant who specializes in the Arab world. She worked at Le Monde de l’Economie, and was co-editor in chief of the private journal Risques Internationaux, before joining France24 television station as joint programme director of the Arabic version. She currently directs courses at the ENA, and is the author of Jérusalem, de la division au partage?(editions Michalon, 1996) and Moyen Orient mode d’emploi (Stock, 2002). She has also contributed to a number of publications concerning the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
Morgan MOZAS
Project officer "Water" / "Energy" / "Transportation"
BIOGRAPHY
Morgan Mozas is a legal practitioner in international law with a Master’s degree from the Institut supérieur d’ingénierie et de gestion de l’environnement (ISIGE), part of the Ecole des Mines de Paris. He worked with diverse organizations in the domain of sustainable development before joining IPEMED in 2009, where he is a project manager for energy, water, transport and sustainable development.
Jean-Marie PAINTENDRE
Advisor on International Affairs
BIOGRAPHY
Since 2009, Jean-Marie Paintendre has been an Advisor on International Affairs at IPEMED and an independent board member of several financial institutions in Italy.
He graduated from ESSEC Paris, and has spent most of his career in charge of international affairs in the public and private banking sector.
He was Managing Director for International Affairs at CIC-Crédit Mutuel, Caisse des Dépôts and Groupe Caisse d’Epargne - where he acted as advisor to the Chairman for International Affairs.
In addition, he has been a board member of Euro-Mediterranean companies in France, Italy, Spain, Tunisia, Algeria, Luxemburg and the United-States, and most recently held the position of advisor to the French Export Trade Board (1988-2008).
Véronique STEPHAN
Communications and Edition Manager
BIOGRAPHY
Véronique Stephan has been head of communications at IPEMED since late 2008. She has post-graduate diplomas in political sociology from Paris X-Nanterre University and in international relations from INALCO, as well as a diploma in Russian and Romanian. In 1997, she joined the foundation “Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris” as head of cabinet for the General Delegate, then became a project manager responsible for international development. During a long stay in Morocco from 2007-08, she was director of communications for a tourism agency and coordinated several cultural initiatives to promote Euro-Mediterranean integration. She also ran courses at INALCO and made contributions to publications (Grand Guide de l’URSS – Gallimard) and the press (Libération).
Maxime WEIGERT
Researcher in Tourism
BIOGRAPHY
The holder of a professional Master’s degree in Geopolitics from the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Maxime Weigert is currently working on a doctorate in economic geography at the Institut de recherche et d’études supérieures du tourisme at Paris 1 (Irest) University. As part of his thesis, entitled “Tourism and Euro-Mediterranean integration: what role do tourist companies have in developing the tourism sector in the greater Maghreb?”, he analyzes the impact of tourist companies’ location in countries on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, and studies the effects that investments in tourism have on territorial development in the Maghreb. This doctoral project involves a contract between IPEMED, IREST and the Association nationale de la recherche et de la technologie (ANRT).
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