Xavier Musca

Xavier Musca (born 23 February 1960 in Bastia, Corsica) is a French economist, writer, and public administrator. In February 2011, he was appointed the Secretary-General of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy and was in charge of economic affairs. He served as a deputy for two years.

Education

 * Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP)
 * École nationale d'administration (ÉNA), "Léonard de Vinci" class (1985).

Positions

 * 1985 - Auditor, Inspection Générale des Finances
 * 1988 - 1989 Adviser to the head of the Inspection Générale des Finances
 * 1989 - 1990 Special adviser, Bureau for Energy, Transportation and Mines, charged with the FDES (economic and social development fund) secretariat at the Treasury Directorate
 * 1990 - 1993 Head of the European Affairs Bureau at the Treasury Directorate
 * 1993 - 1995 Technical adviser for Financial Affairs and International Economic Issues in the Private Office of Prime Minister Edouard Balladur.
 * 1995 - 1996 Head of the Financial Market Bureau at the Treasury Directorate
 * 1996 - 2000 Deputy Director for Europe and Monetary and International Affairs at the European and International Affairs Division of the Treasury Directorate
 * 2000 Chargé de la sous-Direction du financement de l'économie et Head of the Division for the Financing of the Economy and Business Competitiveness, and subsequently Deputy Director
 * Member of the plenary group of the Euro Taskforce
 * 2001 - May 2002 Head of the Department for the Financing of the State and the Economy at the Treasury Directorate
 * May 2002 - June 2004 Principal Private Secretary to Francis Mer, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry
 * June 2005 - February 2009 Director General of the Treasury and Economic Policy and President of the Paris Club, a group of finance officials from 19 of the world's richest countries
 * February 2009 - Deputy Secretary General of the French President's Office
 * February 2011 - Appointed Secretary General

Career in the private sector

 * Amundi, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2016)
 * Capgemini, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2014)
 * Banco Espírito Santo, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (since 2012)
 * CNP Assurances, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2007)

Works

 * Code monétaire et financier, Alice Pezard and Xavier Musca ; Ed. Litec (2005) ; ISBN 2-7110-0592-5
 * Rapport Moral sur l'Argent dans le Monde, Hubert Martini, Dominica Deprée, Joanne Klein-Cornede, and Xavier Musca; Association d'Economie Financière (2006) ; ISBN 2-911144-92-9