1. Laurence Boone was born on 15 May 1969 and is a French economist who served as the Secretary of State for European affairs in the government of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne from 2022 to 2024.
17 Facts About Laurence Boone
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Laurence Boone served as an economic advisor to President Francois Hollande between July 2014 and March 2016.
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Laurence Boone was born in 1969 in a family with distant Flemish origins.
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Laurence Boone earned an MAS in modelization and quantitative analysis from Paris X-Nanterre University, a PhD in economics from London Business School, and a master's degree in econometrics from the University of Reading.
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Laurence Boone started her career as an analyst at Merrill Lynch Asset Management.
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Laurence Boone was a researcher at the Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales from 1996 to 1998, then an economist at the department of Economic Affairs of the OECD from 1998 to 2004.
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In 2011, Laurence Boone became the Europe chief economist at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.
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Laurence Boone taught at Sciences Po, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSAE and ENS Cachan.
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Laurence Boone was a member of the jury of the Ecole nationale d'administration competitive exam.
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In 2014, Laurence Boone started editing chronicles for the L'Opinion daily.
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In July 2014, Laurence Boone was appointed a financial and economic advisor to the Elysee Palace.
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On 26 December 2014 Laurence Boone's position was named "special advisor for multilateral and European economic and financial affairs", sherpa of Francois Hollande, as a part of a series of decisions made to "simplify" his cabinet.
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Laurence Boone was considered one of the most prominent European economists advocating for a serious democratic overhaul of the eurozone institutions.
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On 5 June 2018 Boone was appointed as chief economist of the OECD, as a replacement to Catherine L Mann.
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Laurence Boone took office on 24 July 2018, working under the leadership of secretary general Jose Angel Gurria.
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In January 2022, Laurence Boone was appointed as Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD, serving alongside Kerri-Ann Jones and Ulrik Knudsen under secretary general Mathias Cormann.
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Laurence Boone is married to Polytechnician Xavier Faure, and mother of two children.