21 Notable alumni of National School of Statistics and Economic Administration
Updated: May 29, 2026 EliteDegrees
National School of Statistics and Economic Administration is ranked #2,442 in the world and #95 in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from National School of Statistics and Economic Administration sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with National School of Statistics and Economic Administration won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Yacine Aït-Sahalia
1966-. (aged 60)
university teacher
researcher
economist
Yacine Aït-Sahalia is the Otto Hack 1903 Professor of Finance and Economics at Princeton University. His primary areas of research are financial econometrics and mathematical statistics. He served as the inaugural director of the Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton University from 1998 until 2014.
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2. Frédéric Gagey
1956-. (aged 70)
businessperson
entrepreneur
business executive
Frédéric Gagey is a French businessman, the CFO of Air France–KLM.
3. Bruno Durieux
1944-. (aged 82)
anciens cadres
official
pensioner
politician
Bruno Durieux is a French politician.
4. Jacques Bravo
1943-2019 (aged 76)
politician
Jacques Bravo was a French politician who was a member of the Socialist Party.
5. Dagobert Banzio
1957-2017 (aged 60)
minister
civil engineer
politician
Dagobert Banzio was an Ivorian politician, government minister, and member of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA).
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6. Robert Rochefort
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
economist
Robert Rochefort is a French economist and politician.
7. Benoît Cœuré
1969-. (aged 57)
banker
economist
Benoît Georges Cœuré is a French economist who has been serving as President of the Autorité de la concurence since 2022. He previously served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2012 to 2019.
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8. Karine Berger
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
economist
Karine Berger is a French politician, member of the French National Assembly representing Hautes-Alpes between 2012 and 2017. She was the national secretary for the economy of the French Socialist Party.
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9. Alain Grandjean
1955-. (aged 71)
economist
Alain Grandjean is a French economist, climatologist,and businessman. Alongside Jean-Marc Jancovici, he co-founded Carbone 4. Grandjean is a member of the High Council on Climate, and the president of the Fondation pour la nature et l'homme [ar; fr] since 2019.
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10. Edmond Malinvaud
1923-2015 (aged 92)
professor
economist
Edmond Malinvaud was a French economist. He was the first president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
11. Jean-Jacques Laffont
1947-2004 (aged 57)
university teacher
economist
Jean-Jacques Marcel Laffont was a French economist specializing in public economics and information economics. Educated at the University of Toulouse and the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE) in Paris, he was awarded PhD in economics by Harvard University in 1975.
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12. Alain Seban
1964-. (aged 62)
jurist
Alain Pierre Seban is a French cultural institution head and senior official. He was the president of the Pompidou Centre in Paris until February 2015. As such, he also heads three organisations linked to the Pompidou Centre: the Centre Pompidou-Metz, the Bibliothèque publique d’information (Bpi – a vast public library) and the IRCAM (Institut de recherché et coordination accoustique/musique).
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13. Christian Sautter
1940-. (aged 86)
politician
official
Christian Sautter is a French politician. He served as Minister for Economics, Finance, and Industry from 1999 to 2000 as part of Lionel Jospin's "Plural Left" government.
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14. Jean-Paul James
1952-. (aged 74)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Jean-Paul James is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was named Archbishop of Bordeaux in November 2019 after serving from 2003 to 2009 as Bishop of Beauvais and from 2009 to 2019 as Bishop of Nantes.
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15. Philippe Brassac
1959-. (aged 67)
banker
Philippe Brassac is a French business executive, currently the chief executive of Crédit Agricole, having succeeded Jean-Paul Chifflet to the role in May 2015. He has been also Chairman of the French Banking Federation (Fédération Bancaire Française) since September 2016, succeeding to Frédéric Oudéa.
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16. Michel Aglietta
1938-2025 (aged 87)
university teacher
economist
Michel Aglietta was a French economist and Professor of Economics at Paris Nanterre University.
17. Karol Beffa
1973-. (aged 53)
classical composer
pianist
actor
child actor
Karol Beffa, born on 27 October 1973 in Paris, is a French composer and pianist.
18. Ariel Weil
1973-. (aged 53)
economist
teacher
short story writer
politician
Ariel Edmond Nicolas Weil is an Israeli-born French economist and politician who has been the Socialist Party mayor of Paris Centre (the central Paris area composed of arrondissements 1, 2, 3 and 4) since 2020.
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19. Jean-Marc Daniel
1954-. (aged 72)
professor
economist
Jean-Marc Daniel is a French Economist, Professor at ESCP Business School and editorial Director of Societal magazine. He describes himself as a classic liberal.
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20. Gérard Araud
1953-. (aged 73)
diplomat
Gérard Araud is a retired French diplomat who served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as Director General for Political and Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006–2009) and France's permanent representative to the United Nations (2009–2014).
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21. François Bourguignon
1945-. (aged 81)
researcher
economist
François Bourguignon is a former Chief Economist (2003–2007) of the World Bank. He has been the Director of the Paris School of Economics, and from 1985 to his retirement in 2013 a professor of economics at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. In 2016, Bourguignon was awarded the Dan David Prize. He focuses on the study...
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