Jacques Biot

Jacques Biot is the president of Ecole Polytechnique. An École Polytechnique graduate (Class of 71) and engineer from the “Corps des Mines”, Jacques Biot dedicated the initial years of his professional career to industrial recovery and innovation funding within the Ministry of Industry and Research. He then served as the Key Policy Advisor, in charge of “Industry and Technology” in the Prime Minister's office until 1985. In 1992, he founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of JNB-Developpement S.A. He also has experience in public office as Senior Policy Advisor, where he focused on issues related to development and restructuring in industry. 

Mr. Biot also has experience with public administration and 7 years of experience in senior healthcare industry within two French pharmaceudical companies. He served as Head of the Chairman's Office at Roussel Uclaf (now part of Sanofi Aventis group) and as Vice President of Immunology at Pasteur Merieux Serums & Vaccines (now Sanofi Pasteur), where he solidified his understanding of biopharmaceutical issues and sharpended his skills in leading various business activities such as drug and biological development, business development and post-merger restructuring.

Mr. Biot serves as the Chairman and Director of JNB- Developpement SA and also at Ecole des Mines. He has been a Member of the Board of Directors at Guerbet SA since May 21, 2010. He served as member of the Supervisory Board at Guerbet S.A. since May 25, 2002. He is author of numerous reports on the French and Europeanm health care systems, speaker in numerous symposiums and seminaries, and Advisor to several leading industry associations.

Since 2004, Biot has been a member of the scientific and technical commission of the Corps des Mines, which supervises the PhD projects of young engineers who opt to pursue their education through research. He also actively participated, as Chairman of the École des Mines d'Alès, in working parties in charge of designing the strategy of the Écoles des Mines and particularly in the formation of the Mines Telecom Institute.