Mr. Jean-Marie Paugam
Deputy executive director
Jean-Marie Paugam, a French national, assumed his functions as Deputy Executive Director of the International Trade Centre on 1 March 2011.
Mr. Paugam has extensive work experience in Trade Promotion and Trade Policy with the French Government (Ministry of Economy and Finance, Trade Directorate and Treasury Directorate) in Senior Administrative positions. Mr. Paugam’s main areas of expertise include: International trade and investment; Trade negotiations and the WTO; Trade and Development; Export Finance, as well as EU and the Mediterranean economic partnership.
Mr. Paugam began his professional career with the French Ministry of Economy, Finance, Industry and International Trade in 1993 and was posted as Economic and Commercial Counsellor with specialization in multilateral trade negotiations, to the French Embassies in Washington D.C. (1997-1999) and Rabat (1999–2001). Mr. Paugam served as International Adviser to the French Economy and Finance Minister (2001-2002). In 2002, Mr. Paugam was appointed Head of the “Trade Policy and WTO Unit” and French Deputy Representative to the EC Trade Policy Committee (133 committee), a position he held until 2003.
Mr. Paugam served as Senior Research Fellow at the French Institute for International Relation (IFRI), a major independent think-tank in Paris (2004-2006) where he published numerous articles and research papers on trade policy, with a special focus on trade and development issues. In 2006, Mr. Paugam was appointed Assistant Secretary for Bilateral Relations with Africa, Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Middle-East at the French Treasury. Mr. Paugam was promoted as Head of the Bilateral Relations and Export Finance Department in 2008. In this capacity, Mr. Paugam undertook a lead role in the design and implementation of reforms within the French Export Promotion Agency Ubifrance.
Mr. Paugam is a graduate of the “Ecole Nationale d’Administration” – ENA (1991-1993), and the Institute of Political Studies (I.E.P) of Aix-en-Provence (1989) and holds a Master Degree in Law from the University of Aix en Provence (1988).
Jean-Marie Paugam is married and has three children.