Damien Cazé - France
Biography
Born on 21 July 1967 in Vernon (Eure department).
A graduate of IEP Paris[1] and a civil engineer from ParisTech[2], Damien also graduated from the ESSEC business school[3] and is a former student from ENA[4].
In 1996, he joined the French Court of Auditors[5] and was appointed senior auditor in 1999, and then master auditor in 2012.
In 2002, he was called in as technical advisor to the minister of agriculture, and the following year he became the prime minister's technical advisor.
In 2005, Damien joined the Ministry of Agriculture as director of marine fisheries and aquaculture. He then became director of maritime affairs at the Ministry of Ecology from 2008 to 2010.
In 2010, he was appointed chief operating officer of Universcience. In 2015, he came back to the French Court of Auditors and was appointed general rapporteur for an investigation into environmental taxation.
In May 2017, he was appointed head of department in charge of ecology, transport, energy, housing and agriculture issues at the French prime minister’s office.
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[1] IEP - Institut d’études politiques : Institute of Political Studies.
[2] École des Ponts ParisTech, originally called École nationale des ponts et chaussées : National School of Civil Engineering.
[3] École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales : Higher School of Economic and Commercial Sciences.
[4] École Nationale d'Administration : National School of Administration.
[5] In French: Cour des comptes.
