Gérard Valin, Professor of Corporate Finance at CERAM, holds a Doctorate in comparative literature, in addition to a Doctorat d'Etat es Sciences de Gestion (Finances). He is a Judiciary Financial Expert for insurance matters, accredited by the Paris Court of Appeal, a graduate of HEC, and Expert Comptable (CPA), with a Masters degree in German Literature. Formerly in Associate practice with Deloitte, Dean of ESSEC Business School and Member of the Governing Body for the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (CGE), COO for Life operation at Lazard (Generali), CEO of MACSF, MAVPS (Mutual insurance companies for health professionals), He joined the dedicated Faculty in 2003.

Education:

• HEC – Expert Chartered Accountant
• Harvard Business School (AMP)
• Docteur d’Etat en Finances (Paris-Dauphine) – Docteur ès-lettres (Paris Nanterre)
• Institut de Droit des Affaires (Paris Panthéon – Sorbonne)

Previous positions:

• 2001-2003: Associate practice with Deloitte, in charge of “Employee Benefits Service Line / Human Capital
• 1998-2000: Dean, Essec Business School
• 1991-1998: Lazard Group, in charge of insurance companies as COO for life operations in France (now Generali), Chairman of “Objectif Monde”, Mutual fund dedicated Worldwide to institutional investors
• 1986-1991: CEO of MACSF, MAVPS (Mutual insurance companies for health professionals) Chairman of Médifinances, Médibail, Fructi-France Director of Japan Pacific Fund (JAPAC)
• 1973-1985: AXA / Compagnie du Midi / AGP, in charge of financial department, CFO, and COO for international development
• 1970-1973 KPMG / Fiduciaire de France : Auditor

PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES

Books

Valin, G., Gavanou, J.F.
Gouvernance sociale et fonds de pension Economica, Paris, 2004

Valin, G., Gavanou, J-F, Guttmann, C., LeVourc'h, J.
Controllor and AuditorDunod, Paris, 2006