Pascal Minault is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and the Collège des Ingénieurs. He joined Bouygues Construction in 1986 and worked in a number of the Group’s businesses, including civil works, building and property development, both in France and in several international locations, including Hong Kong, the UK and Switzerland, where he has spent more than 15 years. Pascal Minault was appointed Chairman of Bouygues Immobilier in 2019 before returning to Bouygues Construction, where he has been Chairman and CEO since August 24, 2021.

I graduated from the University of Paris-Dauphine in International Economics and started my career at the Regional Economic Service of the French Embassy in Argentina. I then worked in the International Diagnostic and Forecasting Office at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, before joining Coface in 2017. In 4 years at Coface, I have covered Europe and North America, and have been based in Paris and London, before moving to Madrid in 2021. I also worked as lecturer in public economics at Sciences Po Paris in 2020. »

Ruben originally joined Coface and the Department in 2016, where he was responsible for Coface's country risk analysis for Africa for three years, located in Bois-Colombes (France). Ruben holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences and Humanities, as well as a Master's degree in Economics and Business from Sciences Po Paris. He also studied business and economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA).

Valérie Quiniou graduated as a French engineer and naval architect from the École Polytechnique and the National School of Advanced Techniques. She started her career as a naval architect and then became a met-ocean advisor in the Oil and Gas Industry. In 2016, she joined the Corporate Sustainable Development and Environment Division and then the Strategy Direction of the O&G Company Total, as Vice-President on Climate Change. Until 2018, she was in charge of coordinating the 2°c roadmap and calculating the carbon footprint of Total, thus working in contact with the company’s investors on a regular basis.
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She has been an expert for the European Commission on projects in Ukraine and Russia, and participated in the Russia London Club. She teaches country risk analysis at Sciences Po where she was responsible for the Masters in Finance. She has on several occasions been an examiner for the ENA entrance examinations. Tania Sollogoub has written extensively on country risk analysis and the economies of countries in transition. She is co-author of a book entitled "The Economics of Country Risk" published by La Découverte. In 2012, she published a global political risk analysis entitled "the bright future of political risk", followed by a study in 2016 on the current political cycle "What creates anger".

She holds a German Magister degree from the University of Mainz with majors in Economics and Political Science (equivalent to a Master's degree). She rounded off her studies with an Advanced Master's degree in international economic research at the renowned Kiel Institute for the World Economy. During her studies, she worked as an assistant to the financial policy spokesperson of the CDU parliamentary group in the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate. She also gained several years of experience in the media sector as an editorial assistant at the political television channel PHOENIX, focusing on election coverage. After her studies, she moved to Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB), where she worked as an economist with the regions USA and Japan for financial market-oriented macroeconomic research. There, she specialized in financial and monetary policy as well as political risks. In 2019, von Berg joined Coface, where she focuses on country and sector risk analysis in the Northern Europe region.