Marc SCHWARTZ

Bio

@Sébastien Soriano Figarophoto. Marc Schwartz, born in 1963 in Paris, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of La Monnaie de Paris (National French Mint). He was appointed by decree of the French President, Emmanuel Macron, in November 2018. He is also Senior Counsellor at the Cour des Comptes (French Court of Audit) and a lecturer in media and cultural industries economics at Sciences Po Paris. Marc Schwartz started his carrer as an Auditor at the Cour des Comptes in 1988 and joined the Treasury Department in 1992 before his appointment as Economic and financial Counsellor for South-East Asia at the French Embassy in Singapore in 1994. He was advisor to the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry and the Secretary of State for the Budget from 1997 to 2000. He then joined France Télévisions, as Chief Financial Officer before being promoted to Deputy Chief Executive Officer. In 2010, he became a partner withing the audit and consulting firm Mazars, in charge of Public Sector and Media. He returned to the Cour des Comptes in 2014 and has carried out numerous official missions. From May 2017 to January 2018, he was Chief of Staff to the Minister of Culture, Françoise Nyssen. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Public finance (Sciences Po Paris) and a master’s degree in Corporate finance. He also graduated from Ecole Nationale d’Administration the French School for Public administration.