Alain Minc

Alain Minc born 15 April 1949 is a French businessman political advisor and author Alain Minc was born on April 15 1949 in Paris to a family of Jewish immigrants from Poland His father Joseph Minkowski was a dentist and a member of the Communist Party Alain Minc is a graduate of the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris Sciences Po and the École nationale dadministration In 1979 he became CFO of Compagnie de SaintGobain In 1981 he was selected to be one of the first Young Leaders of the FrenchAmerican Foundation In 1986 he became ViceChairman of CIR International and General Manager of Cerus nonItalian affiliates of Benedetti Group In 1991 he founded his own consultancy firm AM Conseil He has been the Chairman of Le Mondes supervisory board He sits on the board of directors of Criteria CaixaCorp since 2007 He is also a board member of Prisa Fnac Direct Energie Ingenico and Yves Saint Laurent He has been an advisor to Edouard Balladur François Pinault Vincent Bolloré and exFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy He came under fire for criticizing Pope Benedict XVIs position on the French Romani repatriation in 2010 He is a member of the Nicolas Berggruen Institute He is also a recipient of the Legion of Honour Since December 2011 he is President of the board of directors of Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de lEst de la France SANEF which operates motorways in northeast France under a French government concession Source Article Alain Minc from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30