Mr. Antoine Gosset-Grainville is a graduate of the Institut d’études politiques of Paris and holds a “DESS” (post-graduate degree) in banking and finance from the University of Paris IX Dauphine. He was admitted to the Paris Bar (2002) and the Brussels Bar (2002). After graduating from the French École Nationale d’Administration, he began his career, in 1993, at the Inspection Générale des Finances, before taking the position of Deputy General Secretary of the European Monetary Committee and later of the Economic and Financial Committee of the European Union in 1997. From 1999 to 2002, he was advisor for Economic and Industry Affairs in the office of the European Commissioner in charge of Trade. In 2002, he became partner at Gide, where he managed the Brussels office for five years before becoming in 2007 Deputy Director of the Cabinet of the French Prime Minister, in charge of economic and financial issues and the management of the French State’s investment portfolio. In 2010, he was appointed Deputy Managing Director of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations in charge of finance, strategy, investments and international operations and Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Caisse des Dépôts group from February to July 2012. In April 2013, he co-founded BDGS Associés (law firm).