Joel Rochard
France
Born 22 avril 1942.
Married, 3 children.
Education: École polytechnique, Paris, Ingénieur des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, Master of Science in Management Science (M.I.T.)
Professional Career:
1967-1970: Institut d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme de la région parisienne, planning institute of the Paris area;
1970-1973: Direction départementale de l’Equipement de l’Essonne, urban development projects in a south district of Paris conurbation (one million inhabitants);
1973-1974: “Alfred P. Sloan Fellow” at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT);
1974-1976: Responsible for important development projects at headquarters of Housing and urban development ministry;
1976-1980: Appointed Inspecteur des Finances, member of the general auditing task force of french Government;
1980-1982: Caisse Nationale de Crédit Agricole, head of international operations, then head of domestic operations;
1982-1985: General manager of Banque SOFINCO;
1985-1986: General secretary of Assurances générales de France;
1987-1987: At the Inspection Générale des Finances;
1989-2011: Inspecteur Général des Finances.
Miscellanous:
1968-1976: Professor at the Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées (City planning);
1979-1987: Assistant professor at the Ecole polytechnique;
1983-1985: Member of the board of the Association professionnelle des sociétés financières (A.S.F.), national association of credit institutions;
1989-2007: Associate professor at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Urban economics);
1989-2000: Member of the board of the Compagnie nationale du Rhône (C.N.R.), public development corporation of the Rhône river valley;
1993-2000: Chairman of the national group for standards;
since 2010: Member of the board, Office franco-allemand pour la jeunesse (OFAJ-DFJW), international organization.
Community Involvement:
since 1988: President, Cercle Bernard Lazare, Paris;
1995-2008: President, Action sociale par l’habitat, community social housing corporation;
1996-2009: Member of the board, Fondation du Judaïsme français;
1996-2008: Member of the board, Union libérale israélite de France (Copernic street synagogue), Paris;
1998-2009: Steering committee, Fonds social juif unifié, Paris;
1999-2010: Member of the board, European Council of Jewish communities (E.C.J.C.) and treasurer.
Decorations: Légion d’Honneur, Ordre National du Mérite, Mérite agricole Officier, Ordre des Palmes académiques.
Publications:
1974 “The management of urban land banks”, M.I.T.
1975 “L’aménagement des façades maritimes”
1980 “Comparaison des budgets de la République fédérale d’Allemagne, du Royaume Uni et de la France”
1988 “La parité sociale globale sociale globale dans les départements d’outre-mer”
1989 “La normalisation française face à l’Europe de 1992”
1992 “Les régions frontalières face à l’Europe de 1993”
1997 “Dictionnaire économique de l’anglais et du français, budget et financement de l’État”, coll.
2005 “Le traité constitutionnel européen”.