François Valérian

François Valérian is an associate professor of finance at CNAM, a Paris based university providing evening classes to professionally active individuals. He also teaches financial regulation and oversight at École des Mines de Paris, a course he created in 2013. He was elected to the board of Transparency International France in 2013 where his contributions to the chapter’s anti-corruption advocacy around offshore centres brought about significant impact. Formerly the leader of business integrity programmes at the Transparency International Secretariat, François initiated Transparency International’s advocacy at the G20 around financial regulation and anti-corruption. In his professional career, François worked both in public and private sectors. He negotiated social agreements with coal mine trade unions, worked for BNP Paribas and was a partner at Accenture, the international consulting firm. He was the editor-in-chief of an economic review, also publishing articles on anti-corruption.