Administrative bodies

Inria's Board of Directors

Michel Cosnard © INRIA / Photo C. Dupont  Michel Cosnard - © Inria / Photo C. Dupont

Inria shall have a board of directors, the powers and duties of which are fixed by French decree no. 85-831 of August 2, 1985 regarding the institute’s organization and operation.

Its role

The Board of Directors is responsible for deliberating on measures concerning Inria’s organization and general operation, including internal regulations, budget, annual report, loans, acquisition or leasing of premises, acceptance of donations or bequests, agreements creating long-term commitments, involvement in bodies with legal personality, creation of subsidiaries and acquisitions or disposals of financial holdings, private or public-sector contracts, royalties and remuneration paid to the Institute, legal proceedings and settlements. In addition, the Board of Directors shall take decisions on matters referred to it by its Chairman, the French Minister of Research or the French Minister of Industry.

  • The Scientific Council discusses the Institute's scientific policy and makes proposals in this area.
  • The Evaluation Committee is responsible for assessing research teams and scientific staff, and contributes to defining the orientation of the Institute’s activities.

Its composition

The board of directors brings together:

  • The chairman appointed by decree, authorised to call for participation in meetings, in an advisory capacity, any person whose presence is deemed helpful.
  • 1 ex-officio member
  • 7 government representatives
  • 6 members appointed from the computer and automation industry (2), the scientific community (2), and the labour world (2)
  • 2 members chosen from among the users of computer science and automation
  • 4 elected representatives of the scientific personnel, engineers, technicians, and administrative staff.

They have a renewable term of office of four years.

Its members

Chairman: Michel Cosnard, Chairman and CEO of Inria

Ex-oficio member: Alain Fuchs, Chairman and CEO of CNRS

Government representatives

Marc Belloeil

Person in charge of the "specialised bodies" department, DGRI

Franck Tarrier

Head of the software department, DGCIS

Grégory Cazalet

Head of department 3 (MIRES), Budget department

Eric Grégoire

Scientific training consultant to the general management of higher education

Christian Mareau

Manager of the Telecommunications Office, DGA

Donatienne Hissard

Deputy director of scientific exchanges and research

Cécile Dubarry

Head of the Information and Communication Technologies Department, DGCIS

Appointed members

Jean-Luc Beylat

Member of the economic and social council – vice-chairman of the CNIL

Bernard Jarry-Lacombe

National secretary of the CFDT cadres executive trade union

Marie-Noëlle Jégo-Laveissière

Director of research and development, Orange Labs

Gilles Le Calvez

Director of R&D, Valeo Group

Jean-Yves Mérindol

Chairman of the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan

Luc Pabœuf

Chairman of the Aquitaine CESR (Regional Economic and Social Council)

Laure Reinhart

Deputy managing director, OSEO and OSEO Innovation

Gérard Roucairol

President of Ter@tec association

Elected members - Representatives of the scientific personnel, engineers, technicians, and administrative staff

Serge Steer

Director of research, Inria Paris - Rocquencourt, SNCS-FSU (collège A)

Jocelyne Erthel

Director of research, Inria Rennes - Bretagne Atlantique, SGEN-CFDT (collège A)

Lisette Calderan

Research engineer, Inria Headquarters, SNTRS-CGT (collège B)

Laurent Pierron

Research engineer, Inria Nancy - Grand Est,  SGEN-CFDT (collège B)

Advisory capacity

Malika Moha

Auditor general

Marie-Laure Inisan-Ehret

Inria's accounting officer

Chris Hankin

Chairman of the Scientific Board

Antoine Petit

deputy managing director of Inria

Keywords: Board of Directors Research agreements Scientific Council Scientific community Scientists Evaluation committee Industry Computer science Control Engineers Technicians Administrative staff

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