- Born on 4 October 1930 in Paris (F)

- Policy Officer in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1951–1957)

- Member of the French delegation to the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly of the United Nations (1952–1955)

- Deputy Head of the Private Office of the State Secretary for Economic Affairs (1955)

- Policy Officer in the Directorate of Economic and Financial Affairs (Economic Cooperation) at the French Foreign Ministry (1955–1957)

- Member of the French delegation to the Brussels Conference on the Common Market (1956–1957)

- Consultant at the company Pechiney (1957–1959)

- General Secretary of the company FRIA (1960–1962)

- Senior Executive of the Pechiney group (1963–1971) then the Pechiney Ugine Kuhlmann group (1971–1981)

- Secretary-General of the Ministry of External Relations (1981–1985)

- Ambassador to Madrid (1985–1988)

- Chairman of Gaz de France (1988–1993)

- Chairman of the French Institute of Petroleum (1993–1995)

- Policy Officer in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1996–1998)

- Chairman of the Scientific Defence Council (1998–2011)