Benoît Loutrel

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    Benoît Loutrel is a member of the college of the French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication (Arcom). He joined the French Superior Audiovisual Council (French Superior Audiovisual Council) in February 2021 and the Arcom in January 2022.

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    A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, ENSAE and the Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, Benoît Loutrel is an economic engineer specializing in industrial economics, economic development, digital transformation and the economics of regulation.

    After working at the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques(INSEE) as a research officer in environmental economics in 1993, Benoît Loutrel was appointed technical advisor to the Executive Director representing France at the World Bank in Washington in 1996. In 1999, he was appointed chargé d'affaires and head of the European office (in Paris) of the infrastructure department of the International Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of the World Bank Group, until 2003.

    In 2004, he joined the Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes (Arcep ), where he was Director of Fixed and Mobile Market Regulation, then Deputy Managing Director. From 2010 to 2013, he was Director of the "Development of the digital economy" program of the "Investissements d'avenir" ("Investments for the future") with the General Commissioner for Investment. From 2013 to 2016, Benoît Loutrel was Director General of Arcep. In 2017, Benoît Loutrel was Director of Institutional Relations and Public Policy at Google France. From 2018 to 2020, he carried out various missions within the General Inspectorate of Insee, and in particular, he was general rapporteur for the interministerial "regulation of social networks" mission.

    Benoît Loutrel joined Arcom in 2021. He chairs Arcom's "Online platforms" working group. He is also vice-chairman of the "Media education, ecological transition and public health" working group.

    Detailed biography

    • Engineer, Ecole Polytechnique (1988-1991)
    • Statistician-economist, Ecole nationale de la statistique et de l'administration économique (ENSAE) (1991-1993)
    • DEA in mathematical economics and econometrics - Toulouse University of Social Sciences/ CNRS GREMACQ/EHESS (1992-1993)
    • Environmental economics researcher at Insee (1993-1996)
    • Technical advisor to the Executive Director for France, World Bank (Washington DC, USA) (1996-1998)
    • Project Manager, Structured Finance in Regulated Sectors, Infrastructure Department, International Finance Corporation (Washington DC, USA) (1999-2001)
    • European Office Manager, Infrastructure Department, International Finance Corporation (Washington DC, USA) (2001-2003)
    • Director of fixed and mobile market regulation at Arcep (2004-2007)
    • Deputy Managing Director of Arcep (2007-2010)
    • Director of the "Development of the digital economy" program, Investissement d'avenir at the French General Investment Commission (2010-2013)
    • Managing Director of Arcep (2013-2016)
    • Director of institutional relations and public policy at Google France (2017)
    • General Inspectorate of Insee, (2018-2020), various missions and in particular general rapporteur of the interministerial mission "Regulation of social networks" in 2019

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