Jean-Claude Trichet is chairman of the Group of Thirty, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bruegel Institute, chair of the Trilateral Commission for Europe, and director of Airbus Group. Jean-Claude Trichet was president of the European Central Bank from 2003 to 2011, chair of the European Systemic Risk Board from 2010 to 2011, governor of the Banque de France and under-secretary at the French Treasury. He also worked for the Paris Club (debt rescheduling), the European Monetary Committee, the Group of Ten Central Bank Governors, and the Global Economy Meeting in Basel. He was named “Person of the Year” by the Financial Times, and one of the “most influential people in the world” by Time Magazine. He was awarded the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen in 2011 for his contribution to European unity. Born in Lyons in 1942, Jean-Claude Trichet is a graduate of the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), the University of Paris (in Economics) and the Ecole nationale d’administration. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by the universities of Montreal, Liège, Tel Aviv, Stirling, Bologna and Sofia.