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Louis-Augustin Julien appointed Deputy Director General of Resources at INRAE

PRESS RELEASE - Appointed on 13 October 2023 by Philippe Mauguin, Chair and CEO of INRAE, with the approval of the Institute's Board of Directors, Louis-Augustin Julien becomes INRAE's new Deputy Director General for Resources (DDGR) as of 1 November. He took over the role on a temporary basis following Fabrice Marty’s departure in May 2023, having previously served as INRAE's Director of Finance and Procurement (appointed 2018). Louis-Augustin Julien will now lead the Institute’s administrative departments in supporting the implementation of the INRAE 2030 scientific strategy, overseeing, in particular, human resources, financial and legal affairs, information systems, property strategy and the Institute's ambitious CSR policy.

Published on 13 October 2023

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In a formal decision dated 13 October 2023, Louis-Augustin Julien became the new Deputy Director General of Resources (DDGR) at INRAE, following a 5-month period as acting DDGR. In this role, he will oversee all the establishment's administrative services, providing the support required to deliver the Institute's overall scientific strategy to accelerate the transition to healthy and sustainable agricultural and food systems. As DDGR, he will drive policy in the realms of human resources, financial and legal affairs, purchasing, property management, legal affairs and information systems. His remit includes the conduct of the Institute’s relationships with its supervisory Ministries of Research and Agriculture and with the Ministry of Public Finance, and he will also lead social dialogue within the Institute. He will pursue INRAE’s overhaul of its collective actions, taking account of the Institute’s contractual objectives, available resources and performance, giving particular attention to the transitions that are essential to the production of equitable, low-carbon research outputs in the fields of digital technology and corporate social responsibility.

Born in 1984, Louis-Augustin Julien holds a master’s degree in international relations from Sciences Po, Paris and is a graduate of the prestigious École Nationale d’Administration (ENA, Jean Zay cohort, 2012-2013). He began his professional career as a financial auditor for EY in 2006, joining the Budget Department of the French Ministry of Finance in 2014. There, he served as Deputy Head of the Media and Telecommunications Office until 2016, before becoming Deputy Head of the Higher Education and Research Office from 2016 to 2018. In these roles, he negotiated parliamentary finance bills and directed the budgets for the relevant sectors. He also sat on the boards of a range of public institutions, including the Bibliothèque Nationale, the French National Audiovisual Institute and National Frequency Agency, INRA, CIRAD and the IRD. He joined INRA in 2018 as Director of Finance and Procurement, where he oversaw all the institute’s financial processes. In this role, he worked alongside senior management on several operational projects, including the merger with IRSTEA to form INRAE. In May 2023 he was appointed Acting DDGR of INRAE, before being appointed for a 4-year term as the Institute's new DDGR from 1 November 2023.

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