November 18, 2022
Bulletin interne de l'Institut Pasteur
Yves Saint-Geours elected Chairman of the Institut Pasteur Board of Governors
On October 28, 2022, following the replacement of outgoing members at the last session of the General Meeting, the Institut Pasteur Board of Governors elected its new Chairman, Yves Saint-Geours.
At the meeting, the Institut Pasteur Board of Governors began by taking due note of the resignation of François Delattre for compelling reasons related to his new position as French Ambassador to Berlin. He had been elected to the Board by the Institut Pasteur General Meeting board on June 29, 2022.
With the support of the Institut Pasteur members of the General Meeting board, and as laid down in the Institut Pasteur's articles of association, the Board of Governors decided to appoint former Ambassador Yves Saint-Geours to replace François Delattre on the Board. A meeting of the Institut Pasteur General Meeting board will be held to vote on this appointment, in accordance with the articles of association.
The Board of Governors then elected Yves Saint-Geours to succeed Christian Vigouroux as chairman.
During the meeting, the Board of Governors also elected the members of its Bureau and those of the Finance and Audit Committee and the Appointments and Remuneration Committee (see Appendix 2).
The new Board members appointed on June 29, 2022 by the General Meeting board were also welcomed at this Board of Governors meeting:
- Members not working at the Institut Pasteur, chosen for their general, scientific or medical expertise:
• Patrick Charnay, Professor at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Inserm Emeritus Director of Research
• Fabiola Terzi, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades Director, Inserm Director of Research
- Members not working at the Institut Pasteur, chosen for their financial, industrial, business, legal or management expertise:
• Delphine d'Amarzit, Chairman and CEO of Euronext Paris
• Catherine Touvrey, CEO of Harmonie Mutuelle
- Members of the Institut Pasteur's non-scientific staff with at least ten years' service:
• Virginie Ponticelli, Head of the Administrative Coordination of Education Section, elected to complete the current term of a resigning member
• Agnès Raymond-Denise, Head of the Scientific Information Resources Center (CeRIS)
Two members were also re-elected for a second term as members chosen for their scientific expertise:
• Sandrine Etienne-Manneville, Head of the Institut Pasteur's Cell Polarity, Migration and Cancer Unit
• Jean-Claude Manuguerra, Head of the Institut Pasteur's Environment and Infectious Risks Research and Expertise Unit
Biography of the Chairman of the Board of Governors
Yves Saint-Geours is an associate professor of history. He began his career as a professor, researcher and administrator in higher education and research. He was a lecturer at the French School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS).
He directed the French Institute for Andean Studies: Lima, Bogota, Quito, La Paz (1985-1989) and the French National Erasmus Agency (1989-1990).
He was also Deputy Director for Humanities and Social Sciences in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1990-1993) before becoming Vice Representative for International Relations in the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and then in the Ministry of Education (1993-1996).
In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he held the positions of Director of Scientific, University and Research Cooperation, then Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation and Development (1997-2003), Advisor in the Private Office of the Minister (2003-2004), then Director-General for Administration and Modernization (2012-2015).
He served as French Ambassador to Bulgaria (2004-2007), Brazil (2009-2012) and Spain (2015-2019).
He was previously President of the Etablissement Public du Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées (2007-2009).
He is President of the "Institute of Americas" Scientific Interest Group (GIS), President of the French National Commission for UNESCO and a member of the Editorial Board for the journal L'Histoire.
Yves Saint-Geours has authored several books and papers on the history of Latin America, and one book (in the Découvertes Gallimard series) about the Grand Palais.
He is a Member of the High Council of the Judiciary until January 2023.