Gérard Errera
| Gérard Errera | |
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| French ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
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In office 2002–2007 |
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| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Daniel Bernard |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Gourdault-Montagne |
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| Born |
30 October 1943 Brive-la-Gaillarde, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po, ÉNA |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Gérard Paul Errera (born 30 October 1943) is a French diplomat and serves as an advisor to a number of American, Chinese and French international firms.
Gérard Errera comes from a Jewish family, and was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in what was, during World War II, France's Free Zone. The Erreras were hidden and saved by a French family during the German occupation under the Vichy regime. Right after the war, he moved to Paris where he completed his education, and graduated from two French elite institutions, L'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA).
Gérard Errera is the brother of Roger Errera (1933-2014), who was a member of the Conseil d'Etat, and director of the Diaspora series (Calmann-Lévy), and whose life and work is remembered through a website: www.rogererrera.fr.
Errera is Chairman of the Blackstone Group France, and member of Blackstone International Advisory Board. He is also the Senior Adviser for International Affairs to the French law firm August & Debouzy, and a member of International Advisory Council of Huawei, the leading global information and communications technology provider. In addition, Errera also serves on the Advisory Committee of the International Capital Conference (ICC), which is an annually held forum gathering China's top entrepreneurs, CEOs and officials with their European counterparts. Errera, a supporter of the arts, is also on the Board of Directors of the Musee des Arts decoratifs[12]
Errera served as a member of the Supervisory Board of AREVA, the global leader in nuclear energy (2007-2009) and a Director of Electricite de France (EDF, 2007-2009). He is a frequent contributor to the Financial Times and other international newspapers.
Errera has spent the last two years before joining Blackstone as Secretary General of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2009. This is the highest ranking position in the French Foreign service, and effectively oversaw the foreign policy and all French diplomatic missions, alongside the Minister.
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