Baptiste Bourboulon appointed Director General of Services at IP Paris

04 Sep. 2024

Baptiste Bourboulon was appointed Director General of Services at Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) on July 29,2024, by decree of the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, and the Minister of Armed forces, on the proposal of Thierry Coulhon, IP Paris' Chairman of the Management Board. He took up his new position on September 2, 2024. His role is to manage and organize IP Paris’ administrative, financial and technical services.

Baptiste Bourboulon appointed Director General of Services at IP Paris

This appointment follows the latest evolution of the Institut's governance and functioning, which took a major step forward this summer with the publication of the decrees amending IP Paris statutes and the appointment of Thierry Coulhon as the Chairman of the Management Board.

Baptiste Bourboulon will oversee for the management, organization and operation of IP Paris administrative, financial and technical services. In this regard, he will contribute to the implementation of the policies and strategic orientations defined by the chairman of the Management board and the Board of directors. With the arrival of Baptiste Bourboulon, IP Paris aims to strengthen and develop the procedures and tools needed to guarantee the smooth operation of the Institute in conjunction with its member schools, and to ensure a high quality of service of its users, particularly in the fields of education and research.

“Becoming Director General of Services of Institut Polytechnique de Paris represents an enthusiastic opportunity, and I would like to thank Thierry Coulhon for the trust he has placed in me. I am looking forward to continuing my commitment to the challenges of higher education and research, in an operational capacity, and to contributing, alongsidethe Institute's team and its member schools, to the development of this major project for the scientific outreach of France”. Baptiste Bourboulon, IP Paris’ Director General of Services.

Some milestones in Baptiste Bourboulon’ career

Since 2022, Baptiste Bourboulon has occupied a budget and property advisor position in the office of Sylvie Retailleau, Minister of Higher Education and Research.

Former student at the École nationale d’administration and École normale supérieure, he joined the Budget Department at the Ministry of Public Accounts in 2017, where he was Deputy Head of the offices in charge of local finances and budget policy management before taking over as Head of the office in charge of foreign affairs, development aid and asylum.

Baptiste Bourboulon started his career as a lawyer in the “Public and environmental law” Department at Allen & Overy LLP, in Paris.