Last January 6th, BNP Paribas sponsored a panel discussion on the 2015 economic outlook organized in Toronto by the Economic Club of Canada.
This annual Economic Outlook brought together a panel of Canada’s Economists from seven of the largest financial institutions of Canada, including BNP Paribas.
Paul Mortimer-Lee, the Bank’s Chief Economist North America, presented his views on the economic outlook for 2015 and shared a European perspective on the global economy for the year ahead.
“Deflation in Europe will be a big headline in the coming weeks,” Paul said, stressing that “currency will be a big challenge for the British and Eastern Europeans.”
Later this day, Paul Mortimer-Lee was interviewed by the Financial Post on the oil price decline
BNP Paribas attended the 2015 Economic Outlook for the third consecutive year. Its presence at this event reinforces the Group’s position as key player in Canada and our commitment to the region. This annual event brings together economists to provide insight, opinions, and discussion about the upcoming economic year.
For the 5th consecutive year, BNP Paribas was a major partner of this international event
Considered as one of the main forum for discussion in North America, the international economic forum of the Americas in Montreal gathered from June 9 to 12 key 3000 actors in the business and political communities across the 5 continents. Based on the main theme “The foundation for the next era of growth”, debates dealt with economy, energy and international trade.
Many top notch players took the floor at breakfasts, plenary sessions or forum including Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of the Republic of Iceland.
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On November 2013, Thierry de Montbrial (Center of the picture), president of the French Institute of International Relations in Montreal, was keynote speaker at two conferences organised by the UQAM University and the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations. He completed his roadshow in Canada with an exclusive breakfast discussion on BNP Paribas’ premises.
Before 30 representatives of embassies, consulates and companies, Thierry de Montbrial answered various questions related to the recent free trade agreement between Europe and Canada, business intelligence or the rise of China in the international system .
This event was organized in cooperation with the “Leaders for the Next Economy”, which brings together young professional executives engaged in building the economic future of Quebec and Canada on the international scene to discuss on the latest trends in finance, natural resources, sustainable development and international trade.
About Thierry de Montbrial
Thierry de Montbrial is President of the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri), which he founded in 1979. He is Professor Emeritus at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. In 2008, he launched the World Policy Conference. He has been a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques of the Institut de France since 1992, and is a member of a number of foreign Academies including the Russian Academy of Sciences.
He serves on the board or advisory board of a number of international companies and institutions.
Thierry de Montbrial chaired the Department of Economics at the Ecole Polytechnique from 1974 to 1992. He was the first Chairman of the Foundation for Strategic Research (1993-2001). Entrusted with the creation of the Policy Planning Staff (Centre d’Analyse et de Prévision) at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was its first director (1973-1979).
He has authored seventeen books, several of them translated in various languages, including Action and Reaction in the World System – The Dynamics of Economic and Political Power (UBC Press, Vancouver, Toronto, 2013)
He is a Commandeur of the Légion d’honneur, Grand Officier of the ordre national du Mérite and has been awarded other state honors by the French and several foreign governments.
Thierry de Montbrial is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Mines, and received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley.