Roles and responsibilities 

Professor with agrégation in economics and management for post-secondary classes.

Elective positions
 
Since 1991, mayor of Saint Gérand Le Puy in the Allier department (03)
From 2002 to 2014, president of a Communauté de Communes (federation of French municipalities), currently vice president.
Member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Mayors of France.

Council of Europe

Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe since 2010.
President of the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress since November 2018.
Involved in the South-Med partnership and the partnership with the EU Regional Committee.
Full member of the Monitoring Committee of the European Charter for Local Self-Government since 2010.
Monitoring in Norway (September 2014), Lithuania (2017), Portugal (2020)
Election observations in Bulgaria, Armenia (2), Ukraine (2), Albania, Finland, Tunisia.