François Chimits

Since May 2025, François Chimits has been Head of Europe Program at the Institut Montaigne. He specializes in economic security issues, EU trade policy and the EU-US-China triangle.

After a master's degree in development economics from Paris Dauphine, François began his career at the Direction Générale du Trésor (Ministry of Economy and Finance), first in Singapore, then for two years in Beijing, and finally in Paris, working on French and EU trade policy issues. He then returned to Chinese issues, spending four years with the MERICS economic team, first in Berlin and then helping to open the German center's Brussels office.

In the meantime, he was a research associate at CEPII, first on globalization and sustainable development issues, then on interactions between the international economy and China. He was also in charge of a course on the Chinese economy at Sciences Po Paris from 2019 to 2024.