New movements at the Retirement Orientation Council (COR). After the economist Gilbert Cet, appointed president of the institution on October 31, replacing Pierre-Louis Bras, two men and a woman should, according to information from Le Monde, enter it, as “qualified personalities “. Among these very likely recruits, there is one whose profile attracts attention: Bernard Ollivier, former CEO of the car manufacturer Alpine, owned by Renault, from 2012 to 2018.
Aged 71, this civil mining engineer spent most of his career in the diamond firm, as an executive, then a manager. In particular, he was at the head of the French engineering establishments from 2007 to 2010 – an entity of the group which includes the Guyancourt technocentre (Yvelines), where he implemented a psychosocial risk prevention plan, after the suicide of three employees on the site.
Building on this experience, Mr. Ollivier was propelled, in 2014, to the presidency of the board of directors of the National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions (Anact), a responsible structure – as its name suggests – to help companies and public organizations with everything relating to the quality of life of employees in their positions. He invested a lot in this mandate and has a “pragmatic approach” to subjects, according to a former Anact employee. At COR, Mr. Ollivier replaces Serge Volkoff, associate researcher at the Center for the Study of Employment and Work, who had served at the institution since its creation in 2000.
Eventful period
Another new entrant: Patrick Aubert, a statistician and economist attached to the Public Policy Institute. He is a specialist in social policies in France, whose expertise on the pension issue is praised by all those interested in the subject. In the first half of 2023, during the debate on pension reform, he published several very notable blog posts, notably on minimum pensions and the long career system. He knows the COR, having carried out management missions within the general secretariat of the body. Mr. Aubert succeeds Yves Guégano, senior advisor at the Court of Auditors.
Finally, Marine Boisson-Cohen is the third personality “hired” at COR. This civil servant from the Ministry of Social Affairs is currently director of foresight and studies at the National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy. Previously, from October 2017 to October 2019, she was part of Jean-Paul Delevoye’s team, when he was High Commissioner for Pensions. Ms. Boisson-Cohen replaces Muriel Roger, economist and university professor at Paris-I-Panthéon-Sorbonne.