PHILIPPE TIBI
Economist and Professor at Ecole Polytechnique, ParisCommissioned by President Macron and Minister Le Maire to implement solutions for technology funding and inventor of the “Initiative Tibi”
Philippe Tibi has spent most of his career in technology and banking. He worked for 26 years at UBS, where he was Country Head for France/Investment banking.
Since 2018, he has led an initiative to finance VCs and global tech funds in France, on behalf of the French government. France is now the leading EU go to place to invest in technology. 45 late stage VC funds manage a total of € 20+bn, 25 Global tech public equity funds manage a total of € 15bn. We anticipate that by the end of 2026, VCs and Global tech funds will manage € 55-70 bn.
Philippe is a professor of economics at Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), Shanghai Jiatong and AUEB Athens.
He is a graduate of Ecole polytechnique, Telecom Paris and University Pantheon Sorbonne (law and political science).
