Ludovic Subran (born 5 September 1981) is a French economist who is Chief Economist of German financial services company Allianz. He also is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.
Before that he was the Chief Economist of Allianz Trade (formerly: Euler Hermes) and a board director of Solunion, the joint venture company for Spain and Latin America between Allianz Trade and Mapfre.[1] Subran serves on the French Council of Economic Advisors (CAE / Conseil d'Analyse Economique),[2] an economic policy advisory panel to the French Prime Minister, and is a Foreign Trade Advisor (Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur) since 2016.
After graduating, Subran joined the French Ministry of Economics and Finance in 2002, where he was responsible for short-term growth and inflation forecasts for the Eurozone and developed expertise in economic diagnostics for advanced economies.[11]
In 2006, he joined the United Nations' World Food Programme as an economic advisor in the Office of the executive director. Based in Rome, he helped to develop and implement the humanitarian response to the 2007-2008 world food price crisis.
In 2009, he was appointed as a Social Protection Economist and team leader at the World Bank in Washington, DC. He led the technical assistance and lending operations in Latin America, the Caribbean, West Africa and the Middle East.
He has held several positions on the advisory board of EY France (2015-2019), the French Public Investment Bank (since 2015),[12] and the Monaco Economic Board (since 2016). Subran is also a senior advisor to McLarty Associates,[13] a firm that helps businesses understand policy and international markets.[14]
He also sits on the board of non-profits, including the Aspen Institute France[15] (2015-), BSI Economics (2017-)[16][17] and Mercy Corps, one of the largest humanitarian NGOs in the world (2021).[18] He was on the board of the Women in Africa Initiative,[19][20] a platform for the economic development and support of African women entrepreneurs (2016-2019). He is a co-founder and board member of Recherches et Solidarités (2004-2019), a think-tank focusing on philanthropy in France.[21]
In 2018, he was recognized as one of the top 40 under 40 by Wansquare,[36] a French digital media outlet dedicated to economic and financial news. In 2020, he was ranked 62 by Richtopia[37] among the world's Top 100 most influential economists.[38]
Williams, A., Cheston, T., Coudouel, A. & Subran, L. (2013). "Tailoring social protection to small island developing states : lessons learned from the Caribbean," Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes 80105, The World Bank.[45]
Dorosh, P. A., & Subran, L. (2011). Food Aid, External Trade and Domestic Markets: Implications for Food Security in Darfur. Review of Market Integration, 3(2), 161–179.[46]
Brinkman, H. J., de Pee, S., Sanogo, I., Subran, L., & Bloem, M. W. (2010). High food prices and the global financial crisis have reduced access to nutritious food and worsened nutritional status and health. The Journal of nutrition, 140(1), 153S–61S.[47]
Bem, J., Mba, M. & Subran, L. (2008). 7. Précision des indicateurs de niveau de vie de l'enquête ECAM 2. Dans : , Méthodes de sondage (pp. 209–214). Paris: Dunod.[48]