Jean Salmona is an École polytechnique, ENSAE and Sciences-Po Paris graduate. As an administrator at INSEE, he has spent most of his career in the public sector. He was ultimately appointed CEO of public company CESIA, privatised in 1998, which became Unilog Consultants. In 1971, he founded the NGO Data for Development, which he chaired until 1996. In 2009, he launched ParisTech Review, now known as Polytechnique Insights. He is also a musician and the author of a novel, Une Fugue de Bach.
