André Icard was Deputy General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 2005.
From 1964 to 1995 he was a staff member of the Banque de France where he was entrusted successively with diverse responsibilities: Member of the Inspection of the Bank and of the Banking Commission (1968-74), Manager of the Balance of Payments Division (1977-83), Manager of the Foreign Exchange Division (1984-86) and Manager of the Financial Markets Division, where he took part in the modernisation of the Paris money and financial markets. From 1990 to 1995 he was the General Manager of the Economic Department of the French central bank.
Born in Marseille in 1941, André Icard was educated at Aix en Provence University. He is married with three children.
