Romain Jacquet, UM's new General Manager
Romain Jacquet is the new Director General of Services at the University of Montpellier. He replaces Pascal Beauregard, who has retired.
A career in hospitals
A graduate of Science Po Bordeaux and the Ecole des Hautes Études en Santé Publique in Rennes, Romain Jacquet began his career at the French Ministry of Economy and Finance in Hanoi in 1998 as a project manager. He then followed a hospital career path that took him from Marseille Hospitals (2001-2003) to Paris Hospitals (2003-2006), from Montpellier University Hospital (2008-2015) to Nîmes University Hospital (2015-2017) in a variety of positions: Director of Purchasing, Logistics and Customers, Director of Finance and Business Intelligence, Director of Human Resources and Training and finally Deputy General Manager. In his last position, as number 2, he coordinated a 17-strong management team within an establishment comprising 6,500 professionals and with an annual budget of over €450 million. It is through this hospital career that Romain Jacquet has acquired cross-disciplinary expertise in a number of areas of responsibility closely linked to his current role as Director General of Services at the University of Montpellier.
Public research experience
In addition to his experience in the hospital and university environment, Romain Jacquet was General Secretary of a public body between 2006 and 2008: the French National Agency for Research on AIDS and viral hepatitis (ANRS). This mission enabled him to immerse himself in the world of research and contribute to the implementation of a national policy. Responsible for leading and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams spread across different structures, he was called upon to cooperate with the Ministries of Higher Education and Research, Health and Foreign Affairs. This experience has also enabled him to work on cross-functional strategic issues with the Agency's member universities and research organizations (INSERM, CNRS, IRD, Institut Pasteur, etc.).
In his new role as Director General of Services at the University of Montpellier, his priorities will be to consolidate the merger achieved in 2015, to coordinate and lead teams to optimize management processes for staff and students, and to strengthen partnerships linked to the I-SITE, while respecting the major human and financial balances.