Romain Jacquet,UM’s New Chief Administrative Officer
Romain Jacquet is the new Director General of Services at the University of Montpellier. Previously Deputy Director General of the Nîmes University Hospital, he succeeds Pascal Beauregard, who has retired.
A Career in the Hospital Setting
A graduate of Sciences Po Bordeaux and the School of Advanced Studies in Public Health in Rennes, Romain Jacquet began his career at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Hanoi in 1998 as a project manager. He then pursued a career in the hospital sector, which took him from hospitals in Marseille (2001–2003) to hospitals in Paris (2003–2006), from the Montpellier University Hospital (2008–2015) to the Nîmes University Hospital (2015–2017), where he held various positions: Director of Procurement, Logistics, and Patient Services; Director of Finance and Business Analytics; Director of Human Resources and Training; and finally, Deputy Director General. In his most recent role, as the institution’s second-in-command, he coordinated a management team of 17 people within an organization comprising 6,500 professionals and with an annual budget of over 450 million euros. It was through this career in the hospital sector that Romain Jacquet acquired cross-functional expertise in numerous areas of responsibility closely linked to the duties of Director General of Services, a role he now holds at the University of Montpellier.
Experience in Public Research
In addition to his experience in the university hospital setting, Romain Jacquet served as secretary general of a public agency—the National Agency for Research AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS)—from 2006 to 2008. This role allowed him to immerse himself in the world of research and contribute to the implementation of national policy. Responsible for leading and coordinating multidisciplinary teams spread across various organizations, he worked closely with the ministries of higher education and research, health, and foreign affairs. This experience also allowed him to work on cross-cutting strategic issues with the universities and research organizations that are members of the Agency (INSERM, CNRS, IRD, Institut Pasteur, etc.).
In his new role as Director General of Administrative Services at the University of Montpellier, his priorities will be to consolidate the merger completed in 2015, to coordinate and lead teams to optimize management processes for the benefit of staff and students, and to strengthen partnerships related to I-SITE, while maintaining a healthy balance between human and financial considerations.