Henri Malosse

President of the think tank TheVocalEuropeHenri Malosse was the 30th President of the European Economic and Social Committee from 2013-2015.

He is also President of the Fonds Quartier Européen de Bruxelles at the King Baudoin Foundation - Vice-President of the ASBL "Jubel Europe" (Brussels) and teaches the history of the European Union at the Pasquale Paoli University of Corsica and Sciences-po Paris.

Professional career :

Senior Executive of the French Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI France) as Permanent Representative to the European Union (1979-2006), then Institutional Advisor to the President (2006-2018)

Permanent Representative of French CCIs to Eurochambres, the European Association of CCIs

Founding President of the Cercle des Délégués Permanents Français (CDPF), association of French lobbyists in Brussels, Honorary President since 2006

European mandates :

Appointed by the European Council of Ministers, on a proposal from France, as a Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in 1995, successive terms until September 2020 

Chairman of the ECO Section (2002-2004), SOC Social Affairs Section (2004-2006) and then Chairman of Group 1 Employers (2006-2013)

 30^ème President of the European Economic and Social Committee (2013-2015)

Main European achievements:

Creation (1987) and launch of the European network of Euro Info Centres (in 2020, nearly 300 Euro Info Centres in the regions of the European Union and associated countries)

Design and launch of the JEV financial instrument for partnership between SMEs in Europe (120 million ECU over 3 years 1998-2000)

Design of know-how transfer programmes with Eastern Europe in the field of private sector (SME) and civil society support

Information campaigns on the Single Market (1987), on the €uro (2000-2001), on Enlargement (2002-2003), on the Constitutional Treaty (2004-2005)

Main European achievements:

Creation (1987) and launch of the European network of Euro Info Centres (in 2020, nearly 300 Euro Info Centres in the regions of the European Union and associated countries)

Design and launch of the JEV financial instrument for partnership between SMEs in Europe (120 million ECU over 3 years 1998-2000)

Design of know-how transfer programmes with Eastern Europe in the field of private sector (SME) and civil society support

Information campaigns on the Single Market (1987), on the €uro (2000-2001), on Enlargement (2002-2003), on the Constitutional Treaty (2004-2005)