Bernard Salomé specializes in the designing, implementation, negotiation and follow-up of major international projects, particularly in Africa and Eastern Europe. As such, he acts strategically for governments and private sector companies in the natural resources and social sectors. He has a recognized international experience and expertise, gained in over one hundred countries in support of government policies and public-private partnership structures.
Earlier in his career, he was responsible for the World Bank's Extraction Industries Review, in charge of the creation of policies in the mining, petrole and gaz sectors.
Bernard has also been head of the Economic Policy Office of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. As part of his diplomatic career, he was Deputy Director of the G-7 Support Implementation Group in Moscow and, recently, Executive Director of the Millennium Foundation for Innovative Finance. At the beginning of his career, he was first administrator of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development then economist at the World Bank where he worked mainly on employment, education and professional development matters.
Bernard is a writer, author and co-author of eight books and many articles. He has participated in many conferences and international negotiations and has worked extensively on professional development, education reform and health issues.
Bernard is particularly interested in intercultural dialogue, the principles of good governance and the enhancement of human and social capital.
Bernard joined HB Global in October 2011. He is based in Paris.
Areas of Expertise
Infrastructures and Public-Private Partnerships
Education
Environment
Lending & Restructuring
Government Relations
Natural Resources
Health
Education
Doctorate in the economics of development, Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), 1984
D.E.A. (corporate management), Université Paris-Dauphine, 1983
Management Diploma, Institut d'Économie Scientifique et de Gestion, Lille, 1981
Master in Economics, Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), 1981
Publications
Intégration des projets de gestion archéologique sous-marine dans le cadre d'un développement culturel de la ville d'Alexandrie (with Naguib Amin) in Actes des quatrièmes Rencontres Internationales du patrimoine de Monaco et de la Méditerranée, Monaco, 2008
Bâtir les collections de l'avenir (with Ismail Serageldin), Art & Métiers du Livre, p.20-31, Paris, no. 261 August-September 2007
Forging a Viable Peace : Developing a Legitimate Political Economy (with Stéphanie A. Blair, Dana Eyre, James Wasserstrom) in The Quest for Viable Peace, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, 2005
Continuing Challenges: UNMIK's Report to Kosovo's donors on economic reconstruction, UNMIK, Pristina, 2001
Sectoral and Project Performance Indicators in Bank-Financed Urban Development Operations, Urban Development Division, World Bank, Washington, 1996
L'acquisition de compétences dans les micro-entreprises: données de terrain en Afrique de l'Ouest, OECD – World Bank – International Labour Organization, Paris, 1994
La nouvelle approche du secteur informel (Editor, with David Turnham and Antoine Schwartz), OECD, Paris, 1990
La lutte contre le chômage en milieu urbain dans les pays en développement
(Editor), OECD, Paris, 1989
La Formation en cours d'emploi et le développement des ressources humaines: cinq expériences asiatiques (with Jacques Charmes), OECD, Paris, 1988
La formation en cours d'emploi (avec Jacques Charmes), OECD, Paris, 1985
Education et Développement : Le cas d'Haïti, OECD, Paris, 1985