Groupe AURA - Soirée exceptionnelle dans les coulisses de la Banque de France à Lyon

Hello everyone,

We're delighted to invite you to an ESCP Alumni AURA evening on Wednesday March 12, 2025, starting at 6:45pm , dedicated to the Banque de France: at the Banque de France's regional headquarters in Lyon, Kathie Werquin-Wattebled, Banque de France AURA Regional Director, will take you behind the scenes and show you how a Central Bank works: the Banque de France! She'll explain its history, its missions, its organization, and everything you've always wanted to know about money, key interest rates, the banking system, the euro and more. Beyond that, she'll be giving us a complete overview of the economy of our AURA region and the trends for 2025.

Course of the evening :

• Guests welcome at 6:45 pm
• Speeches begin at 7:00 pm
• Kathie Werquin-Wattebled: her career, her trademark and a few anecdotes
• Presentation of La Banque de France:
  • Film screening on the Banque de France
  • The history of the Banque de France
  • What is a central bank?
    • Monetary strategy (monetary policy & key rates; inflation, the euro, currency, foreign exchange reserves, the digital euro);
    • Financial stability (the banking system; supervision of banks, insurance companies and fintech);
    • Services to the economy (support for businesses, individuals, financial inclusion, economic and financial education, etc.).
  • Key figures
• Economic & monetary panorama of the AURA region
• Q&A with guests.
• Visit to Banque de France AURA headquarters at 8:15pm
• Non-alcoholic cocktail reception & networking from 8:45pm
• End of the evening at 10:30pm

We look forward to seeing many of you,