Roland Lescure

Lescure was born and raised in Paris. His father was a journalist for L'Humanité, while his mother was a trade unionist for the Paris Transport Authority.[3] He studied at the École Polytechnique and the London School of Economics.[4]

Lescure worked as a money manager in France before moving to Montreal, Quebec to take a job as chief investment officer of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, reporting directly to his superior, the Caisse's president Michael Sabia.[3]

In parliament, Lescure serves as chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs. In this capacity, he was also the parliament's rapporteur on the privatization of Groupe ADP.[5]

In September 2018, after François de Rugy's appointment to the government, Lescure supported Richard Ferrand's candidacy for the presidency of the National Assembly. Once Ferrand was elected, he stood as a candidate to succeed him as president of the LREM parliamentary group.[6] After having won in the first round, he lost in the second round against Gilles Le Gendre.[7]

In July 2019, Lescure voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[8]

In 2021, Lescure publicly criticized Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire, arguing that the Castex government's rejection of a proposed $20 billion takeover of Carrefour by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard was due partly by a desire to control domestic food supplies.[9]

Lescure is married to an Irish woman.[4]