Yann Coatanlem

Economist and President of Club Praxis, a multidisciplinary think tank that advocates for the integration of Big Data into public policy, specifically for the modernization of tax and welfare systems. His work has earned multiple accolades, including the Special Prize of the Political Economy, Statistics, and Finance section of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. Having spent the majority of his research career at Citigroup as Managing Director and Head of Multi-Asset Quantitative Analysis, he is now the co-founder of GlassView, the pioneers of Neuro-Powered Media™, and member of the board of the Paris School of Economics. He is the co-author of Le Capitalisme contre les inégalités (Capitalism against Inequalities) (PUF, 2022), and recipient of the “Prix Turgot” and the “Prix Louis Marin”. Since 2023, he has been a pivotal voice in highlighting the “cost of failure” within the innovation gap between Europe and the United States. In 2026, he co-authored a strategic piece for the Atlantic Council proposing original frameworks for the Climate Club to catalyze green financing. He graduated from ENSIMAG and HEC Paris. He is a recipient of the French National Order of Merit, of the Gold Medal of La Renaissance Française and of the Médaille d’honneur des Conseillers du commerce extérieur.