Jacques Stern is a French businessperson who has been the head of 6 different companies and presently holds the position of Chairman of L'Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Global Blue SA and President, CEO & Non-Executive Director at Global Blue Group Holding AG. Jacques Stern is also Professor at École Normale Supérieure and Professor at Université de Caen Basse-Normandie and on the board of 6 other companies.

Mr. Stern previously occupied the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Edenred SE and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Edenred Italia Srl (a subsidiary of Edenred SE), Group CFO & Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Accor SA, Director at Ingenico Group SA and External Auditor at Pricewaterhouse LLP.

He received an undergraduate degree from École supérieure de commerce de Lille.