Francis Gross

Senior Advisor European Central Bank

Francis Gross is Senior Adviser in the Directorate General Statistics of the European Central Bank. Francis’ main interest lies in developing vision, conceptual design and strategy for sustainable digitalisation, to overcome the dual disruption of rapid globalization and digitalisation. His focus is on measurement. The immediate aim is to design and drive concrete, feasible measures with transformational power, e.g. global, public-good digital infrastructure such as the G20-backed Global Legal Entity Identifier System, where he serves on the Regulatory Oversight Committee. Before joining the ECB in 2001, Francis spent fifteen years in automotive, including Mercedes, working on globalisation. He holds an engineering degree from École Centrale, Paris, and an MBA from Henley Management College, UK In his free time, Francis coaches athletes for javelin throwing, including the current decathlon world champion.