Bastien Drut defended his thesis in economics at Université Paris X Nanterre and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in 2011. He graduated from Ecole Centrale de Lyon and ENSAE. He is economist/strategist and is currently Head of Thematic Macro Strategy at CPR Asset management, after 10 years at Amundi as fixed-income and FX strategist. He joined Le Cnam in 2022 as an associate professor. He was previously a lecturer at Cnam & Paris Dauphine. He is a member of Lirsa and currently works on economics of sports and monetary policy.