A magistrate at the French Court of Audit since graduating from the École nationale d’administration in 1998, Alain Resplandy-Bernard also served for three years as external auditor of the UN and UNICEF in New York.

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On his return to France, he was appointed adviser to the Prime Minister for sport, tourism and housing. He then served as Deputy Director General of the CNRS, where he oversaw finance, human resources, information systems, real estate and procurement.

Also a former Director General of the French Football Federation and Vice-President for Audit, Finance, Compliance and Risk Assessment at Thales, Alain Resplandy-Bernard was Deputy CEO and then interim CEO of the Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) from 2015 to 2018. He is also a member of the National Commission for the Evaluation of Innovation Policies.

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He has been Director of State Real Estate since 24 February 2020.