Diplomat; former Chief of Staff, French Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Territorial Planning
Steimer has served the French government for over a decade in the areas of agricultural policy reform, global food security, and EU affairs. From 2009-2012, he shaped the political strategy of the French Ministry of Agriculture, a department with a EUR 15.5 billion budget. Steimer successfully led high-level negotiations on the Agricultural Action Plan adopted by G20 Heads of State in 2011 and the first-ever signed Franco-German agreement on Common Agricultural Policy. Previously, he served as Deputy Director for European Issues in the French Foreign Service, where he planned, organized and coordinated the 2008 French Presidency of the EU. Steimer has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the French weekly economic newspaper
Enjeux - Les Echos.
