Valère Moutarlier

Valère Moutarlier is the Deputy Director-General for Industry and Decarbonisation, in the Directorate-General for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs since October 2025.

Valère Moutarlier joined the European Commission in 1993 where he has held several functions, first in the Directorate-General (DG) Taxation and Customs Union and then in DG Budget.

In 2003 he moved to DG Enterprise and Industry to lead the Strategic Planning Unit and, subsequently, the team responsible for setting up Copernicus, the European Earth Observation Space Programme. 

He spent 5 years in the Cabinet of the European Commissioner for Tax Policy (2010-2014), having then been appointed as Director for Direct Taxation, Economic Analysis and Evaluation in DG Taxation and Customs Union. 

He headed the Cabinet of Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market for 5 years, starting in 2019. 

Before joining the European Commission, Valère Moutarlier practiced tax law for several years within the Francis Lefebvre Bureau, a French law firm, after completing his training in business and finance law.