Pierre Cliche holds a PhD in geography and is an associate professor at the École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP). He is also an associated researcher at ENAP’sObservatoire de l’administration publique, a center of expertise of which he was previously Director. He formerly worked in the Quebec government, occupying several senior management positions, both at the Ministère du Conseil exécutif, the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, the Société d’habitation du Québec and the Secrétariat du Conseil du trésor. At ENAP, he teaches budgetary management. In 2009, he published Gestion budgétaire et dépenses publiques (Presses de l’Université du Québec). He has also authored a dozen  articles and book chapters on public budgeting.