(82 words) Etienne de Rocquigny is a mathematician, thinker, entrepreneur, public speaker, essayist and jazzman. Graduate from Ecole Polytechnique Paris, Full Professor, former World Bank expert, EDF R&D executive and Vice-Dean of Research at the École Centrale Paris, he co-founded and supported 50+ algorithmic companies serving sustainable development. He founded the Espérance & Algorithmes thinktank (2016) to help AI entrepreneurship serve without enslaving, and now chairs Rerum NovAIrum, a global non-profit Christian coalition helping professionals discern and reclaim dignifying work in the AI era. 



(201 words) Étienne de Rocquigny is a mathematician, thinker, entrepreneur, public speaker, essayist and jazzman dedicated to the 360° quest of purpose to serve without enslaving in the age of AI. Graduate from Ecole Polytechnique Paris and Imperial College of London, Full Professor, former expert for the World Bank, vice-dean of the Ecole Centrale Paris and scientific executive of EDF R&D, he became entrepreneur by co-founding and accelerating algorithmic companies for sustainable development (energy, construction, agriculture, fintech, etc.). In 2015, he co-created with Bpifrance, France national "Data-AI" program for the strategic transformation of SMEs and mid-caps, which he led by supporting >50 companies with 1-100MEUR turnover on human-centered transformation trajectories. Since 2016, he has chaired Espérance & Algorithmes, a think-tank of entrepreneurs, scientists, philosophers and theologians to align on anthropological and spiritual level AI serving the common good. Author of numerous books and training courses in major business and engineering schools, as well as in the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology. Answering the call of Leo XIV, he cofounded and chairs Rerum NovAIrum since 2025, a global non-profit coalition with Uniapac, Acton Institute, gathering 45,000 Christian entrepreneurs, to empower peers to discern and reclaim a dignifying future of work in the AI era.