Fleur Pellerin was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1973. She is a graduate of the ESSEC business school, Paris's Institut d’études politiques, and the ENA (National School of Administration). She is a former public auditor to the Cour des comptes (Government Audit Office). In addition to her other duties, she served in Iraq, New York and Geneva as an external auditor to the United Nations between 2001 and 2007. In 2007, she was appointed rapporteur to the Committee on Professional Conduct in the State Civil Service (2008–2009). In May of 2012, she was named Minister Delegate with responsibility for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Innovation and the Digital Economy.