Jean-Pierre Landau (born 16 November 1946) is a high-ranking French civil servant.
From 1989 to 1993, he served as Executive Director for France at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington D.C. Back at the French General Inspection of Finances from 1996 to 1998, he then became Executive director for the French Banks Association.
From 2001 to 2006, Landau served as Executive Director for France at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, while doing financial consulting for the French Embassy in London.
In January 2014, Landau wrote a Financial Times opinion piece that was critical of Bitcoin, a digital currency.
He contends that because the number of Bitcoin will reach a predetermined limit the supply will be insufficient to satisfy the demand.