Roland Dumas is a retired anesthesiologist. He continues to practice one week per month.

He has been working as a physician in Africa for 15 years, for instance in Burkina Faso, where he created his own humanitarian organization with friends. Roland Dumas is Chairman of a local Société Locale d’Epargne (Moselle Est). He has been a member of the Supervisory and Steering Committee of Caisse d’Epargne Lorraine Champagne Ardennes since 2008 and a shareholder of Natixis since November 2006.