Born on 1 October 1948

Graduated from the Bordeaux Institut d'Etudes Politiques and the French Ecole Nationale d'Administration 

• 1978-82 
  Administrator in the Budget Division of the Ministry of Finance
   
• 1982-84 
  Secretary General of the Bastille Opera House
   
• 1984-86 
  Technical Adviser to the Prime Minister Laurent Fabius.
   
• 1986-92 
  Head of the Budget Division at the Ministry of Finance. Budget Adviser to two Ministers; Pierre Bérégovoy and Michel Charasse. Principal Private Secretary to Michel Charasse.
   
• 1992-96 
  Chief Executive Officer of the French bank Crédit National, then took over as CEO of the Crédit National/BFCE Group
   
• 1997-98 
  Chief Executive Officer of Natexis S.A. and Natexis Banque
  Administrator for Sofaris, Idia and Natexis Banque
  Director of the Banque française du commerce extérieur
   
• August -98 
  Air France
  Chief Financial Officer
  Chairman of Air France Finance
•  23 May 2005  
  Chief Financial Officer of the Holding Air France-KLM.
  Director of the Board of Société Air France
  Member of the Strategic Management Committee of AIR FRANCE KLM