Jean-Marc Janaillac

Jean-Marc Janaillac
Born (1953-04-26) 26 April 1953 (age 71)
NationalityFrench
EducationLycée Stanislas
Alma materHEC Paris
ÉNA
OccupationBusinessman

Jean-Marc Janaillac (born 26 April 1953) is a French businessman best known for being a former CEO of Air France–KLM.[1]

Early life and education

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Janaillac was born on 26 April 1953 in Saint-Sulpice-de-Roumagnac, a village in the Dordogne department, in southwest France.

Janaillac holds a licence in law. He graduated from HEC Paris in 1975 and the École nationale d'administration – a graduate school entrusted with the selection and initial training of senior French officials – in 1980.[2]

Career

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Career in public service

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From 1980 to 1983, Janaillac was chief of staff for the prefects of Finistère (Brittany in western France) and then Val-d'Oise (Île-de-France).[2]

From 1983 to 1984, he was head of staff for the Secretary of State for Tourism.[3]

From 1984 to 1987, he served as general manager of the French Tourist Office in New York.[3]

Career in the private sector

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Janaillac spent ten years from 1987 to 1997 as general manager of Maison de la France, an economic interest grouping created to promote tourism in France.[3] During this time span, he was also an Air France board member (from 1989 to 1994).[4]

He then joined AOM French Airlines and served from 1997 to 2000, first as executive vice-president then as chief operating officer.[3]

From 2000 to 2002, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Maeva, a vacation residence company belonging to the Pierre & Vacances group.[3]

He then served from 2002 to 2004 as chairman of the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau.[3]

In 2004, he joined the RATP Group first as chief officer for development then as chairman of RATP Development.[3]

On 3 December 2012 Janaillac was made chairman and chief executive officer of Transdev and a board member of Caisse des dépôts et consignations, a French financial organization and Transdev's parent company.[3]

Air France-KLM, 2016–2018

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In May 2016 Janaillac was selected as the next CEO of Air France–KLM, following the resignation of Alexandre de Juniac.

The company had a good year in 2017 but a difficult first quarter in 2018 and staff and management were again locked in a dispute over pay increases starting in February 2018. Janaillac proposed a 7% wage increase over 4 years instead of the immediate 6% requested by the unions and, in order to obtain direct approval from the staff, asked for vote, warning that he would resign if his offer was rejected. He resigned on 4 May 2018, after 55% of the airline's staff rejected the offer.[5] On 15 May Frédéric Gagey was named interim CEO.[6]

Other activities

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References

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  1. ^ "Air France-KLM Names Janaillac CEO and Chairman as of July 4", Bloomberg.
  2. ^ a b Le Monde article (in French)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Janaillac biography (in French) on the Caisse des dépôts site
  4. ^ Le Point (article in French) Jean-Marc Janaillac futur PDG d'Air France. - 2 may 2016 [1]
  5. ^ Field, James (4 May 2018). "Air France-KLM CEO Resigns Following Unsuccessful Union Negotiations". Airways International.
  6. ^ "Air France names interim leaders after CEO quit". RFI. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  7. ^ Supervisory Board Caisse des dépôts et consignations.
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  • [2] Executive profile on the Bloomberg site
  • [3] Resume (in French) on the Le Monde site
Business positions
Preceded by CEO of Air France–KLM
2016–2018
Succeeded by