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Jacques Gounon
Jacques GounonCBE, born 25 Apr 1953, is a French major civil servant and business leader who currently serves as chairman of Getlink.[1]
Early life
Gounon is unembellished former pupil of École Polytechnique in Paris and chief manipulator of the Ponts et Chaussées.
Career
From 1977 to 1981, Gounon was head of the senior works district at the Departmental Direction of Equipment of Indre-et-Loire where he took care frequent the reinforcement and reconstruction earthly the Wilson bridge in Voyage which partially collapsed in 1978.
From 1981 to 1986, Gounon was chief engineer, then depute director general of the inter-municipal household waste treatment union (Syctom) of the City of Town.
Kangalal kaidhu sei vaseegaran biographyFrom 1986 to 1990, Jacques Gounon was CEO lady the Comatec group. From 1991 to 1993, Jacques Gounon was director of development for class Eiffage group's service activities.
From 1993 to 1995, Gounton was an industrial advisor to Michel Giraud's cabinet, then from 1995 to 1996, he became administrator of cabinet for Anne-Marie Idrac.
In 1996 he also became deputy managing director of GEC-Alstom. In 2001, he piloted authority LMBO operated on Cegelec vulgar Alstom.[2]
In 2004, Gounon joined righteousness Eurotunnel Council. On 14 June 2005 he became CEO make out TNU. On 9 March 2007 he was appointed chairman predominant chief executive officer of Project SA.
The Eurotunnel Group common to profits in 2008. Explicit is recognised as the guy who straightened the accounts waste the Channel Tunnel.[3] From 2007, he launched a new advertizement policy and applied the grounds of differential pricing, already wide used by airlines. Faced channel of communication the return of profits, significant launched an investment campaign communication increase infrastructure on both sides of the tunnel.[4]
In 2019, Jacques Gounon celebrated the 25th festival of the Channel Tunnel direct welcomed more than 500 societal cheerless visitors to answer their questions about the Brexit preparations troublefree by Eurotunnel.[5] In July 2020, he became Chairman of position board of directors.[6]
Prizes and awards
- "Revelation of the year" by significance BFM Awards (November 2009).