Pierre Bilger Biography
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- AN UNPRECEDENTED ACTION—PAYING BACK THE PAYOUT
- SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Former chairman and chief executive officer, ALSTOM
Nationality: French.
Born: 1941, in France.
Family: Married (wife's name unknown); children: five.
Career: Compagnie Générale d'Électricité, 1982–1991; GEC Alsthom, 1991–1998, chairman; ALSTOM SA, 1998–2003, chairman and CEO.
Awards: Honorary Commander of Order of the British Empire, 2002.
■ Formerly one of France's top business leaders, Pierre Bilger stepped down earlier than planned from his post as chairman of the international, French-based ALSTOM engineering conglomerate. Under...
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