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Chairman, Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français

Nationality: French.

Born: 1944, in Montauban, France.

Education: École des Hautes Études Commerciales; École Nationale d'Administration.

Family: Married (wife's name unknown); children: three.

Career: French Government, 1972–1989, various posts for the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Research and Industry, and the Ministry of Defense; Société Nationale d'Étude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation, 1989–1992, chairman and CEO;...