- Graduated from HEC (1975), degree in law, former pupil of ENA (1980)
- Director of the cabinet of the Préfets of Finistère and Val d’Oise (1980-1983)
- Head of the cabinet of the Secretary of State for Tourism (1983)
- Director General of the Official French Tourist Services in the United States (1984-1987)
- Chief Executive Officer of EIG Maison de France (1987-1997)
- Chief Commercial Officer then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AOM (1997-1999)
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Maeva (2000-2002)
- President of the Paris Office of Tourism (2002-2004)
- Chief Development Officer of RATP Group and Chairman of the Executive Board of RATP (2004-2012)
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Veolia-Transdev, later to become Transdev (2012-2016)
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air France KLM (2016-2018)
- President of Fondation nationale pour l’enseignement de la gestion des entreprises (French Foundation for Education Management - Fnege) since 2018, board director of FNAC Darty since 2019, ADIE since 2019, Article 1 since 2019 and senior advisor to Roland Berger since 2018
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Caisse des Dépôts since 23 March 2020
Jean-Marc Janaillac
Qualified person appointed by the State