Jean-Cyril Spinetta

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Jean-Cyril Spinetta (born October 4, 1943 in Paris ) is a top French civil servant and manager . After holding a number of positions related to the French education system, he ventured into business and served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Inter and Air France and Air France-KLM, respectively . He was also active as a manager in a number of other companies from various industries.

Career

Jean-Cyril Spinetta was born in 1943 in the 15th arrondissement of the French capital Paris , his family being of Corsican and Italian origins. His father, Adrien Spinetta (1908–1998), was an engineer and high-ranking official in the Corps des ingénieurs des ponts et chaussées . Jean-Cyril Spinetta attended the Lycée Hoche in Versailles , where he skipped two classes before studying public law at the University of Paris . He completed this as well as his later training at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Paris Institute for Political Studies) and at the École nationale d'administration (National College of Administration) with a diploma .

From 1972 Spinetta worked in the French Ministry of Education as head of the “Bureau des Investissements et de la Planification” (Office for Educational Planning and Investment) . He then worked from 1976 to 1978 as auditor at the Conseil d'État . After three years in the Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement and two years on the staff of Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy , he returned to the Ministry of Education in 1983. There he was Directeur des Collèges until 1984 , before Labor Minister Michel Delebarre appointed him to his cabinet. After Delebarre was replaced by Philippe Séguin in 1986 , Spinetta returned to the Ministry of Education and acted there as General Inspector. Delebarre took over in 1988 the Ministry of Transport , so Spinetta again followed him and this its way into the economy of Transportation should pave. In 1990 Spinetta resigned from all civil servant positions and took over the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the French airline Air Inter , which he held until 1993.

After working in various advisory positions from 1994 to 1997 (including in the government under François Mitterrand and for the European Commission ), he became CEO of Air France , the largest French airline , in 1997 . He also took on this position in the Air France-KLM Group , which was formed in 2004 from the merger of Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines . Spinetta stayed with the company as CEO until 2013; this, however, with an interruption (2009–2011), in which he acted as chairman of the board .

In addition to Air France, Spinetta worked as a manager at other companies, such as Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (2005–2013), Unilever (2006–2007), GDF Suez (2008–2009) and Areva (2009–2013). Spinetta is currently still active for Alitalia (since 2002 with interruption) and for Alcatel-Lucent (since 2006). He also returned to the civil service in October 2013, when he took over the chairmanship of the newly founded “Conseil national éducation-économie” until February 7, 2014.

Spinetta is an officer of the Legion of Honor and the Ordre national du Mérite , France's national order of merit. Furthermore, he was accepted for his services to the education system in France in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques , also with officer rank.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Spinetta's profile on worldofceos.com (accessed June 28, 2014)
  2. ↑ journaldunet.com: "Jean-Cyril Spinetta, chahuteur mais pas meneur" (French, January 7, 2009, accessed June 28, 2014)
  3. ↑ a b Profile Spinettas on edubourse.com (French, October 19, 2011, accessed June 28, 2014)
  4. ↑ a b Biography of Spinetta on lechotouristique.com (French, accessed June 28, 2014)
  5. ↑ education.gouv.fr: "Le Conseil national éducation-économie" (French, accessed on June 28, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Spinetta, Jean-Cyril
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French top civil servant and manager
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris