Governance

Born in Boulogne Billancourt  on May 8, 1963, Florence Parly is a graduate of Sciences Po and ENA (Fernand Braudel alumnus).

In 1997, she joined the Prime Minister's cabinet as advisor on budgetary affairs. In 2000, she was appointed Secretary of State for the Budget, a position she held until 2002.

From 2003 to 2004, Florence Parly was a Project Manager at Agence France Trésor, then Chairman of the Executive Board of the Agence Régionale de Développement de l'Ile de France until 2006.

In 2006, she joined the Air France-KLM Group, where she held the positions of Investment Strategy Director (2006-08), Executive Vice-President, Cargo (2008-12) and Executive Vice-President, Short-Haul (2013).

In 2014, Florence Parly joined SNCF as Deputy CEO before becoming CEO of SNCF Voyageurs in 2016.

In June 2017, Florence Parly was appointed Minister of the French Armed Forces, an office she held until May 2022.

Born on November 16, 1979, Ms. Avice-Huet is a graduate of the École normale supérieure de Cachan (agrégation in physics and chemistry), an engineer of the Corps des ponts et chaussées and a graduate of the École Polytechnique (DEA in molecular chemistry). She began her career in 2006 with the SaintGobain group in the United States, as a project manager in the energy field, before working as an analyst at the World Bank in Washington D.C., where she co-published a book dedicated to urban infrastructure. From 2007 to 2010, she started working in the administration, first at the General Secretariat for European Affairs (Prime Minister’s department) and then as an advisor in various Ministerial cabinets where she notably took part in international climate negotiations. In 2010, she joined the Engie Group (formerly GDF-Suez), where she held the position of Director of European and Regulatory Affairs and advised the Group’s General Management until 2015. In 2016, she was appointed CEO of Engie France Renouvelables and contributed to the industrial transformation that was to position Engie as the leader in wind and solar energy in France. As of 2019, she held the positions of Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Engie Group in charge of renewable energies and CEO of Engie North America (Houston, USA). She is a member of the Engie Group Executive Committee. In March 2021, she joined the Schneider Electric group (Boston, USA), where she was Head of Global Corporate Strategy for the group. On April 1, 2022, she was appointed Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer of Schneider Electric(1) and a member of the Executive Committee. Since September 4, 2023 she has been Executive Vice-President, Europe Operations (Paris, France) of Schneider Electric(1) . Gwenaëlle Avice-Huet is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and a Knight of the National Order of Merit.

Born June 14, 1961, Alain Bellemare is the permanent representative on Air FranceKLM’s Board of Directors of Delta Air Lines, Inc.(1), a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware having its registered office at 1030 Delta Blvd. Atlanta, GA, USA 30354. Alain Bellemare is a highly accomplished business executive with extensive experience in leading multi-billion dollar organizations across the aerospace, aviation, transportation, and industrial sectors. He has a proven track record of creating substantial value by developing innovative business strategies, leading large-scale operations, building enduring customer and partner relationships, and inspiring people to excel and perform. Throughout his career, he has successfully managed complex restructurings and transformations, game-changing mergers and acquisitions, and leading-edge engineering programs. Since 2021, he has held the position of EVP and President -International at Delta Air Lines ($55 billion in revenue in 2023), overseeing the $17 billion international business. Central to Delta’s international strategy, he leads a portfolio of global airline partners, through equity investments and joint ventures. He navigated the pandemic by working closely with the partners, supporting them through restructuring and refinancing processes, re-investing in equity, developing financial plans, restoring operations, and emerging with a stronger international network. Along with Delta’s cross-divisional teams, he spearheads the development and execution of long-term growth strategies, expanding the international network, launching new alliances, optimizing profitability, deepening ties with partners, and delivering the best customer experience. Prior to joining Delta Air Lines, Mr. Bellemare served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Bombardier, a $16 billion global aerospace and rail transport company. During his five-year tenure, he successfully led the company through a pivotal transformation. He repositioned Bombardier as a focused and profitable business aircraft company by divesting non-core and underperforming assets, streamlining operations, and completing development of two new advanced aircraft: the C-Series (now the Airbus A220) and the Global 7500 business aircraft. Before joining Bombardier, Mr. Bellemare spent 18 years with United Technologies Corporation. From 2011 to 2015, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Pratt & Whitney & UTC Aerospace Systems, a $30 billion business. His strategic decisions, including the acquisition and integration of Goodrich Corporation, significantly enhanced value through synergies and organic growth. Mr. Bellemare’s tenure at UTC was also marked by the successful execution of multiple complex aerospace programs, including advanced aircraft systems for the Boeing 787, the Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine, and the F135 engine for the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter. He also serves on various boards, including Air France-KLM SA, Virgin Atlantic Ltd, and Wheels Up, bringing valuable insights and leadership to these roles. Previously, he served as a senior advisor with the Carlyle Group, focused on the aerospace, defense and government services sectors. Mr. Bellemare earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Sherbrooke, and an MBA from McGill University. He holds dual citizenship in the United States and Canada.

Born December  23, 1963, Leni M.T. Boeren holds a Master’s degree in Business Management from Erasmus University in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). Ms.  Boeren started her career in the financial sector at Paribas in 1983. She went on to work for Rabobank, where she held various positions through to 1992. She then moved to Robeco as head of the marketing and product management department from 1992 to 1997. She subsequently became a member of the Board of Directors of Amsterdam Exchanges followed, in 2000, by her appointment as a member of the Executive Committee of Euronext N.V.(2) as a result of the merger of the Paris (ParisBourse), Brussels (Brussels Exchanges) and Amsterdam (Amsterdam Exchanges) stock exchanges. In 2005 she joined the Robeco Group, an international asset management firm, where she was successively a member, Vice-Chair and Chair of the Management Board. She was also responsible for Robeco Group’s subsidiaries and held several Board positions in the US and Switzerland until December  2016. She also served as a member and Chair of the Board of DUFAS, the Dutch Fund and Asset Management Association (2009-16) and as a member of the Board of FCLTGlobal (2019-2020). Ms. Boeren has served as Chair and CEO of the Management Board of Kempen Capital Management N.V. and been a member of the Executive Board of Van Lanschot Kempen N.V. 2) (from February 2018 until March 2020).

Born May 30, 1960, Pascal Bouchiat is a graduate of the Ecole supérieure de chimie industrielle de Lyon (1983), holds an MBA from EM Lyon (1985) and an Executive MBA Trium from NYU Stern School of Business, the London School of Economics and HEC Paris (2004). Pascal Bouchiat began his career in 1985 with Rhône-Poulenc as a research and development engineer, then as an industrial supervisor before being named Head of Management Control of the Specialty Chemicals Sector. From 1998 to 2012, he worked for the Rhodia group, which was to become Solvay. He occupied various functions in the finance divisions between 1998 and 2005 before being appointed Group Financial Controller in charge of Finance and Information Systems, and Supervisor of the Acetow and Eco Services from 2005 to 2011. From 2011 to 2012, he was Head of Integration for the Rhodia and Solvay Groups. Since April 2012, he has been Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Thales Group(1) where he is General Director of Finance and Information Systems. In this role he is in charge of management control, international financing, tax, risk and insurance, investor relations, treasury and information systems.

Born August 30, 1963, Michel Delli-Zotti graduated as a professional pilot in 1987. 

After a period in business aviation and then in regional transportation, he joined Air France in 1989 as an Airline Pilot Officer. He initially flew B727s before moving to the B747 400. Promoted to Flight Captain on the A320 in 2003, he has been operating long-haul flights on the B777 since 2007.

Born on August 27, 1965, Wiebe Draijer is an experienced professional in both the public and private sectors, who holds an MBA from INSEAD Business School and a Master’s in mechanical engineering from Delft University of Technology. In 1989, he started his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company before being appointed, in 2004, as Managing Partner for The Netherlands and for the Benelux countries, in 2006. On September 1, 2012, he was appointed as President of the Social and Economic Council of The Netherlands (SER). From October 2014 to September 2022, he served as Chairman of Rabobank’s Managing Board. Until 2022, he was a Member of the Dutch Cyber Security Council (CSR) and Board Member of the Dutch Banking Association. He currently sits on the Royal Palace Committee. Wiebe Draijer is also Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF) and formerly a Member of the Supervisory Board of Staatsbosbeheer (“State Forest Management”). He is the co-founder of NL2025, aiming to enhance the Netherlands. Wiebe Draijer is currently the Chair of the Supervisory Board of KLM.

Born on March 21, 1979, Nicolas Foretz began his career in 1999 as a member of the Air Liberté ground staff. In 2004, he joined Régional as a flight attendant, before moving to Air France in 2005. An Air France staff representative since 2017, he has participated in several commissions, including the central economic, employment and training commission.

Céline Fornaro holds a Master’s of Science from the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield University (UK) and is a graduate engineer from the École nationale de l'aviation civile. Céline Fornaro began her career as a marketing and product manager in aircraft sales at Embraer in 2000. She joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch in 2004, in the equity research team, specializing in strategic and financial analysis of the aerospace, defense and satellite sectors. In 2010, she was promoted to Managing Director of the Aerospace, Defense and Satellite team. From 2016 to 2022, Céline Fornaro was Head of Equity Market Research for the industrial sector (aerospace, capital goods, renewable energy suppliers and transportation) at UBS. On June 1, 2022, she joined the Agence des participations de l'État as Head of the Finance division, in charge of strategic and financial operations for the State shareholding portfolio and dialog with the various debt and equity stakeholders (rating agencies, advisors, investment funds, etc.). Céline Fornaro was promoted to Deputy Managing Director of the Agence des participations de l'État on October 1, 2023.

A graduate of HEC Paris, Isabelle Guichot began her career with the Richemont Group, from 1988 to 2005, where she notably held the following positions: Chargée de mission then Deputy General Secretary of Cartier Incorporated in New York (1988-1991), Commercial Director of Cartier International (1992-1995), CEO of Cartier SA France (1996-1999), Chairman and CEO of Van Cleef & Arpels International (1999-2005) and Lancel (2003-2005). 

In 2005, she joined the Pinault Printemps Redoute Group (now Kering). She held the positions of Development Director of Gucci Group and Chairman and CEO of Sergio Rossi between 2005 and 2007. She was then appointed Chairman and CEO of Balenciaga (2007-2017) and holds a seat on the Board of Directors of the Kering Foundation. 

In 2017, she joined the SMCP Group as CEO of Maje. In August 2021, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Board director of the Group.

Born July  27, 1951. Anne-Marie Idrac is a graduate of the Institut d’études politiques, the École nationale d’administration and the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale. Ms.  Idrac has spent most of her career in the fields of the environment, housing, urban development and transport. She was Chief Executive Officer at the Public Development Agency of Cergy-Pontoise, Director of Land Transportation at the Ministry of Equipment and Transport and subsequently Secretary of State for Transport. She occupied the positions of Chair and CEO of the RATP (Paris Public Transport Authority) from 2002 to 2006, and Chair and CEO of the SNCF (French State Railways) from 2006 to 2008. She was a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2002 and Secretary of State for Foreign Trade from 2008 to 2010. Anne-Marie Idrac is a company director and consultant.

Born on June 18, 1973, Yann Leriche is a graduate of the École polytechnique and an engineering graduate of the Corps des ponts et chaussées. He is also a graduate of the Collège des ingénieurs and ESCP. He began his career in 2000 in the public sector as Director of road infrastructure projects, then Director responsible for the construction and operation of public transport networks. He was then appointed Head of the Light Guided Transportation Systems Division at Bombardier Transportation. In 2008, he joined the Transdev Group and held a number of management positions before becoming Managing Director of Transdev North America in 2017. Since 2020, he has been Chief Executive Officer of Getlink, a group specializing in the carriage of people, goods and energy, which notably holds the Channel Tunnel concession.

Véronique Penchienati-Bosetta graduated from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen (NEOMA) with a Master's degree in business and management. She began her career in Hong Kong in 1989 with Annick Goutal parfums. In 1991, she joined Procter & Gamble France, where she held various marketing positions in the Hygiene and Beauty division. 

In 1999, she joined the Danone group as Marketing Director for Lu in France, before working internationally from 2002. From 2004 to 2008, she was VP Marketing for the Dairy Products business in France. In 2009, she was appointed CEO of Danone Eaux France and then President of Evian Volvic Monde (2014-2017). 

She became a member of Danone's Executive Committee in February 2018 as CEO ‘Growth and Innovation’, then President of the global Specialized Nutrition division based in Amsterdam. In November 2020, she was appointed Executive Vice President International, and from March to September 2021 she was Interim CEO of the group. 

As of February 2023, Véronique Penchienati-Bosetta is Group Deputy CEO of Danone.

Born on January 30, 1983, Terence Tilgenkamp is an experienced non-executive director with expertise in corporate governance, financial oversight, and stakeholder engagement. With nearly two decades in aviation, he combines operational leadership as a purser with strategic boardroom decision-making. Since joining KLM in 2006, he has developed deep sector knowledge, advancing to purser in 2018, where he leads crew operations, passenger experience, and in-flight safety. He has served on the KLM Works Council (2010– 2021), including as president (2019–2021), contributing to financial, IT, and strategic advisory committees. His financial governance expertise includes a decade as a non-executive director of the KLM Cabin Crew Pension Fund (2010–2019), overseeing risk management, asset liability strategies, and regulatory compliance. As part of the Communication Committee, he worked to enhance transparency and stakeholder trust. As a Board member and member of the Remuneration Committee, Terence Tilgenkamp helps shape executive compensation strategies that align with performance, governance best practices, and stakeholder interests. With expertise in corporate finance, risk management, and digital transformation, he ensures that governance structures remain resilient, futureproof, and financially sound. A strong advocate of collaborative leadership, he bridges perspectives between employees, management, and institutional stakeholders, ensuring long-term value creation in a complex global environment.

Born December 18, 1953. Dirk Jan van den Berg is a graduate of Groningen State University (Netherlands), the École nationale d’administration (Paris) and the Academie voor Bank en Verzekeringen (Amsterdam). He began his career as a Research Assistant in the Faculty of Economics (Groningen State University). He joined the Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands) in 1980 where he was appointed Policy Advisor on macroeconomics before becoming the Head of the Medium Term Bureau of the Macro Economic Policy Directorate and Director Industrial Policy in the Directorate General for Industry at the Ministry of Economic Affairs from 1987 to 1989. During those two years, he was also Director of the “BOFEB” (Netherlands), a one-year professional training program for young economists aspiring for government jobs. In 1989 he was appointed as Deputy Director General for Foreign Economic Relations at the Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands). In 1992 he was appointed Deputy Director General for Industry at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and, from 1992 to 2001, he was appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2001 until 2005, he was the Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations in New York. From 2005 to 2008, he was Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia, before becoming President of the Executive Board of Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) in 2008. From 2015 until 2020, he was Chairman of the Executive Board of Sanquin Blood Supply. Since 2020, Mr. van den Berg has been President of the Association of Health Insurance Companies in the Netherlands (ZN, Zorgverzekeraars Nederland).

Wan Qingchao graduated from the School of Management Engineering of Tianjin University with a major in industrial management, and Guanghua School of Management of Peking University holding a postgraduate degree in business administration and is a qualified senior engineer.

Mr. Wan joined the civil aviation industry in 1995. From March 2011 to March 2017, he was appointed as Deputy General Manager of the Operation Control Center and Operating Officer of Air China. From April 2018 to May 2023, he served as President of Air China Inner Mongolia Co., Ltd., while holding the position of Safety Director from March 2017 to January 2019. From May 2023 to August 2023, Mr. Wan served as Director and President of Shenzhen Airlines Co., Ltd. 

In September 2023, Wan Qingchao was appointed Vice-President of China Eastern Airlines Holding Company and China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd.

Born August  1, 1960. Alexander Wynaendts holds an electrical engineering degree from the École supérieure d’électricité (1984) and an economics degree from the Université ParisSorbonne (1983). He has more than thirty years’ experience in insurance and international finance. Mr. Wynaendts began his career in banking with ABN AMRO in 1984, where he was responsible for commercial and investment banking operations in Amsterdam and London. Between 1992 and 1997, he held various positions with ABN AMRO in London. In 1997 he joined Aegon within the Group Business Development division. He joined Aegon’s Executive Board in 2003 and was appointed Aegon’s Chief Operating Officer in 2007. Mr. Wynaendts was subsequently elected Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Aegon N.V.(2) and held that office from April 2008 until May 2020. Since 2022 he has been Chair of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft.