Augustin de Romanet
Chairman & CEO
Born on 2 April 1961, is a graduate of the Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris and of the École Nationale de l’Administration. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations between March 2007 and March 2012, and chaired the Strategic Investment Fund between 2009 and 2012.
Prior to that, he was Deputy Finance Director of Crédit Agricole SA, and a member of the Executive Committee.
Before taking up this position, Mr de Romanet was Deputy Secretary General to the President of the Republic between June 2005 and October 2006, and held responsibilities in various ministerial offices.
In particular, between 2002 and 2005, he was Cabinet Director for Alain Lambert, Deputy Budget Minister, the Deputy Cabinet Director for Francis Mer, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry, Cabinet Director Jean-Louis Borloo, the Minister for Employment, Labour and Social Cohesion, and lastly, Deputy Cabinet Director for Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister.
Augustin de Romanet, appointed Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Aéroports de Paris by decree dated 29 November 2012, had his term of office renewed by decree dated 24 July 2014.
With respect to his mandates, given that Aéroports de Paris has a holding in TAV Group (governed by Turkish law), Augustin de Romanet is Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of TAV Havalimanlari Holding A.S. (TAV Airports – a company listed in Turkey), of TAV Yatirim Holding A.S. (TAV Investment) and of TAV Tepe Akfen Yatirim Insaat Ve Isletme A.S. (TAV Construction, a subsidiary of TAV Yatirim Holding). He is Vice-Chairman of the TAV Havalimanlari Holding A.S. (“TAV Airports”) Corporate Governance Committee and the Risk and Appointments Committee. Within the Aéroports de Paris Group, he is also Chairman and Director of Média Aéroports de Paris (SAS, a joint-venture with JC Decaux), a member of the Board of Directors of Direction de Relay@ADP (SAS, a joint-venture with Lagardère) and a member of the Board of Société de Distribution Aéroportuaire (SAS, a joint-venture with Lagardère).
He has been Chairman of the Fondation Aéroports de Paris since 10 April 2015.
In addition, Augustin de Romanet is a director of Régie autonome des transports parisiens (RATP), public industrial and commercial establishment, a director of the European-listed company SCOR and, since 11 February 2016, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Cercle des Economistes SAS.
Augustin de Romanet is a Knight of the Legion of Honour, and has been awarded the French National Defence Medal.