Bernard Attali

{{Short description|French official and business executive (born 1943)}}

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École nationale d'administration

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Bernard Attali (born 1943) is a French business executive, political advisor and one-time novelist. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Air France from 1988 to 1993. He is a senior advisor to TPG Capital and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Early life

Bernard Attali was born on 1 November 1943 in Algiers, French Algeria (now Algeria).{{cite book|title=Attali, Bernard (1943-....) forme internationale|url=http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12416225p|website=Bibliothèque nationale de France|accessdate=November 1, 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Fredet|first1=Jean-Gabriel|title=Les jumeaux Attali en librairie: portraits croisés|url=http://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/romans/20120509.OBS5229/les-jumeaux-attali-en-librairie-portraits-croises.html|accessdate=November 1, 2016|work=L'Obs|date=May 15, 2012}} His twin brother, Jacques Attali, is an economist and political advisor.{{cite news|last1=Cojean|first1=Annick|title=Jacques Attali : " Réussir sa vie, c'est faire en sorte que le monde soit moins pire après soi "|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2015/12/13/jacques-attali-reussir-sa-vie-c-est-faire-en-sorte-que-le-monde-soit-moins-pire-apres-soi_4830734_3246.html|accessdate=November 1, 2016|work=Le Monde|date=December 13, 2015}} He also has a sister, Fabienne. Their parents were Jewish. Their father, Simon Attali, was trained as a rabbi and made a fortune in the fragrance industry. The family moved to Mainland France, settling in the 16th arrondissement of Paris in 1956, two years into the Algerian War.

Attali took piano lessons from the age of five. He graduated from Sciences Po in 1966 and the École nationale d'administration (ENA) in 1968.{{cite web|title=Company Overview of TPG Capital, L.P.: Bernard Attali|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=20443755&privcapId=23307&previousCapId=247043845&previousTitle=SFR%20Group%20SA|website=Bloomberg|accessdate=November 1, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Board of Directors: Bernard Attali|url=http://www.sfr.com/nous-connaitre/discover-sfr/about-us/05102016-1145-governance|website=SFR|accessdate=November 1, 2016}}

Career

Attali became an advisor to the Court of Audit in 1974; he was promoted to the rank of master advisor in 1991.

Attali served as the financial director of the Club Med from 1980 to 1981. He then served as the head of DATAR from 1981 to 1984. He served as the president of the Groupe des Assurances Nationales (GAN) from 1984 to 1986.

Attali was the CEO of Air France from 1988 to 1993.{{cite news|title=L'ex-PDG d'Air France travaille pour un fonds américain|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/economie/l-ex-pdg-d-air-france-travaille-pour-un-fonds-americain-09-04-2009-472238.php|accessdate=November 1, 2016|work=Le Parisien|date=April 9, 2009}} He oversaw the acquisition of Union de Transports Aériens in 1989 and Union de Transports Aériens in 1992.

Attali subsequently worked for Arjil & Associés Banque, an investment bank,{{cite web|title=Company Overview of Arjil & Associés Banque|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2377043|website=Bloomberg|accessdate=November 1, 2016}} from 1993 to 1996. He was CEO of Bankers Trust France, the French subsidiary of Bankers Trust, from 1996 to 1998.{{cite news|title=Bernard Attali quitte la Banque Arjil pour Bankers Trust|url=http://www.lesechos.fr/27/09/1996/LesEchos/17241-078-ECH_bernard-attali-quitte-la-banque-arjil-pour-bankers-trust.htm|accessdate=November 1, 2016|work=Les Échos|date=September 27, 1996}} He was the vice-chairman of Deutsche Bank Europe Investment Banking from 1999 to 2000. In 2007, Attali joined TPG Capital as a senior advisor.{{cite news|last1=Mychasuk|first1=Emiliya|last2=Terazono|first2=Emiko|title=Blank sheet|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9252e704-88e6-11dc-84c9-0000779fd2ac.html?ft_site=falcon&desktop=true#axzz4Oky67lAq|accessdate=November 1, 2016|work=Financial Times|date=November 2, 2007}} He is also a senior advisor to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and a director of SFR.

Attali is the author of two non-fiction books and a novel, La mise en examen. In 2015, he authored a report about the future of the École Polytechnique for the French government.{{cite news|last1=Floc'h|first1=Benoît|title=Un rapport propose de réformer en profondeur l'Ecole polytechnique|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/education/article/2015/06/05/un-rapport-propose-de-reformer-en-profondeur-l-ecole-polytechnique_4648232_1473685.html|accessdate=November 1, 2016|work=Le Monde|date=June 5, 2015}}

Attali became an Officer of the Legion of Honour in July 1998.{{cite news|title=Légion d'honneur: nominations et promotions du 14 Juillet|url=https://www.humanite.fr/node/187446|accessdate=November 1, 2016|work=L'Humanité}}

Works

{{cite book|last1=Attali|first1=Bernard|title=Les guerres du ciel : cinq ans aux commandes d'Air France|date=1994|publisher=Fayard|location=Paris|isbn=9782213592497|oclc=416243469}}
{{cite book|last1=Attali|first1=Bernard|title=La mise en examen|date=2012|publisher=Grasset|location=Paris|isbn=9782246799894|oclc=793946425}}
{{cite book|last1=Attali|first1=Bernard|title=Si nous voulions|date=2014|publisher=Flammarion|location=Paris|isbn=9782081341784|oclc=881826329}}