Henri Poupart-Lafarge
{{Short description|French engineer and businessman}}
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| name = Henri Poupart-Lafarge
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|04|10|df=yes}}
| nationality = French
| education = École Polytechnique
École des ponts ParisTech
MIT
| occupation = CEO of Alstom
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Henri Poupart-Lafarge (born 10 April 1969, in Nancy) is a French business executive and the current CEO of Alstom, a post which he has occupied since February 2016.
Career
=Career in the public sector=
After acquiring degrees from École Polytechnique, École des ponts ParisTech, and MIT, Poupart-Lafarge went to work for the World Bank. In 1994, he joined the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance.
=Career in the private sector=
By 1998, Poupart-Lafarge became Alstom's Head of Investor Relations. Then, he became the Vice President of Distribution Finance.
Before occupying the position of Alstom's CEO, Poupart-Lafarge was successively Chief Financial Officer of Alstom and President of two sectors of the Alstom Group, Alstom Grid for one year, then, Alstom Transport for five years.[http://www.alstom.com/about-us/Corporate-Governance/board-of-directors/henri-poupart-lafarge/ Alstom - Henri Poupart-Lafarge] alstom.com, reviewed 28 September 2017
Other activities
- Société Générale, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2021)[https://www.societegenerale.com/en/societe-generale-group/governance/board-of-directors Board of Directors] Société Générale.
- Vallourec, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (2014–2018)[https://www.societegenerale.com/en/societe-generale-group/governance/board-of-directors Board of Directors] Société Générale.
- Transmashholding, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (2012–2019)[https://www.societegenerale.com/en/societe-generale-group/governance/board-of-directors Board of Directors] Société Générale.
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Category:French chief executives
Category:École Polytechnique alumni
Category:École des Ponts ParisTech alumni