Augustin de ROMANET

Chairman & CEO, ADP Group Chairman, Paris EUROPLACE

Augustin de Romanet, born on 2 April 1961, is a graduate of the Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris and of the École Nationale de l’Administration. 

Augustin de Romanet was appointed Chairman and CEO of Aéroports de Paris by decree dated 29 November 2012. 

Previously Chief Executive Officer of Caisse des dépôts et consignations between March 2007 and March 2012, Augustin de Romanet also chaired the Strategic Investment Fund between 2009 and 2012. Prior to this, he was Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Crédit Agricole SA and a member of the Executive Committee. From June 2005 to October 2006, he was Deputy Secretary General to the Presidency of the Republic and held senior positions in various ministries. From 2002 to 2005, he was Private Secretary to the Minister Delegate in charge of the budget, Alain Lambert; Deputy Private Secretary to the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, Francis Mer; Private Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Cohesion, Jean-Louis Borloo, and Deputy Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin. With regard to his current mandates within Groupe ADP, Augustin de Romanet is Chairman and Director of Extime Média (SAS, joint-venture with JC Decaux), member of the Management Board of Extime Travel Essentials Paris (SAS, joint-venture with Lagardère Travel Retail) and member of the Board of Extime Duty Free Paris (SAS, a joint-venture with Lagardère Duty Free) and member of the Board of Directors of GMR Airports Limited (GAL: a joint-stock company incorporated under Indian law). He is also Chairman of the in 19e ADP Corporate Foundation and a member of the Alliance for Education – United Way association. Augustin de Romanet is also member of the Board of Directors of the Paris Île-de-France Economic Capital Association, the Endowment Fund for the Attractiveness of Greater Paris and of the non-profit Airports Council International (ACI). Augustin de Romanet is also member of the Supervisory Board of Le Cercle des Economistes SAS, founding member and director of the Endowment Fund named “Institut pour l’Innovation Économique et Sociale” (2IES), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Paris EUROPLACE non-profit and member of the Board of Directors of the management company Qualium Investissement. He is a director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the listed European company SCOR and Chairman of the Sustainable Development Committee and a member of the Strategy, Audit, Risk and Crisis Management Committees. Since the start of the 2023 school year, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cercle Turgot nonprofit. Augustin de Romanet is a Knight of the Legion of Honour, and has been awarded the French National Defence Medal.

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