Augustin de Romanet de Beaune

Augustin de Romanet de Beaune
Augustin de Romanet de Beaune in 2012
Born
Augustin Pascal Pierre Louis Marie de Romanet de Beaune

(1961-04-02) 2 April 1961 (age 63)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materSciences Po
École nationale d'administration.
OccupationBusinessman
SpouseFlorence Marie Évelyne Burin des Roziers
Children3
Parent(s)Luc de Romanet de Beaune
Anne Marie Lafont

Augustin Pascal Pierre Louis Marie de Romanet de Beaune (born 2 April 1961) is a French political advisor and business executive, chief executive officer of Groupe ADP since November 2012. He served as the chairman of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations from 2007 to 2012, and held many government positions between 1986 and 2006.

Early life

Augustin de Romanet de Beaune was raised in a Roman Catholic noble family. He is the oldest son of Luc de Romanet de Beaune and Anne Marie de Romanet de Beaune (née Lafont). His family were elevated into the French nobility in the 14th century.[1][2] He is a brother of the Catholic bishop Antoine de Romanet.

Augustin de Romanet is a graduate of Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration with the Diderot promotion of 1986.[1][3]

Career

Political advisor

Augustin de Romanet de Beaune started his career at the budget directorate of the Minister of Finance. In 1990, he became financial advisor in the French permanent representation to the European Communities in Brussels.[3] In 1993, he is back at the budget directorate.

In 1995, following the election of Jacques Chirac, Augustin de Romanet became technical assistant to finance minister Alain Madelin for a short period, before transferring to François d'Aubert’s secretary of state’s office where he became chief of staff. Then, as financial advisor, he joined the cabinet of Alain Lamassoure in the ministry of budget, followed by a project manager position for finance minister Jean Arthuis. In 1997, he held a vice-director position at the budget directorate.[1]

Augustin de Romanet was cabinet secretary to the Minister of the Budget, Alain Lambert, in 2002, and to the Minister of Employment, Jean-Louis Borloo, in 2004. Later that year, he worked in Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin's cabinet.[1]

From 11 June 2005 to 13 October 2006, Augustin de Romanet served as deputy secretary general to the presidency of France.[3]

Business executive

From 1999 to 2002, Augustin de Romanet served as managing partner of Oddo & Cie, a French investment bank.[3]

In 2006, Augustin de Romanet served as head of strategy of Crédit Agricole.[3]

On 7 March 2007 Augustin de Romanet became the chairman of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, the French state bank that manages €400 billion worth of assets. Through this position, Augustin de Romanet became a board member of many state-controlled companies (Accor, Dexia, Icade, Veolia Environnement, Oséo, La Poste, ...).[1][2] He served as the chairman of the Fonds stratégique d'investissement, the newly created state-owned investment fund, from November 2008 to March 2012.[4][5]

He stepped down as Chairman of the Caisse des dépôts in 2012.[2]

On 28 November 2012, Augustin de Romanet became chief executive officer of the French airports operator Groupe ADP, replacing Pierre Graff who retired.[6][7] In July 2014, the board of Groupe ADP reappointed him for a 5-year tenure.[8] In October 2015, Augustin de Romanet announced ADP’s 2016-2020 strategic plan (Connect 2020), which implies developing the brand of the French airports operator, grow on international markets, and use the Parisian airports as concept stores for the brand.[9] In April 2016, Aéroports de Paris S.A. launched two separate brands : All Paris airports now carry the brand « Paris Aéroport » geared towards travellers and embodying the group’s B2C promises; On the other end, all the logistics and technical activities of the group now carry the brand « Groupe ADP ».[10]

Under his tenure, the CDG Express project was revived.[11] He developed retail partnerships with consumer brands, opening a Victoria’s Secret store[12] and a Carrefour City store at Paris-Orly,[13] where a new business lounge concept was also launched.[14] Paris-Charles de Gaulle’s terminal E2 was turned into a luxury shopping area,[15] and awarded 3rd world’s best airport terminal by Skytrax.[16]

In 2012, when ADP bought 38% of TAV Airports Holding, Augustin de Romanet became vice chairman of the board of the Turkish airports operator.[3]

In October 2015, he was elected president of ACI Europe for a two-year mandate.[17]

Personal life

In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he tested positive for the virus.[18]

Other tenures

  • 1986-1995: Professor at Sciences Po Paris
  • 1989-2006: Member of the city council of Bellême (Orne)
  • 1992-1995: Professor at ENA
  • Since March 2011 : Board member of Louvre-Lens museum
  • Since July 2014 : Board member of RATP[19]
  • Since March 2015 : Board member of SCOR[20]

Awards

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e (in French) Elodie Chermann, Les premiers pas sur le marché du travail d’Augustin de Romanet de Beaune, PDG d’Aéroports de Paris, Le Monde, December 12, 2014
  2. ^ a b c (in French) Nathalie Raulin, Augustin de Romanet, Caisse départ, Libération, March 6, 2012
  3. ^ a b c d e f Augustin Pascal Pierre Louis Marie De Romanet De Beaune, Bloomberg Business
  4. ^ "France planning 6b euro fund". Chinadaily.com.cn. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  5. ^ Katrin Bennhold (20 November 2008). "$25 billion investment fund is formed to protect French industry". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  6. ^ "Aéroports de Paris : Augustin de Romanet appointed as Chairman & CEO". Euronext.com. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  7. ^ "ADP : Augustin de Romanet appointed Chairman & CEO". 4-traders.com. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  8. ^ "Aeroports De Paris reappoints Augustin de Romanet chairman and chief executive". Reuters.com. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  9. ^ Doug Newhouse (14 October 2015). "ADP CEO launches big 2016-20 strategic plan". Trbusiness.com. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
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  11. ^ "Aéroports de Paris welcomes the revival of CDG Express". Globalairrail.com. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  12. ^ "France gets its first Victoria's Secret store – at Paris-Orly airport". Dutyfreehunter.com. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  13. ^ "Carrefour open its first City store in a French airport". Eurofresh-distribution.com. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  14. ^ "Business lounge concept opened at Paris-Orly Airport". Passengerterminaltoday.com. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  15. ^ Marissa Stempien (2 December 2014). "Charles de Gaulle Airport Gets a Luxurious Makeover With New High-Fashion Area". Justluxe.com. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  16. ^ "World's Best Airport Terminals 2016". Worldairportawards.com. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  17. ^ "Augustin de Romanet elected ACI EUROPE President". Airport-business.com. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  18. ^ "Head of French Airports Group ADP Tests Positive for Coronavirus". The New York Times. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Pierre Mongin appointed to the position of RATP chairman and chief executive". Ratp.fr. 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  20. ^ "Proposed renewal of the SCOR SE Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting of 30 April 2015". Scor.com. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-17.