Jérôme Monod (7 September 1930 – 18 August 2016) was a French business executive and political advisor. He was the chairman of Lyonnaise des eaux, later known as Suez-Lyonnaise, from 1980 to 2000. He was an advisor to President Jacques Chirac. He was a co-founder of the Rally for the Republic and the Union for a Popular Movement, two center-right political parties in France.
Monod joined Lyonnaise des eaux in 1979,[2] and he became its chief executive in 1980.[1] In the 1980s, he diversified the company portfolio by acquiring Sita, Degrémont, Pompes funèbres générales and BTP Dumez.[4] He merged it with Suez in 1997.[1][4] He served as the chairman of Suez-Lyonnaise until 2000.[1][5]
Monod served as an advisor to President Jacques Chirac from 2002 to 2007.[1][2][4] He was a co-founder of the Union for a Popular Movement in 2002.[1] He served as the honorary chairman of the Fondation pour l'innovation politique, a center-right think tank.[1]
Personal life and death
Monod married Françoise Gallot, the granddaughter of Henri Queuille.[1] They had three children.[1] He died on August 18, 2016, in Lourmarin, Vaucluse, France.[1][3] He was 85 years old.[3][5] He was buried in Lourmarin, where a private funeral was held on August 21, 2016.[1] A public funeral was held at the L'Oratoire du Louvre in Paris.[1]
