Henri Poupart-Lafarge

Henri Poupart-Lafarge (born 10 April 1969) 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 in 1988, École des ponts ParisTech (Corps des Ponts et Chaussées), 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.

Other activities

• Société Générale, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2021)
• Vallourec, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (2014–2018)
• Transmashholding, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (2012–2019)

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