Patrice Durand

A graduate of the École polytechnique and of the École nationale d’administration, Patrice Durand began his career in 1978 as Sub-Prefect, Director of the Office of the Prefect of Eure-et-Loir and then the Haute-Normandie region (France) in 1979.

From 1981 to 1994, he served successively as head of mission in the Directorate-General of Administration at the French Ministry of the Interior, Deputy Corporate Secretary and Corporate Secretary of the Paris Club; Head of the Office of Energy, Transport, and Mines and Secretary of the Economic and Social Development Fund, Head of Capital Goods and Other Investments and Deputy Director of Treasury Management.

In 1994, he became Executive Vice President, then in 1995, Deputy CEO in charge of economic and financial affairs at Air France. From 1999 onwards, he was a member of the Executive Committee, in charge, among other things, of the finances of the Central Risk Management, General Inspection, Legal Affairs, Asset Management, IT and Processing departments, before becoming Deputy CEO of the Crédit Lyonnais Group in 2002. In 2003, he was also named Director of Operations and Logistics and a member of the Executive Committee of Crédit Agricole S.A.

In 2005, he joined Thales as Deputy CEO in charge of finance and administration. From 2012 to 2015, he was Deputy CEO in charge of finance and operations at the Ingenico Group. Since 2016, he has served as a Director of French and foreign companies.

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• Administration and management of large companies
• Finance
• Industrial sector
• Public policies
• International experience