PRESS RELEASE
1 August 2017
New appointments at Groupe ADP
Augustin de Romanet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe ADP, announces the following appointments:
Franck Mereyde is appointed Deputy CEO of TAV Airports, in accordance with Sani Sener, CEO of TAV Airports.
Marc Houalla is appointed Director of Paris-Orly Airport, and joins Groupe ADP Executive Committee.
Starting 1 September 2017:
Franck Mereyde is appointed Deputy CEO of TAV Airports, in accordance with Sani Sener, CEO of TAV Airports.
Commenting on this appointment, Augustin de Romanet stated:
"I want to pay tribute to the remarkable work carried out by Franck Mereyde during the last 6 years. Under his direction, Paris-Orly Airport has implemented very important modernisation works, while consolidating the efforts made on the daily operations and the quality of service. Through his new responsibilities at TAV Airports, Franck Mereyde will be entitled to work synergies between Groupe ADP and TAV Airports."
Starting 15 October 2017:
Marc Houalla is appointed Director of Paris-Orly Airport. He will join the Executive Committee of Groupe ADP.
Commenting on this appointment, Augustin de Romanet stated:
"We are very pleased to welcome Marc Houalla at Groupe ADP. He will bring us his professional expertise in the aeronautical sector and his well-recognised managerial experience. These qualities will enable him to meet Paris-Orly Airport's challenges, mainly the modernisation of infrastructures and the increase of passenger-handling capacity, in order to tackle the strong development of air traffic."
These appointments are part of the Connect 2020 strategic plan, which has led to the creation on 1 July 2017 of the Operations Division (DGO) led by Franck Goldnadel and of ADP International, led by Antonin Beurrier. As part of his duties, Marc Houalla will work in coordination with the Operations Division.
About:
- Franck Mereyde, aged 45, has been Director of Paris-Orly, within Groupe ADP since 2011. He is a civil engineer from Ponts, Water and Forests school, and the holder of a postgraduate qualification (DEA) in geophysics and space techniques, and began his career within Environment Canada and then at Météo France. He joined in 2002 the Office of the Ministry for Equipment as a technical advisor in charge of research and inter-modal issues, then advisor in charge of the budget, finance and civil aviation.
In 2005, he joined Aéroports de Paris S.A., where he was Deputy Director of Operations, then Director of Operations at Paris-Charles de Gaulle. He was also responsible for the freight. In 2007, he was appointed Director of the terminals 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, then in January 2010, Director of terminals 2E, 2F, 2G, and also the hub between TGV/RER of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.
- Marc Houalla, aged 56, first graduated in 1985 as an ENAC engineer; he then graduated in 1991 as a civil aviation engineer from the same school. He is also an Executive Master Of Business Administration post-graduate from HEC.
He began his career in 1985 as a research engineer at Transport Canada (Directorate of the Canadian Civil Aviation) in Ottawa. He then joined French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) in 1987, where he successively held the positions as the engineer responsible for business and technical service and air navigation in Paris, then as head of the technical and finance department of SEFA (the aeronautical training service) in Paris, then at Muret (in the department of Haute Garonne).
From 1996 to 1998, he worked for SOFREAVIA (Counselling and engineering agency for air transport) as a consultant on economic and financial affairs. In 1998, he joined DGAC as Director of Operations in the Civil Aviation South Division (DAC/South) in Toulouse. In 2003, he took charge of civil aviation in the Provence region, and Director of the main airport of Marseille Provence. Then in 2006, he headed the new South-Southeast Air Navigation Service in Marseille.
In December 2006, he was appointed head of SEFA. Marc Houalla became the Director of the National Civil Aviation School in November 2008. From November 2008 to January 2011, he combined both positions at ENAC and SEFA.
About ADP International:
ADP International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Groupe ADP, in charge of the entire international scope of Groupe ADP's business, including the monitoring of the shareholdings in TAV Airports and Schiphol Group. Its ambition is to deploy the full range of Groupe ADP's expertise and innovations, to serve more than 245 million passengers and 26 airports around the world.
About TAV Airports:
TAV Airports, 46.12% owned by Groupe ADP, is a leading aiport operator in Turkey. TAV Airports currently operates 14 airports in Turkey and around the world, and served more than 104 million passengers in 2016. The group is fully vertically integrated and provides all commercial services in the airports it operates and provides airports services in many airports around the world.
Press contact: Elise Hermant, Media and Reputation Department Manager +33 1 74 25 23 23
Investor Relations: Aurélie Cohen +33 1 74 25 70 64 - invest@adp.fr
Groupe ADP builds, develops and manages airports, including Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly and Paris-Le Bourget. In 2016, Paris Aéroport handled more than 97 million passengers and 2.2 million metric tonnes of freight and mail at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly, and more than 42 million passengers at airports abroad through its subsidiary ADP International. Boasting an exceptional geographic location and a major catchment area, the Group is pursuing its strategy of adapting and modernising its terminal facilities and upgrading quality of services; the Group also intends to develop its retail and real estate businesses. In 2016, Group revenue stood at €2,947 million and net income at €435 million. Registered office: 1, rue de France, Tremblay en France 93290.
Aéroports de Paris is a public limited company (Société Anonyme) with share capital of €296,881,806. Registered in the Bobigny Trade and Company Register under no. 552 016 628.
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