Primary Job Title Board of Directors Primary Organization 
Alcatel-Lucent
Location Paris, Ile-de-France, France Regions European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
Current directorships and professional positions
In France: Independent Director, Chairman of the Compensation Committee, Chairman of the Corporate Governance
and Nominating Committee and Member of the Audit and Finance Committee of Alcatel Lucent*, Honorary Chairman of
Air France-KLM*
Directorships over the last 5 years
In France: CEO
and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Air France-KLM*
, Chairman of Air France, Director of the
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain*
, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Areva*
, Director of La Poste and of Gaz de France
Suez*, Chairman of the Conseil National Education Economie(1), Member of the Advisory Board of Paris Europlace.
Abroad: Director of Alitalia CAI(1), Member of the Board of Governors of IATA.
Career
A graduate in public law and from the Institut d’études politiques of Paris, Jean Spinetta began his career as
assistant lecturer and later central administration attaché (1961-70).
After moving to the École nationale d’administration
(Charles de Gaulle class, 1970-1972), he held a number of positions within the National Education Ministry.
He was several times seconded to other Departments, as Auditor of the Conseil d’État (1976-1978), chargé de mission to the General Secretariat of the Government (1978-1981), head of the Information Department of Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy (1981-1983), chief of staff to Michel Delebarre when Minister for Employment, Minister of Social Affairs, Minister of Transport and later Minister of Equipment (1984-1986 and 1988-1990), chargé de mission and industrial advisor to the Office of the President of the Republic (1994-1995), préfet (1995), technical advisor to the cabinet of Édith Cresson, EU Commissioner (1996), and expert for France seconded to the European Commission (1997).
After a period as Chairman and CEO of Compagnie Air Inter (1990-1993), he was Chairman and CEO of Air France (1997-2008), as well as Chairman and CEO of Air France-KLM (2004-2008), and then Chairman of the Board of Directors of Air France-KLM and CEO once again from 2011 to 2013.
Spinetta has also been Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International
Association of Air Transport (IATA), a Director of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (2005-2013), a Director of Alitalia CAI (2009-2014) and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Areva (2009-2013).
Expertise: 21 years in air transport and 22 years in public service.
