Philippe Favre, 47, has just joined Alstom as Senior Vice President, International Network. The International Network represents the Group worldwide, with around 50 Country Presidents who coordinate and support the activity of Alstom’s three Sectors in each market. Philippe Favre was previously French Ambassador for International Investment, Chairman and CEO of Invest in France Agency (IFA). He will report to Philippe Joubert, President of the Power Systems Sector, Executive Vice-Président of Alstom and responsible for the International Network at the Executive Committee level. Philippe Favre replaces Bruno Cotté, who left the Group.

Philippe Favre, born in 1961, is a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and of Ecole Nationale d’Administration (National School of Administration). From 1987 to 2001, he was Economic Counselor in Washington D.C., Hong-Kong and Taipei for the French Government. From 2002 to 2006, Philippe Favre was Chief of Staff of the French Trade Minister (Christine Lagarde) and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Finance Minister (notably Nicolas Sarkozy).Philippe Favre was appointed in 2006 French Ambassador for International Investment, Chairman and CEO of Invest in France Agency.

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