- Jean Gandois
Jean Gandois, (b.
7 May ,1930 ,Nieul France ), is a French businessman.Education
He is a former pupil of the French École polytechnique, where he graduated in 1949, as an engineer of bridges & road construction.
Career
From 1954 to 1960 he starts working on public projects of
Guinea , and as an expert for the road programs ofBrazil andPeru . In 1961 he returns to France and starts working for the Wendel group, and after various functions, in 1972 he becomes general manager of Sacilor, then Chairman and managing Director of Sollac. In 1976 he starts working at theRhône-Poulenc Group to become its general manager, Chairman and managing Director. He leaves the group in 1982 and until 1986 he works as an international consultant. In 1986 he becomes Chairman and managing Director of the Pechiney group, which he leaves in 1994 to take the chair of the national Council of French employers (CNPF , old name of Medef). He resigns in 1997 after thesocialist government voted a law for the 35 hours work week, feeling betrayed by the government. From 1987 to 1999 he works as a crisis manager for Cockerill Sambre. He is currently a president of the board of trustees of Suez. He is a member of the Belgian businessclubCercle de Lorraine .
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