| Jean-Marc Janaillac | |
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Saint-Sulpice-de-Roumagnac, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Education: | Lycée Stanislas |
| Alma Mater: | HEC Paris ÉNA |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
Jean-Marc Janaillac (born 26 April 1953) is a French businessman best known for being a former CEO of Air France–KLM.[1]
Janaillac was born on 26 April 1953 in Saint-Sulpice-de-Roumagnac, a village in the Dordogne department, in southwest France.
Janaillac holds a licence in law. He graduated from HEC Paris in 1975 and the École nationale d'administration – a graduate school entrusted with the selection and initial training of senior French officials – in 1980.[2]
From 1980 to 1983, Janaillac was chief of staff for the prefects of Finistère (Brittany in western France) and then Val-d'Oise (Île-de-France).[2]
From 1983 to 1984, he was head of staff for the Secretary of State for Tourism.[3]
From 1984 to 1987, he served as general manager of the French Tourist Office in New York.[3]
Janaillac spent ten years from 1987 to 1997 as general manager of Maison de la France, an economic interest grouping created to promote tourism in France.[3] During this time span, he was also an Air France board member (from 1989 to 1994).[4]
He then joined AOM French Airlines and served from 1997 to 2000, first as executive vice-president then as chief operating officer.[3]
From 2000 to 2002, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Maeva, a vacation residence company belonging to the Pierre & Vacances group.[3]
He then served from 2002 to 2004 as chairman of the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau.[3]
In 2004, he joined the RATP Group first as chief officer for development then as chairman of RATP Development.[3]
On 3 December 2012 Janaillac was made chairman and chief executive officer of Transdev and a board member of Caisse des dépôts et consignations, a French financial organization and Transdev's parent company.[3]
In May 2016 Janaillac was selected as the next CEO of Air France–KLM, following the resignation of Alexandre de Juniac.
The company had a good year in 2017 but a difficult first quarter in 2018 and staff and management were again locked in a dispute over pay increases starting in February 2018. Janaillac proposed a 7% wage increase over 4 years instead of the immediate 6% requested by the unions and, in order to obtain direct approval from the staff, asked for vote, warning that he would resign if his offer was rejected. He resigned on 4 May 2018, after 55% of the airline's staff rejected the offer.[5] On 15 May Frédéric Gagey was named interim CEO.[6]