Appointment

26 July 2007 - Appointments

Jean Rossi, chairman of VINCI Construction France, has been appointed senior executive vice-president of VINCI Construction by Richard Francioli, and joined VINCI’s executive committee.

The executive committee now comprises:

• Xavier Huillard, director and chief executive officer;
• Roger Martin, senior executive vice-president, chairman and chief executive officer of Eurovia;
• Jacques Tavernier, senior executive vice-president, chief executive officer of VINCI Concessions;
• Pierre Coppey, executive vice-president, vice-president of corporate communications, human resources and synergies;
• Christian Labeyrie, executive vice-president, vice-president and chief financial officer;
• David Azéma, senior executive vice-president of VINCI Concessions;
• Richard Francioli, chairman of VINCI Construction;
• Jean-Yves Le Brouster, chairman and chief executive officer of VINCI Energies;
• Jean-Luc Pommier, vice-president, business development;
• Jean Rossi, senior executive vice-president of VINCI Construction, chairman of VINCI Construction France.

 

Jean Rossi was born on 6 November 1949 at Brunoy, near Paris. In 1973, on graduating from ESTP, an engineering school in Paris, he joined Pradeau et Morin as a works engineer. In 1978, he became operations director and then managing director of Société Nancéienne d’Entreprise Générale (Sneg), a Caroni subsidiary in Nancy. He moved to Sobea, which later became Sogea, where he was director of building and civil engineering (1983), regional director (1988), director in charge of the north of France (1991) and chief operating officer (1996). He became chairman of Sogea Construction in 2001. Jean Rossi has been chairman of VINCI Construction France since 1 January 2007.

 

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