Marc Émile Fouad Houalla (born 10 February 1961) is a French

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. From 28 November 2008 to October 2017, he has been the director-general of the ''

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'' (French civil aviation university). From November 2017 to February 2018, he was the Managing Director of Paris-

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. In February 2018, he was appointed Deputy Executive Officer, Chief Officer of Paris-

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Biography

A graduate from the

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(IENAC L82) and holder of a

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from

HEC Paris HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...

(1990), he began his career in 1985 as an engineer at the civil aviation department of

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. In 1987 he became project manager at the technical service of

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in 1992 and then head of the technical and financial departments of the ''

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'' in

and

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. During the same period, he was also

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teacher at

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and

. In 1996, he joined SOFREAVIA as economic and financial consultant. Two years later, he returned to DGAC as operations manager in

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. From 2003 to 2006 he was director of the

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. In 2006, he becomes director of

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before being appointed at the head of the ''

''. From November 2017 to February 2018, he was Managing Director of Paris-

and Honorary President of ENAC Alumni. In February 2018, he became Chief Officer of Paris-

. In September 2013, Marc Houalla became ''Chevalier'' (knight) of the National Order of Merite. Since March 2018, he is also the President of ENAC Alumni.L'équipe

Bibliography

* Académie nationale de l'air et de l'espace and Lucien Robineau, ''Les français du ciel, dictionnaire historique'', Le Cherche midi, June 2005, 782 p. ()

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Houalla, Marc 1961 births Living people École nationale de l'aviation civile alumni HEC Paris alumni Aviation in France French aerospace engineers Directors of the École nationale de l'aviation civile Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite