Marie-Christine Lombard (born 1958) is a French business executive.Bloomberg Businessweek, "Marie-Christine Lombard's Executive Profile"
/ref> She was appointed CEO of

Geodis SNCF Logistics was the division of the SNCF group responsible for freight transportation and logistics. The division included the activities of: Geodis (and subsidiaries), general land transport and logistics; Fret SNCF the national rail freigh ...

in October 2012. She is also a member of the Supervisory Board of

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. Since 2008, she also has been chairing the Coordinating Committee of Lyon Ville Entrepreneuriat, a network supporting business,

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, development and transfers for the Greater Lyon region.

Early life and education

After obtaining a bachelor's degree in science, Lombard entered the French business school

ESSEC The École Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (more commonly ESSEC Business School or ESSEC) is a major French business and management school, with non-profit association status (French association law of 1901) founded in 1907 ...

and graduated in 1981.

Career

Lombard began her career in the United States as head of merchandising at the department stores chain

Lord & Taylor Lord & Taylor was the oldest brick and mortar department store in the United States, in business from 1826 to 2020. The brand was purchased during former owner Le Tote's 2020 liquidation bankruptcy and relaunched by new owner, Saadia Group, as ...

. Between 1983 and 1986, Lombard was in charge of the department of multinationals at

Chemical Bank Chemical Bank was a bank with headquarters in New York City from 1824 until 1996. At the end of 1995, Chemical was the third-largest bank in the U.S., with about $182.9 billion in assets and more than 39,000 employees around the world. Beginning ...

in New York. Lombard then joined

Paribas The Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas (“Bank of Paris and the Netherlands”), generally referred to from 1982 as Paribas, was a French investment bank based in Paris. In May 2000, it merged with the Banque Nationale de Paris to form BNP Paribas. ...

: first in Corporate Finance, from 1986 to 1988, and later in the M&A department (1988-1991). In 1991, Paribas appointed her Regional Delegate for international mergers and acquisitions, a position she held until 1992, and branch Deputy Director in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

(1991-1993). Lombard left Paribas and the banking sector to join TPG Group, the leading express mail, parcel and documents delivery, renamed TNT in 2005.Logistics manager, "Lombard becomes CEO at Geodis", 24 October 2012
/ref> Subsequently, she became CEO (1999-2003) then Chairwoman and CEO of the subsidiary Jet Services, which became

TNT Express TNT Express was an international courier delivery services company with its headquarters in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. History The namesake Thomas Nationwide Transport grandfather company was originally started in 1946 with a single truck in Adel ...

France in 2002. In 2004, she was appointed CEO of the Express group division and member of TNT Executive board. In May 2011, she took up a new position as Chairwoman and CEO of TNT Express NV, a position from which she resigned in September 2012. In October 2012, Lombard was appointed CEO of Geodis, following a proposal by Pierre Blayau, Chairman of the group. In December 2013, she was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of Geodis.

Other activities

* Vinci, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2014)Board of Directors: Marie-Christine Lombard
Vinci. *

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, Member of the Supervisory Board

Honors

* Knight of the French order

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since 2005

References

External links

Bloomberg Businessweek ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', previously known as ''BusinessWeek'', is an American weekly business magazine published fifty times a year. Since 2009, the magazine is owned by New York City-based Bloomberg L.P. The magazine debuted in New York City ...

, “Marie-Christine Lombard’s Executive Profile�

* Multimodal, “All change at SNCF Geodis”, 24 October 201

* Post & Parcel, “Ex-TNT boss Marie-Christine Lombard becomes Geodis CEO, 25 October 201

* Logistics managers, “Lombard becomes CEO at Geodis”, 24 October 201

*

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, “Business diary: Marie-Christine Lombard”, 4 July 201

* Transport weekly, “TNT Express CEO Marie-Christine Lombard resigns”, 1 October 201

* Groupe Vinci, “Gouvernance -Conseil d'administration - Marie-Christine Lombard”, 26 April 201

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