Nicolas Petrovic (born 21 November 1969) is a French-Yugoslavian businessman and the Chief Executive of Siemens France since 2018.

Early life

He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, to a French mother and a Yugoslav father (Petrović is the common spelling). He has an older and younger sister. He gained a degree from

ESCP Europe ESCP Business School (french: École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris) is a French business school and ''grande école'' founded in Paris and based across Europe with campuses in Paris, Berlin, London, Madrid, Turin, and Warsaw. It is consisten ...

in 1991. He worked overseas for two years for

Compagnie Générale des Eaux Vivendi SE is a French mass media holding company headquartered in Paris. Widely known as the owner of Gameloft, Groupe Canal+, Havas, Editis, Prisma Media, Vivendi Village and Dailymotion, the company has activities in television, film, vid ...

. He gained a degree from

INSEAD INSEAD, a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires" () is a non-profit business school that maintains campuses in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE), and North America (San ...

in 2003.

Career

Petrovic joined SNCF in 1994 as a junior marketing manager. He resigned from SNCF in 2000 to pursue a degree from INSEAD, which he gained in 2003. Eurostar Train heading to Ebbsfleet - geograph

Eurostar

Petrovic joined Eurostar in August 2003 as Director of Customer Service. He became Chief Operating Officer (''directeur général de l’exploitation d'Eurostar'') in 2006, and replaced Richard Brown as the Chief Executive (''directeur général d'Eurostar'') in April 2010. Eurostar has 1,700 employees, with 850 in London.

Siemens

He was CEO (''Président'') of Siemens France from March 2018 to September 2021. The company has 6,000 employees and a turnover of 1.8 billion euros in France in the fiscal year 2021.

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Eurostar

Interview with Rail Europe
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