Augustin de Romanet

Augustin de Romanet de Beaune (; born 2 April 1961) is a French political advisor and business executive, chief executive officer of Groupe ADP since November 2012. He served as the chairman of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations from 2007 to 2012, and held many government positions between 1986 and 2006.

Early life and education Augustin de Romanet de Beaune was raised in a Roman Catholic noble family. He is the oldest son of Luc de Romanet de Beaune and Anne Marie de Romanet de Beaune (née Lafont). His family were elevated into the French nobility in the 14th century. He is a brother of the Catholic bishop Antoine de Romanet.

Augustin de Romanet is a graduate of Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration with the Diderot promotion of 1986.

Career

Political advisor Augustin de Romanet de Beaune started his career at the budget directorate of the Minister of Finance. In 1990, he became financial advisor in the French permanent representation to the European Communities in Brussels.

He stepped down as Chairman of the Caisse des dépôts in 2012. In July 2014, the board of Groupe ADP reappointed him for a 5-year tenure. In October 2015, Augustin de Romanet announced ADP’s 2016-2020 strategic plan (Connect 2020), which implies developing the brand of the French airports operator, grow on international markets, and use the Parisian airports as concept stores for the brand. In April 2016, Aéroports de Paris S.A. launched two separate brands : All Paris airports now carry the brand « Paris Aéroport » geared towards travellers and embodying the group’s B2C promises; On the other end, all the logistics and technical activities of the group now carry the brand « Groupe ADP ».

Under his tenure, the CDG Express project was revived. He developed retail partnerships with consumer brands, opening a Victoria’s Secret store and a Carrefour City store at Paris-Orly, where a new business lounge concept was also launched. Paris-Charles de Gaulle’s terminal E2 was turned into a luxury shopping area, and awarded 3rd world’s best airport terminal by Skytrax.

In 2012, when ADP bought 38% of TAV Airports Holding, Augustin de Romanet became vice chairman of the board of the Turkish airports operator.

Personal life In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he tested positive for the virus.

Other tenures 1986-1995: Professor at Sciences Po Paris 1989-2006: Member of the city council of Bellême (Orne) 1992-1995: Professor at ENA Since March 2011 : Board member of Louvre-Lens museum Since July 2014 : Board member of RATP Since March 2015 : Board member of SCOR

Awards 2007: Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (France) 2008: Capitalist of the year, by Le Nouvel Économiste 2012: Financier of the year, by the Minister of finances (France)