1. Guillaume Pepy was born on 26 May 1958 and is a high-ranking French civil servant who currently serves as president of the SNCF, the French national rail authority.
13 Facts About Guillaume Pepy
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Guillaume Pepy is chairman of Eurostar and deputy-chairman of the Keolis Group.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy appointed Pepy to run the state-owned enterprise on 27 February 2008 for a term of five years.
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Guillaume Pepy was re-appointed for a new term by Francois Hollande in 2013.
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Guillaume Pepy is a graduate of Sciences Po and a former alumnus of Ecole nationale d'administration, in the Louise Michel year.
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An Auditor and then Master of Requests at the Conseil d'Etat, Guillaume Pepy worked in a number of ministerial private offices, was a technical advisor to Budget Minister Michel Charasse, and Chief of Staff for the Minister for Public Service Michel Durafour and the Minister of Labour Martine Aubry.
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In 1995, Guillaume Pepy was appointed deputy chief executive officer of the Sofres group with special responsibility for business development.
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Guillaume Pepy joined SNCF for the first time in 1988 as chief of staff to the then chairman, Jacques Fournier.
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Guillaume Pepy instituted a new low fares policy designed to boost train occupancy rates using "yield management" flexible pricing techniques.
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Guillaume Pepy was the driving force behind the creation of Voyages-sncf.
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Guillaume Pepy was the prime mover in the launch of the Railteam European high-speed rail operator alliance.
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On 11 February 2014, Guillaume Pepy was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by US President Barack Obama in honor of President Francois Hollande at the White House.
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From 1986 until 2004, Guillaume Pepy shared a relationship with Richard Descoings.