Director General, International Union of Railways (UIC)
Bio
François assumed the role of Director General of UIC in July 2019. His focus at the UIC is on improving the perception of the rail sector and on consolidating the position of the railways as the backbone of smart and decarbonised mobility.
François graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications in 1988, and from the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) in 1999. Having gained experience in international satellite telecommunications, he held various roles in the housing sector. He spent three years at the French Ministry of Transport, working on railway safety and regulation, and six years as Secretary General of OTIF, the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail.