FRANÇOIS DAVENNE
Director General, International Union of Railways (UIC)
Mr Davenne
graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications d’Evry in
1988 and from the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) in 1999. Throughout
his career, he has consistently promoted interdisciplinarity as a key factor
for success. Having gained experience in international satellite
telecommunications, he initially held various roles in the housing sector,
making use of his strong financial and legal skills. He was involved in policy
and regulation of the sector and managed key operational programmes, most
notably for the city of Paris.
After three
years with the French Ministry of Transport, working on railway safety and
regulation, with an emphasis on European regulations, he was elected in 2012 as
Secretary General of OTIF, the Intergovernmental Organisation for International
Carriage by Rail. From early 2013 to the end of 2018, he promoted
interdisciplinarity and partnership building in order to expand and develop the
uniform regulations for international carriage by rail.
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