Jean-Paul Parayre
 Jean-Paul Parayre    (engineer) | |
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| Born | 5 July 1937 |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École polytechnique, École des Ponts ParisTech |
| Member of | European Round Table of Industrialists |
French business executive who was initiator of the takeover of Chrysler Europe in 1978 which led PSA Peugeot Citroën to the brink. Attended the 1980 Bilderberg | |
Jean-Paul Parayre was a French business executive who attended the 1980 Bilderberg meeting. He was initiator of the takeover of Chrysler Europe in 1978 which led carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroën to the brink.
Education
Jean-Paul Parayre graduated from the École polytechnique and the École des Ponts ParisTech.
Career
After a career in ministerial cabinets and ministerial directorates from 1967 to 1974 (he was notably member of the High Audiovisual Council), Jean-Paul Parayre joined the private sector[1].
He chaired the biggest French private group PSA Peugeot Citroën (1977-1984). He was the initiator of the takeover of Chrysler Europe in 1978 on the eve of the second oil shock (1978-80), which led the group to the brink. He remained a member of the PSA Supervisory Board and was part of the selection committee that chose Christian Streiff in 2006[2].
He became managing director and then chairman of the management board of the construction company Dumez (1984-1990) - a group of which he married the daughter of a founder (Chaufour)[3], and organized the merger with Lyonnaise des eaux which gave birth to Lyonnaise des eaux-Dumez (1990-1992), of which he became vice-president[4]. However, it is a semi-failure for his career: he did not succeed in taking over the presidency of the group from Jérôme Monod[5]. At that time, he was one of the key men in the negotiation of the TransManche Link (TML) which would become the Eurotunnel project.
Other board postions
He was chairman of the supervisory board of the oil company Vallourec (since 2000)[6], member of the supervisory board of PSA Peugeot Citroën and the board of directors of Stena International and director of Bolloré Group (2007).
He was also vice-president and CEO of the Bolloré Group (1994-1999), and in particular CEO of its port subsidiary Saga.
He was in charge of putting the company Air Liberté into receivership within the Bolloré Group (September 1996)[7], which allowed its resale to British Airways in 1997.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1980 | 18 April 1980 | 20 April 1980 | Germany Aachen | The 28th Bilderberg, held in West Germany, unusually exposed by the Daily Mirror |
References
- ↑ Who's who, 1985-1986, page 1121
- ↑ http://news.caradisiac.com/Bonjour-Christian-Streiff-37
- ↑ Who's who 1985-1985
- ↑ https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1992/07/31/deux-ans-apres-la-fusion-des-groupes-la-demission-de-m-jean-paul-parayre-numero-deux-de-lyonnaise-dumez_3893600_1819218.html
- ↑ http://www.lexpansion.com/economie/pour-lyonnaise-dumez-monod-a-une-strategie-qui-laisse-peude-place-a-parayre_205.html
- ↑ http://www.investvalley.com/actu.php?news=144581
- ↑ http://www.lexpansion.com/economie/pour-rivaud-bollore-a-invente-l-opa-psychologique_6874.html
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