Eurostar has announced the appointment of Gwendoline Cazenave as CEO. Cazenave has more than 20 years’ experience in the rail transport industry.
As partner at global management consultancy Oliver Wyman for the past two years, Cazenave has worked on the French and European transport and services markets. Her particular focus is on strategy and transformation in the rail sector.
Prior to this, she was an executive at SNCF (the national French railway, which owns Eurostar Group), holding a range of high-level posts including director of TGV Atlantique, the high-speed route operating in the south west of France. She was director of finance, strategy and legal affairs at SNCF Voyages and held a variety of strategic and operational roles within SNCF’s regional transport arm, TER.
Cazenave has also held a number of non-executive roles, with a focus and interest in gender equality and environmental initiatives.
Christophe Fanichet, CEO of SNCF Voyageurs and Alain Krakovitch, director of TGV-Intercités and chairman of the board of directors of Eurostar Group, stated: “We have complete confidence in Gwendoline Cazenave to lead the business, continuing the positive journey of recovery put in place by Jacques Damas.
“With her strong experience, Gwendoline Cazenave will continue to successfully bring together Eurostar and Thalys, promoting the development of rail transport in Europe and creating a business which will meet the growing demand for sustainable mobility. The ambition is to transport 30 million passengers per year within 10 years under a single brand, Eurostar, with excellence in customer service at its heart.”