Stéphane Lerendu holds a post-graduate DESS degree in urban planning and local development law. He began his career in the Caen metropolitan area, working on large projects with a strong multimodal component.

Since then, he has focused primarily on managing projects in spatial planning, large-scale facilities and tourism real estate. In particular, he worked on disaster preparedness planning for the Val d’Isère ski resort, major tourism facilities in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, and the New Tourism Unit for the Avoriaz ski resort.

In 2018, he became Deputy CEO of Pierre & Vacances Center Parcs Développement.

On 31 January 2022, he took the helm at the Major Projects division of SNCF Gares & Connexions.

Since 1 January 2024, he is also in charge of SERM (Express Regional Metropolitan Services).