Past chairmen of SNCF
Retrace our history through the roles played by our chairmen through the years.
1938-1949
Pierre Guinand
Our first Chairman
Pierre-Eugène Fournier
The dark years
Marcel Flouret
Reconstruction
1949-1975
Pierre Tissier
Modernization gathers pace
Louis Armand
Innovation lifts off
André Ségalat
Revolution
1975-1988
Jacques Pélissier
Corail for comfort
André Chadeau
The first TGV
Philippe Essig
TER regional express
1988-1995
Philippe Rouvillois
The weight of responsibility
Jacques Fournier
TGV Atlantique line
Jean Bergougnoux
Eurostar
1995-2019
Loïk Le Floch-Prigent
TGV Duplex
Louis Gallois
New energy
Anne-Marie Idrac
Reform
Guillaume Pepy
Going global