The CEO of Aéroports de Paris (ADP), Augustin de Romanet, will remain in his position until the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games ” to ensure [leur] Good organisation “but will not be renewed beyond that, the Prime Minister’s services announced on Wednesday March 20 in a press release.
“At the end of the Olympic Games, the President of the National Assembly and the President of the Senate will be informed by the President of the Republic of the name of the envisaged successor”, said Matignon, while Mr. de Romanet’s mandate was initially due to end in May. The CEO of ADP said ” available “ for a third five-year term, building on its track record and in particular the post-pandemic recovery of the group which operates around twenty airports around the world.
ADP thus achieved a positive net result in 2023 for the second year in a row, at 631 million euros (+ 22% year-on-year). While Mr. de Romanet will be 63 years old at the beginning of April, a five-year renewal would however have required changing the statutes to push back the age limit, currently set at 65 years.
This announcement comes at the end of a board meeting and while Augustin de Romanet must appear from Thursday before the Paris court, with the former secretary general of the Elysée Jean-Pierre Jouyet, for favoritism and misappropriation of public funds when they were at the head of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. Or between 2007 and 2012 for Mr. de Romanet.
The boss of ADP “disputes” any infraction, his lawyer, Jean-Marc Fédida, told Agence France-Presse (AFP). If the trial is supposed to begin on Thursday, a request for adjournment will however be filed due to the state of health of a lawyer, AFP learned from the parties.