Governance

Born February 13, 1950, Anne-Marie Couderc is a graduate in private law and holds a French Professional Lawyer’s Certificate (Certificat d’aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat). 
She began her career in 1972 as a lawyer with the Paris Bar. She then became Chief Legal Officer in Hachette’s industrial division between 1979 and 1982, before fulfilling different management functions within the Lagardère Group from 1982 to 1995. 
In parallel, Anne-Marie Couderc has pursued a political career: having been elected to the Paris Council in 1983, until 2001 she successively served as Advisor then Deputy to the Mayor of Paris between 1989 and 2001. Having been elected a Deputy of the French National Assembly in 1993, she subsequently joined the government in 1995 where she was appointed Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, responsible for Employment, then Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, responsible for Employment, until 1997. 
In 1997, she was named Chief Executive Officer followed, from 2006 to 2010, by Secretary-General of Lagardère Active (press and audiovisual).  
She has held the position of Corporate Director since 30 June 2017. She has been Chairwoman of the Board of Air France-KLM since 15 May 2018. 

Born on November 16, 1979, Ms. Avice-Huet is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (agrégation in physics and chemistry), an engineer of the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées and a graduate of the École Polytechnique (DEA in molecular chemistry). 
She began her career in 2006 with the Saint-Gobain Group in the United States, as a project manager in the field of energy, before working as an analyst at the World Bank in Washington D.C., where she co-published a book dedicated to urban infrastructure. 
From 2007 to 2010, she started working in the administration, first at the General Secretariat for European Affairs (Prime Minister’s department) and then as an advisor in various ministerial cabinets where she took part in international climate negotiations. 
In 2010, she joined the Engie Group (formerly GDF-Suez), where she was to hold the position of Director of European and Regulatory Affairs and advised the Group’s General Management until 2015. In 2016, she was appointed CEO of Engie France Renouvelables and contributed to the industrial transformation that will position Engie as the leader in wind and solar energy in France. 
As of 2019, she held the positions of Deputy CEO of the Engie Group in charge of renewable energies and CEO of Engie North America (Houston, USA), and was a member of the Engie Group Executive Committee. In March 2021, she joined the Schneider Electric Group (Boston, USA), where she heads strategic projects for the company on energy transition. Gwenaëlle Avice-Huet is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. Ms. Avice-Huet is a Knight of the National Order of Merit. 

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Born May, 5, 1959, Mr. Didier Dague holds a commercial baccalauréat and studied law. He joined Air France in 1987 as a commercial services agent in the Commercial France department, which has now become Pilotage Economique.

In the mid-1990s, he became involved in the union. He was quickly led to hold several union positions within his entity and then centrally. He represents his organization at the European Transport Federation. He served three terms as a Board director representing the employees on the Air France Board of Directors until 2022. Since April 2023, he has been a Board director representing employees appointed by the French Group Committee on the Air France-KLM Board of Directors.

Born December 23, 1963, Léni M.T. Boeren holds a Masters degree in Business Management from Erasmus University in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). 
Ms. Boeren started her career in the financial sector at Paribas in 1983. She went on to work for Rabobank, where she held various positions through to 1992. She then moved to Robeco as head of the marketing and product management department from 1992 to 1997. She subsequently became a member of the Board of Directors of Amsterdam Exchanges followed, in 2000 to 2005, by her appointment as a member of the Executive Committee of Euronext N.V. (1) , the result of the merger of the Paris (ParisBourse), Brussels (Brussels Exchanges) and Amsterdam (Amsterdam Exchanges) stock exchanges. 
From January 2005 until December 2016, she was successively a member, Vice-Chair and Chair of the management Board of Robeco Groep N.V., an international asset management firm. She was also responsible for Robeco Groep’s subsidiaries and held several Board positions. She also served as a member and Chair of the Board of DUFAS, the Dutch Fund and Asset Management Association (2009-2016). 
Ms. Boeren has been Chair and CEO of the Management Board of Kempen Capital Management and a member of the Executive Board of Van Lanschot Kempen N.V. (1) (from February 2018 to April 2020). 

Born May 5, 1949, Isabelle Bouillot holds an advanced degree in Public Law and is a graduate of the Institut des Études Politiques de Paris and the École Nationale d’Administration.  
Having occupied various positions in the French Public Administration, among them Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic between 1989 and 1991 and Budget Director at the Ministry of Economy and Finance between 1991 and 1995, Ms. Bouillot was Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the financial and banking activities at the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations between 1995 and 2000 then Chair of the Management Board of the Investment Bank of the CDC IXIS Group from 2000 to 2003. Since 2006, Ms. Bouillot has been President of China Equity Links (SAS). 

Born on January 30, 1983, Terence Tilgenkamp joined KLM in 2006 as a cabin attendant. He has been working as a purser on KLM flights since 2018. 
He was also a member of the KLM section of the parliament of the Union of Dutch Cabin Crew, a member of the KLM Works Council, of which he also acted as president between 2019 and 2021, as well as a non-executive director of the KLM Cabin Crew Pension Fund. 

Born April 25, 1948, Jean-Dominique Comolli is a graduate of the Institut des Sciences Politiques de Paris and of the École Nationale d’Administration and holds a Masters degree in Economic Sciences. 
Mr. Comolli began his career in 1977 as a civil administrator before becoming a technical advisor at the French Ministry of Budget under Laurent Fabius, then a member of Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy’s and Laurent Fabius’ staff. He then became Chief of Staff at the French Budget Ministry under Michel Charasse, before being appointed Director of Customs in 1989. Between 1993 and 2010, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Seita, Vice-Chairman of Altadis until 2005 and Chairman of the Board of Altadis between 2005 and 2010. In September 2010, he was appointed Commissioner for State Holdings, a position he was to occupy until October 2012. Mr. Comolli is currently an Honorary Civil Service Administrator. 

Born August 30, 1963, Michel Delli-Zotti graduated as a professional pilot in 1987. 
After a period in business aviation and then in regional transportation, he joined Air France in 1989 as an Airline Pilot Officer. He initially flew B727s before moving to the B747-400. Promoted to Captain on the A320 in 2003, he has been operating long-haul flights on the B777 since 2007 

Born in 1958, Mr. ‘t Hart holds an MA in Social Science from the Leiden University (The Netherlands). Mr. ‘t Hart worked for 24 years with Unilever, starting his career as management trainee, and held a range of international management positions in the Netherlands, Hungary, Singapore, Poland and Italy. His last position in Unilever was member of the Unilever Europe Board as SVP Marketing Operations. 
He joined Carlsberg Group as Chief Executive Officer in 2015 after seven years as Chief Executive Officer of the Dutch dairy cooperativ Royal FrieslandCampina. He has been a Member of Supervisory Board at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines since 2014. 

Born on July 27, 1951, Anne-Marie Idrac graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Institut d’Études Politiques), the National School of Administration (École Nationale d’Administration) and the Institute of Higher Learning in National Defense (Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale).  
She was chief executive officer at the Public Development Agency of Cergy-Pontoise, director of land transportation at the Ministry of Equipment and Transport and subsequently Secretary of State for Transport. She occupied the positions of Chair and CEO of the RATP (Paris Public Transport Authority) from 2002 to 2006, and Chair and CEO of the SNCF (French State Railways) from 2006 to 2008. She was a Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2002, and Secretary of State for Foreign Trade from 2008 to 2010. 
Anne-Marie Idrac is currently board director of Saint-Gobain(1), Bouygues(1) and Total(1). She is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Aéroport de Toulouse Blagnac since 2015 (this function will expire in May 2018). Anne-Marie Idrac is currently director of companies.   

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Born June 14, 1961, Alain Bellemare is the permanent representative on Air France – KLM’s Board of Directors of Delta Air Lines, Inc.*, a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware having its registered office at 1030 Delta Bld. Atlanta. GA USA 30354.  
Alain Bellemare is a transformative business leader and board member with extensive experience in strategy, business development and operational roles. He serves as Executive Vice-President and President-International at Delta Air Lines Inc.* since January 2021.   
In 2020, Mr. Bellemare was an Operating Executive with The Carlyle Group*, focused on the aerospace, defense and government services sectors. Prior to joining The Carlyle Group, he served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of Bombardier Inc.* from 2015 to 2020.   
Before joining Bombardier, Mr. Bellemare spent 18 years with United Technologies Corporation, serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of UTC Propulsion & Aerospace Systems from 2011 to 2015.  

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Born June 16, 1957, Isabelle Parize is a graduate of the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris. 
Having occupied various positions within Procter & Gamble between 1980 and 1993 including notably that of Marketing Manager, Health and Beauty Care, Ms. Parize joined Henkel Group in 1994. She was Managing Director of Schwarzkopf, Henkel France, from 1994 to 1998, and then Senior Vice-President in charge of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (based in Germany) from 1998 to 2001. She subsequently became President of Canal+ Distribution and Chair and CEO of Canal Satellite in 2001. She then became President of the Fragrance division at Quest International (2005-07) and Managing Director then Vice-Chair of the company Betclic (2007-11) before joining Nocibé as President of the Managing Board (2011-16). She was Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Douglas Holding AG until October 2017. From 2018 to august 2021, Ms. Parize became CEO of Delsey and of its holding DHI company. Nowadays, she is Chair of the Supervisory Board of DHI Company and a member of several other Boards of Directors. 

Born November 9, 1957, François Robardet is a graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers. 
Mr. Robardet began his career in 1983 as a consulting engineer on management information systems within Compagnie Générale d’Informatique. 
In 1993, he joined Air Inter as an IT project manager before moving to Air France in 1997. 

Born on December 18, 1953, Mr. Van den Berg is a graduate of Groningen State University (Netherlands), of the École Nationale d’Administration (Paris), and of the Academie voor Bank en Verzekeringen (Amsterdam). 
He began his career as a Research Assistant in the Faculty of Economics (Groningen State University). He joined the Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands) in 1980 where he was appointed Policy Advisor on macroeconomics before becoming the Head of the Medium Term Bureau of the Macro Economic Policy Directorate and “Director Industrial Policy in the Directorate General for Industry” at the Ministry of Economic Affairs from 1987 to 1989. During those two years, he was also Director of the “BOFEB” (Netherlands), a one - year professional training program for young economists, aspiring for government jobs. 
In 1989 he was appointed as Deputy Director General for Foreign Economic relations at the Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands), in 1992 he was appointed as Deputy Director General for Industry at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and from 1992 to 2001 he was appointed as Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
From 2001 until 2005, he was the Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations in New York. From 2005 to 2008, he was Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia, before becoming President of the Executive Board of Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) in 2008. 
From 2015 until 2020 he was Chairman Executive Board Sanquin Blood Supply. 
Since 2020, Mr. Van den Berg is the President of the Association of Health Insurance Companies in the Netherlands (ZN, Zorgverzekeraars Nederland). 

Born on August 18 1973, Jian Wang graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and obtained a Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Business Administration postgraduate degree from East China University of Science and Technology and then an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from Tsinghua University. 
Jian Wang began his career in aviation industry in 1995, and has rich experience in corporate governance, strategic investment, capitalization and management. He designed and facilitated a number of capital and strategic projects in China Eastern. 
Beginning April 2012, Jian Wang was appointed as corporate secretary and president of Eastern Airlines Industry Investment Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of China Eastern Air Holding Company Limited. 
Now Jian Wang is corporate secretary, chairman of Eastern Airlines Industry Investment Co., Ltd and director of Eastern Air Logistics Co., Ltd., a controlling subsidiary of China Eastern Air Holding Company Limited. 

Born August 1, 1960, Alex Wynaendts holds an electrical engineering degree from the Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité (1984) and an economics degree from the Université Paris-Sorbonne (1983). He has more than 30 years’ experience of insurance and international finance. 
Mr. Wynaendts began his career in banking with ABN AMRO in 1984, where he was responsible for commercial and investment banking operations in Amsterdam and London. Between 1992 and 1997, he held various positions with ABN AMRO in London. In 1997 he joined Aegon within the Group Business Development division. He joined Aegon’s Executive Board in 2003 and was appointed Aegon’s Chief Operating Officer in 2007. 
Mr. Wynaendts has been CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Aegon NV(1) from 23 April 2008 to 15 May 2020. Since 2022 he is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft.

Born June 25, 1967, Mr. Fernandez is a graduate of Sciences Po and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (Léon Gambetta alumnus). He began his career in 1993 at the Treasury Department before joining the International Monetary Fund as Alternate Executive Director in 1997. He held several positions in the Treasury Department as Head of Office and Deputy Director of International Financial Affairs and Development, then as Director General. He was also Advisor to the Ministry of the Economy and Cabinet Director at the Ministry of Labor. From 2009 to 2014, he was Alternate Governor for France at the World Bank and Governor at the African Development Bank.

In 2014, he joined the Orange Group where he was successively EVP then Deputy CEO in charge of Finance and Strategy. Since April 2023, he has been EVP and CFO of the CMA CGM Group. He is the permanent representative on the Air France – KLM Board of Directors of CMA CGM, a limited liability company (société anonyme) whose head office is located at Boulevard Jacques Saadé, 4 quai d’Arenc, 13002 Marseille.

May Gicquel is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.

May Gicquel began her professional career at the French Treasury in July 2010, where she was responsible for the strategic and financial monitoring of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) group before being put in charge of issues related to the financial stability of the euro zone from 2013 to 2015.

She was then appointed Head of the Multilateral Development Finance and Climate Office. There she supervised multilateral development banks and developed French positions on development aid and environmental and climate protection issues. She also represents France in the governance bodies and international negotiations related to these institutions.

From 2018 to 2022, she is the head of the New York economic department, responsible for the analysis of US economic policy and financial regulation and news in the United States.

May Gicquel has been Director of Transportation Participations at the Agence des participations de l'État (APE) since November 25, 2022.

Born May 30, 1960, Pascal Bouchiat is a former student of the Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Industrielle de Lyon (1983), and holds an MBA from the EM Lyon (1985) and an Executive MBA Trium from the NYU Stern School of Business, the London School of Economics and HEC Paris (2004).

Pascal Bouchiat began his professional career in 1985, at Rhône-Poulenc Group as a Research engineer before taking on industrial management responsibilities and then being appointed as Head of Management Control for the Specialty Chemicals Sector.

From 1998 to 2012, he worked for the Rhodia Group which became Solvay. He held various financial management functions from 1998 to 2005 before being appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in charge of finance and information systems and supervisor of Acetow and Eco Services from 2005 to 2011. From 2011 to 2012, he was Director of integration of Rhodia and Solvay Groups.

Since April 2012, he has been Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in charge of Finance and Information Systems of Thales Group ⁽¹⁾. He has been in charge of management control, international financing, taxation, risk management and insurance, investor relations, treasury and information systems.

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Benjamin Smith is a senior airline industry veteran, having spent twenty years at Air Canada before joining Air France-KLM as Chief Executive Officer. In 1990, while at university, he started part time as a Customer Service Agent at Air Ontario.  In 1992 he followed an entrepreneurial path and established his own retail corporate travel agency, successfully running this business for eight years. In 2002 he joined Air Canada, envisioning and subsequently leading its Tango subsidiary. Benjamin later became Vice President, Network Planning, followed by Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer in 2007, and subsequently President, Airlines (Air Canada, Rouge, Express, Cargo) and Chief Operating Officer in 2014. He assumed overall responsibility for commercial, operations, and customer service functions, and spearheaded their commercial growth strategy, resulting in impressive financial performance. In August 2018 Benjamin Smith was appointed CEO of Air France-KLM, and in December, a member of the Air France-KLM Board of Directors.

A graduate of the Mines Paris Tech, Anne Rigail joined Air Inter in 1991. In 1996, she was appointed in charge of Air France customer services at Paris-Orly. In 1999, she became director of passenger and baggage connections at the Paris-Charles de Gaulle hub, and subsequently head of customer and baggage products for Ground Operations. In 2005, she was appointed to create the Paris-CDG hub operations control centre. She became VP Ground Operations at Paris-Charles de Gaulle in 2009 . In 2013 she became EVP In-flight Services, in charge of Cabin Crew and in 2017 was appointed EVP Customer. 

Anne Rigail was appointed CEO of Air France on December 12, 2018.  

Marjan E. F. Rintel (1967) - President and CEO - has a strong track record in civil aviation. After her studies, Rintel worked in various roles at Schiphol. In 1999, she moved to KLM and held a number of different positions. She got to know the company from the inside: operationally and commercially. In 2014, Rintel exchanged KLM for NS (Dutch Railways). For six years she held the position of Operational Director in the Executive Board. In 2020, she was appointed Chairman of the Board. On July 1st 2022, she returned to KLM as President and CEO. In her role as President of KLM, Rintel is a member of the Executive Committee of the Air France KLM Group and the CEO Committee. She also holds various other additional positions. Rintel studied Business Administration at the University of Groningen. 

Steven Zaat holds a degree in economics and business studies from the Erasmus University and a Certified Controller post-graduate diploma from the Amsterdam Vrije University Controllers Institute. 
After occupying various financial positions at AKZO Nobel, a company specializing in chemical and pharmaceutical products, Steven Zaat joined KLM in 2000 where he occupied various positions within the Engineering and Maintenance division and subsequently within Alliances and Auditing. 
In 2014, he joined the Air France-KLM group, as VP Finance & Control Air France-KLM Engineering & Maintenance. 
In 2015, he became Senior Vice President Corporate Control Air France-KLM, in charge of shared financial services, Corporate Control and joint ventures. He was part of the teams involved in negotiating the joint venture between Air France-KLM, Delta and Virgin Atlantic. 
In July 2019, Steven Zaat became EVP Finance at Air France. 
Since July 1st 2021, he has been appointed Chief Financial Officer at Air France-KLM Group. 

Angus Clarke has 18 years of experience in the airline industry. He has developed an expertise in financial and performance evaluation of companies operating in the airline sector.

From 2016 to 2018, he was Special Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer of Air Canada on operational and economic performance. Between 2007 and 2015, Angus Clarke was CEO of Bluepoint Aviation, an aircraft and engines leasing and financing company. From 2004 to 2006, he was Director of Corporate Strategy for Qantas Airways.

Angus Clarke holds a Master of Science degree with a specialization in Air Transport Management from the University of Cranfield in the United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales in Australia.

On February 1st, 2019, he was appointed Executive Vice President in charge of the Air France-KLM Group Strategy.

On September 1st, 2022, he was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer.

Anne Brachet holds a diploma in engineering, a post-graduate diploma in business management and another in management studies. 
Anne Brachet began her career as quality manager at Delpeyrat. She then moved to Servair, an Air France group subsidiary specialized in catering and airport ground services, where between 1994 and 1998 she was successively Head of Operations and Head of Sales, Overseas Airlines. She subsequently worked for Orgaconseil as a Senior Manager in the Industry and Services sector, returning once more to work for the Air France Group in 2000. After heading up the Aircraft supply chain until May 2004, she was subsequently appointed to run the Le Bourget Maintenance Centre, where she was mostly involved with Through Life support for the French Air Force's fleet of AWACS surveillance aircraft, and with Special Fleets, and Aerostructures maintenance. 
In June 2005, Anne Brachet was appointed Head of the Air France Industries Engine Overhaul Division and has helped oversee major industrial development projects such as the integration of new generation products (GE90 and GP7200) and the construction of new maintenance facilities, including the Constellation engine shop at Orly, and Zephyr, the new engine test cell, at Roissy-CDG. 
In December 2012, she was appointed SVP Engineering and Airframe for AFI, before taking the helm at Air France Industries in 2013.  
In November 2016, she was appointed Executive Vice President Air France-KLM Engineering & Maintenance. 

Adriaan den Heijer holds a Master of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Eindhoven and a Postgraduate Degree Certified Financial Management at Amsterdam University. He joined KLM in 1995 and gained commercial and operational experience working at various positions at KLM, Air France-KLM and its Cargo division.  Adriaan was Director KLM Cargo North and West Europe from 2000-2004. He was appointed General Manager KLM for Greater China based in Hong Kong, in 2004. He subsequently assumed the position of Vice President Pricing & Revenue Management KLM Europe in 2007 before he became Vice President KLM Marketing & Brand in 2009. In 2011 he was appointed as Senior Vice President KLM Ground Services leading the ground handling of passengers, luggage and aircraft at Schiphol Airport. Most recently, Adriaan den Heijer has been Senior Vice President Pricing & Revenue Management for Air France-KLM, responsible for the development and implementation of the pricing and revenue management strategies for the Air France-KLM Group. Since January 2020, he has been appointed EVP Air France-KLM Cargo. 

Adriaan den Heijer said: "I am very pleased to have been appointed EVP Air France-KLM Cargo, a world player known for its innovative solutions and excellent service. I am looking forward to joining the Air France-KLM teams in developing the cargo business of tomorrow." 

Henri de Peyrelongue graduated from l’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Following an experience at UTA, he joined Air France in 1992 and contributed to the creation of the hub at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle. After managing Air France network scheduling, he led the airline Revenue Management team from 2000 to 2007. In 2008, he was appointed Air France-KLM Senior Vice President in charge of Network Planning until 2012. In 2013, he joined the sales organization as Senior Vice President, Europe-North Africa. In 2016, he has been Senior Vice President, Commercial Planning. Since July 2020, he is appointed Executive Vice President Commercial Sales Air France-KLM. 

Pieter Bootsma graduated from the Technical University of Twente (Business Engineering & Management Science, Applied Mathematics, 1992) and holds a PhD in Business Engineering & Management Science (Airline Flight Schedule Development, analysis and design tools for European hinterland hubs, Technical University of Twente, 1997). He is an alumnus of Columbia University, New York (TGM, 2004). 
Mr. Bootsma joined KLM in 1995 and worked in the area of network planning and schedule development until 2000. Then he joined Pricing & Revenue Management, first being responsible for Europe (2000), later for the North Atlantic NW/KL JV (2003) and as of June 2004, he held worldwide responsibility for KLM’s Pricing & Revenue Management activities. In 2008 he was appointed director for both Air France and KLM in the field of Pricing & Revenue Management. In April 2011, he became responsible for Marketing, Revenue Management and Network (MRN) for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. 
In 2013, Pieter Bootsma has been Executive Vice President Commercial & Revenue for Air France KLM. In this capacity he is responsible for the development and implementation of worldwide network and pricing and revenue management strategy for the group Air France KLM. He is also in charge of various joint venture and alliance activities of the group (Delta, China Southern, Etihad/Alitalia, Kenya Airways). Besides this, his scope includes responsibility for the group’s commercial distribution, worldwide sales and service centres and commercial innovation through system development. 
Pieter Bootsma was board member of Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO, Washington, USA from 2004 until 2009). 
In July 2020, he was appointed Chief Revenue Officer Air France-KLM. 
Pieter Bootsma chaired the Commercial Committee, which oversees the direction of all shared commercial activity at the Air France-KLM Group. 
Since September 2022, he is appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer.

Oltion Carkaxhija holds a Master degree from Loyola College in Maryland (USA) with a specialization in International business. 
He joined Air Canada in 2008 as an analyst in the Finance Department where he held several positions for 8 years. 
In 2016, he became Director Strategy Network and fleet Planning within the Network Planning team. 
In September 2018, Oltion joined AFKLM Group as VP Corporate Planning with particular focus on industrial relations then he became SVP Group Transformation. 
Since October 1st 2020, he has been appointed Executive Vice President - Transformation to further strengthen the Group competitiveness. 

A graduate of the Technical University of Delft and the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, Constance Thio started her career at KLM in 1994 as a cabin crew member.

In the years following, she has held various positions in Commercial and Marketing domains at KLM and Transavia, before joining the Air France-KLM Group in 2010 as Director, Air France-KLM Liaison Office, then as Director, Human Resources Strategy, and then as VP Sustainability & Compliance.

She has been Senior Vice President, Human Resources of the Air France-KLM Group since February 2021.

Since December 21, 2022, she has been appointed Group  Executive Vice President Human Resources and Sustainability.

A graduate of X-Ensae-Sciences Po, Pierre-Olivier Bandet has held various positions within Air France and Air France-KLM, notably in the Network, Marketing, Crew Planning and Cargo Departments.

In 2013 he was appointed Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO of Air France, and in 2014 Executive Vice President, Public Affairs.

He then took the position of Executive Vice President, Fleet scheduling before being appointed Chairman and CEO of Hop! on July 1, 2019

Since January 1st 2023, he has been appointed Executive Vice President Air France-KLM Information Systems.

Alexandre Boissy is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.

He joined Air France in 1999 where he successively held the positions of consultant, manager, and head of Operational Research until 2014.

From 2014 to 2016, he became Head of Operational Research at Air France-KLM.

In 2016, he was appointed Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO of Air France-KLM and Secretary to the Group Executive Committee.

From 2018 to 2022, he became Deputy General Secretary and Chief of Staff to the Chairman of Air France - KLM, as well as Director of Communications, Customer Research and Group Brand Strategy.

On 18 May 2022, he was appointed permanent representative of Air France-KLM on the Air France Board of Directors.

Since December 21, 2022, he has been Secretary General of the Air France-KLM Group.