Draft:Barbara Dalibard
Barbara Dalibard ( born Barbara Marguerite Ploux 23 May 1958 Suresnes ), is a French business leader. She devoted the first 25 years of her career to the fields of information and communication technologies in France and internationally. From July 2016 to December 2021, she held the position of chief executive officer (CEO) of SITA .[1] She is a member of the French Academy of Technologies.
She was awarded knight of the Legion of Honour. [2][3]
Life
[edit]Barbara Dalibard is the granddaughter of Suzanne Ploux , MP for Finistère and Secretary of State to the Minister of National Education Joseph Fontanet (1973-1974), and Antoine Vourc'h , MP and Senator for Finistère. She is the daughter of Anne Vourc'h and Yves Ploux . She married Jean Dalibard. They have three children including the mathematician Anne-Laure Dalibard .
After studying at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris , she joined the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles in 1977. She is also a graduate engineer from the École nationale supérieure des télécommunications (ENST) and an honorary general engineer of the Corps des mines .
Barbara Dalibard spent a large part of her career at France Télécom . In particular, she was responsible for setting up the first French network, Renater , based on internet technology and service offerings using NICT .
In 1998, Barbara Dalibard headed Alcanet Internationa . She spent three years there, participating in the development of ADSL and 3G in France with the new telecom operators.
In 2001, she returned to the Orange group as director of the Orange enterprise market (mobiles) and was promoted to vice-president of the business solutions entity (SCE), which provided telecom and IT services to the largest multinationals in the world.
In 2010, Barbara Dalibard was appointed Managing Director of SNCF Voyages ,[4][5][6] She developed the digitization of ticketing, new passenger information applications, and the provision for smartphones.
In 2012, anticipating the opening of the bus market, Barbara Dalibard launched a new international long-distance bus service, iDBus . The following year, she launched Ouigo , the world's first low-cost TGV .
Under her leadership, SNCF is expanding its mobility offering and developing a door-to-door service for its customers, covering journeys from home to the final destination, acquiring the French short-distance carpooling specialist iDVroom .
She was appointed CEO of SNCF Voyageurs in 2014,[7][8]
Since May 2021, Barbara Dalibard has been Chair of the Supervisory Board of Michelin.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Barbara Dalibard named CEO of SITA". .sita.aero/.
- ^ www.legifrance.gouv.fr https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX1710669D. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
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- ^ Nouvelle, L'Usine (2009-12-16). "SNCF : Barbara Dalibard, ex-Orange, remplace Mireille Faugère" (in French).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Barbara Dalibard, DG de SNCF Voyages, doit mettre le TGV au carré". Capital.fr (in French). 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "Barbara Dalibard, l'impétrante innovante". L'Echo Touristique (in French). 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "Barbara Dalibard quitte la SNCF". L'Echo Touristique (in French). 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ Rédaction, La. "SNCF : Barbara Dalibard descend du train". TourMaG.com, le média spécialiste du tourisme francophone (in French). Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "The Michelin Group Supervisory Board | Michelin". www.michelin.com. Retrieved 2025-03-14.