Ross McINNES

Bio

Born in 1954, Ross McInnes earned a degree from Oxford and also studied in France. He started his career in 1977 with Kleinwort Benson in London, then in Rio de Janeiro. In 1980 he joined Continental Bank (now Bank of America) as Vice President in corporate finance, with assignments in Chicago and Paris. He was named Chief Financial Officer of Eridania Beghin-Say in 1991, and was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1999. The following year, Ross McInnes moved to Thomson-CSF (now Thales) as Executive Vice President and CFO, playing a major role in the company’s transformation. In 2005 he joined PPR (now Kering) as Executive Vice President for Finance and Strategy, before joining the Supervisory Board of Générale de Santé in 2006. From 2007 until 2009, Ross McInnes was Vice Chairman of Macquarie Capital Europe, specialized in infrastructure investments. In 2009, Ross McInnes joined Safran as Executive Vice-President, Economic and Financial Affairs in June of that year. In April 2011, he became Deputy Chief Executive Officer. In April 23, 2015, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Safran. Ross McInnes is a Non-Executive Director of Eutelsat, Engie and of Lectra. In February 2015, Ross McInnes was appointed by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Special Representative for Economic Relations with Australia, within the scope of France’s economic diplomacy policy. In October 2017, the French Prime Minister appointed Ross McInnes co-chairman of the “Action Publique 2022” committee, charged with proposing public policy reforms. On January 1st, 2018 he was appointed Trustee of the IFRS Foundation. In October 2018, the French Prime Minister entrusted him with the mission of promoting France to companies in the non financial sector, established in the United Kingdom, who are considering their future outside the European Union.