Marie-Christine Lombard (born 1958) is a French business executive.[1] She was appointed CEO of Geodis in October 2012.[1] She is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Keolis. Since 2008, she also has been chairing the Coordinating Committee of Lyon Ville Entrepreneuriat, a network supporting business, start-ups, development and transfers for the Greater Lyon region.[1][2]
After obtaining a bachelor's degree in science, Lombard entered the French business school ESSEC and graduated in 1981.[3]
Lombard began her career in the United States as head of merchandising at the department stores chain Lord & Taylor.[4]
Between 1983 and 1986, Lombard was in charge of the department of multinationals at Chemical Bank in New York.[5]
Lombard then joined Paribas: first in Corporate Finance, from 1986 to 1988, and later in the M&A department (1988-1991). In 1991, Paribas appointed her Regional Delegate for international mergers and acquisitions, a position she held until 1992, and branch Deputy Director in Lyon (1991-1993).
Lombard left Paribas and the banking sector to join TPG Group, the leading express mail, parcel and documents delivery, renamed TNT in 2005.[6] Subsequently, she became CEO (1999-2003) then Chairwoman and CEO of the subsidiary Jet Services, which became TNT Express France in 2002. In 2004, she was appointed CEO of the Express group division[6] and member of TNT Executive board. In May 2011, she took up a new position as Chairwoman and CEO of TNT Express NV,[7] a position from which she resigned in September 2012.[8]
In October 2012, Lombard was appointed CEO of Geodis, following a proposal by Pierre Blayau, Chairman of the group. In December 2013, she was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of Geodis.
