Background
Senard is the son of a diplomat who grew up in numerous embassies around the world.
Senard is the son of a diplomat who grew up in numerous embassies around the world.
Senard attended the Hautes Etudes Commerciales (Higher Education Commission) in Paris where he completed his education with an Master of Arts in law, before commencing his ascent through the ranks of France’s leading corporates.
On May 11, 2012, he succeeded Michel Rollier as chief executive officer of the Michelin tire company after joining the company as Chief Financial Officer in 2005. Senard is the first Michelin Chief Executive Officer not related to the Michelin family. Early He started his career with various financial and operational management jobs at the oil company Total South America between 1979 and 1987.
In 1987, Jean-Dominique Senard joined the management of the treasury of Saint-Gobain.
In March 2005, he joined Michelin as its Chief Financial Officer and executive council member. He then also served as head of financial affairs, legal services, plans and results.
Michelin announced in November 2014 that Senard would continue as the managing general partner for the company following a meeting of the firm’s board of directors on October 6, 2014. His term of office was renewed for four years and will expire in the first half of 2019, at the close of the annual shareholders’ meeting.
He then moved to construction materials group Saint-Gobain where he remained for nine years before joining aluminium conglomerate Pechiney in 1996 as Chief Financial Officer and a member of its executive committee. When the mining firm Alcan launched a takeover bid for Pechiney in 2003, Senard was appointed chairman and became a member of Alcan’s executive committee.