Antoine Zacharias (Chairman from 2000 to 2006)
VINCI
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A graduate of engineering school ENSEEIHT, Antoine Zacharias held many management positions at Compagnie Générale des Eaux, where he spent most of his career. He was regional director at Lyon, and in charge of developing and monitoring the group's activities in Germany. He was appointed Deputy General Manager of CCGE in 1994 and member of the Vivendi Executive Board in 1995. Executive manager and Director of SGE since 1991, he was appointed chairman of the group in June 1997. In April 2000, he resigned from Vivendi when the latter reduced its interest in SGE to 17%. He was responsible for the VINCI's merger with GTM in 2000, which made VINCi the world leader in construction, concessions and related services.