Jean Rossi
Chief Operating Officer of VINCI Construction
Jean Rossi was born on 6 November 1949 at Brunoy, near Paris. In 1973, on graduating from ESTP, an engineering school in Paris, he joined Pradeau et Morin as a works engineer. In 1978, he became operations director and then managing director of Société Nancéienne d’Entreprise Générale (Sneg), a Caroni subsidiary in Nancy. He moved to Sobea, which later became Sogea, as director of building and civil engineering (1983), regional director (1988), director in charge of the north of France (1991) and chief operating officer (1996). He became chairman of Sogea Construction in 2001. Jean Rossi has been chairman of VINCI Construction France since 1 January 2007. He became Chief Operating Officer of VINCI Construction in June 2007.