THE HONORARY COMMITTEE

Alain DELOCHE

Founder and former President of La Chaîne de l'Espoir 

World-renowned cardiac surgeon, he was in 2000 and 2010 at the head of the cardiovascular pole of the Georges Pompidou European Hospital. 

Co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières and co-founder of Médecins du Monde, of which he was president from 1984 to 1987, he created in 1994 La Chaîne de l'Espoir to come to the aid of children unjustly condemned because of their place of birth. 

His objective, through La Chaîne de l'Espoir, has always been to share medical knowledge. 

Today, he focuses on two major hospital projects in Senegal and the Republic of Congo. 

Francine LECA

Founder of Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque 

Francine Leca, a pioneer of cardiac surgery in France, was the first woman to become a cardiac surgeon in France and head of the cardiac surgery department at the Necker Hospital in Paris until 2006, 

In 1996, she founded the association Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque - Enfants du monde. Her objective is to help and save children with heart defects who live in countries where they cannot be operated on and whose parents cannot finance the operation. 

"People often ask me why I used the word "patronage". Well, we talk about patrons for works of art... a child's heart is also a work of art." 

She was the third woman to be awarded by the Courtin family and the Clarins group and has received numerous other decorations, including the Legion of Honor in 1995. 

Bertrand PICCARD

Initiator with Brian Jones in 1999 of the Winds of Hope Foundation, a humanitarian foundation whose aim is to help children who are victims of war, disaster, disease, or conflict. 

It is particularly concerned with fighting the ignored or forgotten sufferings of these children. Its first objective is the elimination of noma. 

Aeronaut and initiator of the "Solar Impulse" project 

As an aviator and aviator, he took up challenges considered impossible: 

He accomplished the first non-stop round-the-world balloon flight 

He initiated the "Solar Impulse" solar airplane project with which he linked Europe to Africa without a single drop of fuel. 

As a physician and psychiatrist, he draws from his training in hypnosis and his interest in oriental philosophies a different perspective that puts the human being and the quality of life in the foreground. 

As a communicator, he is striking in the way he never opposes extremes and instead seeks to build bridges to develop synergies. 

Through his books, conferences, interviews, and political meetings, he strives to promote a humanist vision that leaves a lot of room for pioneering spirit and innovation in everyday life. 

Alexandre DE NAVAILLES

Chairman of Hertz France until June 2020 

Since June 2020, he is Managing Director of KEDGE Business School.

Patrick GANDIL

Director-General of Civil Aviation from October 2007 to September 2020. 

He was appointed "Conseiller d'Etat en service extraordinaire". 

The DGAC groups together all the State services responsible for regulating and supervising air safety, air transport, and civil aviation activities in general.  

Actor of prevention, the DGAC's mission is to ensure not only the safety and well-being of people but also the preservation of the environment, 

He gave us good advice in obtaining our Air Transport Certificate  

Louis LE PORTZ

An engineer from ENSICA, Louis Le Portz has been Chairman and CEO of companies within the Crouzet, Thalès, and Safran groups, and then General Commissioner of the International Paris Air Show until 2011. 

A private pilot since and member of the Aero-Club of France since 1970, he was elected President of the Aero-Club of France in March 2012. 

President of 3AF on September 18, 2019. Created in 1972, 3AF (Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France) is the French learned society of Aeronautics and Space. 

From 1965 to 2005: Career as a design office engineer to Chairman and CEO of three aeronautical equipment groups: CROUZET, THOMSON, SNECMA. 

From July 2003 to July 2011: General Commissioner of the Paris Air Show. 

From 2005 to 2010: President of VIGNAL-ARTRU INDUSTRIES. 

Since 2011: President of PACK'AERO. 

President of the "General Aviation" commission of the Aero-Club of France from 1977 to 1983. 

Secretary-General of the Aero-Club of France from 1978 to 1983 and from 2003 to 2005. 

Awards: Knight of the Legion of Honor. Knight of the National Order of Merit. Medal of Aeronautics in 1982. Medal of the Aero-Club of France in 1996. Fellow of the Royal Aeronautica. 

Thomas JUIN

May 2017, Thomas Juin has just been elected president of the UAF (Union of French Airports) for 3 years. 

UAF gathers more than 150 members, and its main mission is to defend and promote the interests of the French airport community with French and European decision-makers. 

UAF is an associate member of the Fédération Nationale de l'Aviation Marchande (FNAM) and of the Airports Council International (ACI Europe). 

Jean-Michel VERNHES

Chairman of the Board of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport 

He is also President of the Association of French-speaking Airports (ALFA-ACI), from October 2008 to October 2011. 

In May 2011, he was elected for 3 years as President of the Union of French Airports. 

Jean-Michel VERNHES has a long and distinguished career at the Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile. 

In January 1999, he joined Toulouse-Blagnac Airport as Director of the Airport Concession. 

From 1993 to 1998, he successively held the positions of Deputy Director of Navigation and Head of Human Resources in Paris. 

In June 2002, Jean-Michel VERNHES was appointed Director of General Services at the Toulouse Chamber of Commerce and Industry and continues to fulfill his mission as Chairman of the Board of Toulouse Blagnac Airport, a company created on March 23, 2007. 

In September 2009, he decided to devote himself entirely to the Toulouse-Blagnac airport and his functions as Chairman of the Board. 

Adriana DOMERGUE

President of the French Association of Women Pilots President of the French Association of Women Pilots, she actively participates in the development of sport and leisure aviation and organizes aeronautical events and air shows. She was also elected regional president of the French Association of Women Pilots in Franche Comté. Member of the board of directors of the AEROCLUB de France, she organizes the creation of structures for the discovery of air sports for the benefit of associations of handicapped people as well as the creation of structures in favor of underprivileged youth. 

Dominique CANTIEN- Producer 

After studying journalism in Paris, she joined the entertainment department of RTL. It was there that in 1979, she met one of the station's leading presenters: Michel Drucker, whom she has never left. 

In 1987, TF1 was privatized and she was appointed Director of Variety, then Director of Entertainment. 

With her team, Dominique Cantien invents and produces new successful programs. 

She will install in the French television landscape all the new hosts: Nagui, Christophe Dechavanne, Arthur, Antoine de Caunes, Eric Galliano, Jean-Luc Reichmann, etc. 

With Nicolas Hulot, who was her partner for eight years, she launched Ushuaïa. 

She left TF1 in 1994 to become the Artistic Director of Creation on France 2, then Program Director of RMC before creating her own production company in 1998 with producer Tim Newman, with whom she continues to produce numerous programs including Michel Drucker's "Specials". 

Dominique was the driving force behind "La Nuit des héros de la santé". 

Jean-Cyrille GIRARDIN

Director of partnerships at Alipay