A simple parenthesis before departing abroad

Would France be a little too narrow for him At forty-eight years old, Marie - Joseph Malé did in spent that thirteen in our borders, including the last two years at Roissy as a member of the staff of Air France-KLM. Deputy Director General in charge of the audit and internal control, this civil engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées there will be deepened his knowledge of the Organization and operation of a multinational. But the desire to return to the business began to be felt. In early April, his appointment as Director General of SkyTeam allowed him to complete his suitcases and start the adventure. Destination: Amsterdam, the city chosen for headquarters of the alliance of Air France-KLM and Delta high today of nine Airlines (in addition to the already cited three, Aeroflot, Aeromexico, Alitalia, China Southern, CSA Czech Airlines and Korean).

Warm and easy contact

Although the logistical support is not quite what he had in his previous position the new entity of management centralized of the alliance, which will be run 20 collaborators, for the time being reduced to temporary premises and a Dutch Assistant, this new expatriation should not pose too many problems to this citizen of the world in warm and easy contact. A native to South-East of the India family (his father is from Pondicherry, mother of Madras), Marie-Joseph Malé was born in Cameroon and grew up in Madagascar, before being admitted in Mole at Louis-le-Grand and then at Polytechnique. After his release from the X, he had with travel by taking advantage of his tuition at the school of bridges for an internship of one year in Niamey and a master's degree at MIT in Boston, then both in the field of urban transport.

Debut at UTA soon see it evolve into marketing functions and commercial, is again oriented offshore. Sent to Rome as delegate Italy to the South at the end of the absorption of UTA in the new package Air France, he joined then the team of Dominique Patry in the direction of international relations before managing a number of lines flagship in Asia from Paris: Japan, India, Korea, New Caledonia. In 1996, he flies to Hong Kong to support the sales and marketing throughout the Asia-Pacific area. Despite the crisis that rocked the region from 1997, the time is to conquer market share after the return to equilibrium concocted by Christian Blanc plan. Marie-Joseph Malé does not sleep often in him: he spent four days travelling across Asia. Efforts culminating in his appointment in 1998 as a patron of the Asia-Pacific region. Four years later, he returned to France to take the reins of the Air France Consulting subsidiary and Amadeus France Services. A simple parenthesis before departing abroad.

In 2003, in full "french bashing", globetrotting is indeed sent to New York as Director General of Air France in the United States. Negative years in business, but also diplomatic terms: with the Veterans operation, the airline contributed to the warming of relations between Paris and Washington. Jean-David Levitte, then Ambassador to the United States, seems to have kept a good memory of him. It is even split a congratulatory e-mail when he learned his appointment in SkyTeam.