About

Most of Franck Raimbault’s legal career has been dedicated to Air France, the French flag carrier airline. He joined the company headquarters in 1995 after his role as a researcher at the Université Panthéon Assas. In his first role he acted as an in-house lawyer for labour law, in charge of litigation on an individual and collective basis for all categories of staff. Soon after, in 1999, Raimbault became vice president of HR legal managing a team of four in-house lawyers. During a structural shift in 2007, he became the senior vice president for all HR legal matters, and currently leads a 13-strong team with an external budget of €2m. Raimbault’s successfully navigated challenges have included the 2014 pilot strike and the 2008 economic crisis that brought with it a change in the airline’s business model. Both matters were handled through creative solutions, lobbying where necessary and with outstanding leadership as he directed his team to ‘be more business oriented, more proactive and more solution finding than problem finding’. Having an excellent, close-knit relationship with the CEO and chairman of the board, Raimbault is able to play an instrumental role alongside the company during strategic planning. He has been part of some integral plans for the company, including the Air France Transform 2015 plan to reorganise the company structure and Perform 2020 which aspires to target 30% of labour productivity growth.