About

Guillaume Hecketsweiler was appointed general counsel at Air-France-KLM in 2014 and holds joint responsibility, alongside corporate secretary Jacques Le Pap, for implementing the group’s legal strategy and policies. Hecketsweiler began his in-house career in 2006 as senior legal counsel at Lafarge where he was responsible for corporate matters in Europe, Russia, CIS and Latin America. This exposure to cross-border legal work led him to the financial services sector where he served as general counsel and a member of the executive committee at Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement (FSI) and Banque Publique d’Investissement (Bpifrance). During his time at Bpifrance he oversaw legal matters relating to the funding of a diverse portfolio of blue chip clients in a number of sectors. Hecketsweiler is a well-known and respected member of the in-house community in France and has given a number of talks and lectures on legal topics. He has previously worked for major US law firms in Paris, London and New York.