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This is a picture of Michel Picaud, President of Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris
Michel Picaud
President

Michel Picaud is President of Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to raising funds to accelerate the restoration of the iconic Paris cathedral, a position he has held since its incorporation in 2017.  

Prior to that Michel served as COO for International Markets of the Demos Group, one of the main European learning and development companies, and as President and CEO of HR Access Solutions, a leading Human Resources software provider part of Fidelity Investments. Michel was also SVP for Orange Business Services/Equant, CEO of Alcatel Réseaux d'Entreprise. He worked for the Bosch Telecom Group in France and in Germany.  

He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique Paris, Mines ParisTech and Telecom ParisTech. He is married and is the proud father of four sons and two daughters and grandfather of two granddaughters. 

Jacques Puibaraud
Special Projects
Ron Ivey
Secretary
André Finot
Communications
Christian Chouffier
Controller

Board of Directors

Alain Herbinet
Andy Sieg
Bertrand Badré
Brigitte Moufflet
Carla Knorowski
Denis Duverne
Jean Chausse
Jean-David Levitte
Jean-Hugues Monier
Michael T. Davis
Nicholas L. Trivisonno
Robert Leblanc
Stéphan Le Cam
Wesley R. Johnson, Jr.

Special Advisor

Stephen Murray

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