Protect the Guardians of Notre-Dame
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 October 2016.
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 has been distinguished in 2025 as Officer of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture and he has been awarded also in 2025 the Lafayette Washington Medal of French American Cultural diplomacy by the French American Cultural Foundation for his contribution to the Notre-Dame de Paris restoration.
He is married and is the proud father of four sons and two daughters and grandfather of three granddaughters.
