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Marc Houalla
Born
Marc Houalla

(1961-02-10) 10 February 1961 (age 63)[1]
NationalityFrench
CitizenshipFrench
EducationAerospace engineer
MBA
Alma materÉcole nationale de l'aviation civile
HEC Paris
OccupationDirector-General of Orly Airport
EmployerDirection Générale de l'Aviation Civile
Known forDirector-General of the École nationale de l'aviation civile[2]
PredecessorGérard Rozenknop
SuccessorOlivier Chansou
Children2 children

Marc Houalla was born on 10 February 1961 at Rueil-Malmaison,[3] is a French public servant. From the 28th November 2008[4] to October 2017, he has been the director-general of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation university).[5] From November 2017, he is the CEO of Orly Airport[6].

Biography

A graduate from the ENAC (IÉNAC L82) and holder of a MBA from HEC Paris (1990), he began his career in 1985 as an engineer at the civil aviation department of Canada.[1] In 1987 he became project manager at the technical service of air navigation in Paris in 1992 and then head of the technical and financial departments of the service d'exploitation de la formation aéronautique in Paris and Muret.[7] During the same period, he was also management control teacher at ESCP Europe and HEC Paris.

In 1996, he joined SOFREAVIA as economic and financial consultant. Two years later, he returned to DGAC as operations manager in Toulouse.[8]

From 2003 to 2006 he was director of the Marseille Provence Airport. In 2006, he becomes director of SEFA[9] before being appointed at the head of the École nationale de l'aviation civile.[10][11] Since November 2017, he is CEO of Orly Airport and honorary President of ENAC Alumni[12].

Since September 2013, Marc Houalla is Chevalier (knight) of the National Order of Merite.[13]

Bibliography

  • Académie nationale de l'air et de l'espace and Lucien Robineau, Les français du ciel, dictionnaire historique, Le Cherche midi, June 2005, 782 p. (ISBN 2-7491-0415-7)

References