« Aujourd’hui l’Europe arrive à un moment critique de son histoire, et la qualité des relations franco-allemandes est plus importante que jamais. Nous souhaitons y contribuer d’une manière
concrète en rapprochant les entreprises des deux côtés du Rhin, et en étant force de proposition vis-à-vis de nos deux gouvernements,
sur des sujets qui touchent directement la vie des entreprises, comme le syndicalisme ou l’apprentissage, mais aussi sur des sujets
comme la jeunesse, ou encore la recherche. », a déclaré Christian Streiff après son élection.
2014/today:
• acting as a business angel in start ups (Optireno, Expliseat, Zeplug)
• Vice-President of Safran
• Member of boards (Crédit Agricole, ThyssenKrupp, Bridgepoint)
• President of the Cefa (french-german economic club)
2009/2013 : recovery from a stroke. (No consequences today)
2006/2009: CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën
(Sales 50bn €, 200 000 employees)
• Peugeot/Citroën/DS
• Banque PSA Finances, the group’s bank
• Faurecia, a leading automotive supplier
• Gefco, a leading transportation company
2006: CEO of Airbus
(Sales 20bn€, 70 000 employees)
2004 / 2005: Deputy CEO, Saint-Gobain Group
(Sales 33bn€, 180,000 employees, operating in 60 countries)
26 years all-round experience inside Saint-Gobain
• 2001 / 2003: President, High Performance Materials sector
(Ceramics, plastics, abrasives; sales €M 4,000, Boston )
• 1997 / 2000 : President, Pipe division
( Iron pipe systems/distribution, sales €M 1,200, Headquarters Nancy)
• 1994 / 1996: General manager, Saint-Gobain Emballage
(Glass Packaging, Paris, sales €M600)
• 1991 / 1993 : General Manager, Vetrerie Italiane Spa
(Glass Packaging, sales €M300, Italy)
• 1988 / 1990 : General Manager, Gevetex GmbH
(Glass fiber for electronics, €M 150 , Germany)
• 1985 / 1988 : Plant Manager, Gevetex, 1000 employees
• 1982 / 1984 : VP Corporate Planning, Glass Fiber Division, Chambéry
• 1979/1982: engineer, then manufacturing manager : Halbergerhütte (Automotive foundry, 1200 employees in manufacturing, Germany)
1978/1979: military service in the French Airforce
1975/1978: Ecole des Mines de Paris (Ranking number 1)
Experience
1- Managed conglomerates, with a broad background in industry and technology:
• Automotive foundry (3 years) – Glass fibers (9 years)
Packaging (5 years) – Water pipes (5 years)
Ceramics, Plastics and Abrasives (ex-Norton, 3 years),
Automotive and airspace industry (4 years)
2- Built in team work and managed big “enterprise projects”:
• SG5 for the Saint-Gobain group (2004)
• Power 8 for Airbus (launch in 2006, still alive 7 years later…)
• CAP 2010 for Peugeot-Citroën
3- Broad international experience:
• Lived and managed 10 years in Germany, 3 years in Italy ; English, German, Italian, spoken fluently ; network of top European executives.
• Two years’ experience in the US : 2001/2003, 14 000 people in 100 sites
• Experience in the UK (Stanton), Japan (Nippon Electric, Kubota, Mitsubishi), China (Xingxing, DongFeng Peugeot), India (Electrosteel), Brazil (Barbara, PSA Peugeot Citroen),
Saudi Arabia (SG), Marocco and Mexico (Safran)
4- Long experience with social partners and trade unions:
• Hands-on experience of “Mitbestimmung” in Germany
• Cultural change in Saint-Gobain Emballage and SEPR (CGT)
• Restructuring :
- Pont-à-Mousson, France (CFDT)
- Vetri, Italy (CGIL)
- Desmarquest , Montreuil ( CGT, 2002/2003).
• Dealings with the “Union of Auto Workers” (UAW) in the US
5- Experience with and within boards:
• Worked under the board of Airbus (complex…), Peugeot (family), and SG
• Board member of Thyssen-Krupp AG (2004/15) and Continental AG (2004/2006)
• Board member of a private equity company: Bridgepoint (UK)
6- Deep experience with governments:
• Chinese government, with Pont-à-Mousson, Airbus and PSA
• French government, during the car industry crisis in 2008/2009.
• German, british, and spanish government as CEO of Airbus.
7- Various:
Two books published: “Kriegspiel”, novel, 2000, and “J’étais un homme pressé”, essay, 2014
Sailing, hiking (Strasbourg-Nice in 2015), flying (Mooney), diving.