Photo credit (banner): Maxime Huriez / SNCF Past Chairmen of SNCF Retrace our history through the roles played by our chairmen through the years. 1938-1949 1949-1975 1975-1988 1988-1995 1995-2019 Updated on 15 November 2019 1938-1949 Photo credits: © SNCF Pierre Guinand Our first Chairman Learn more Photo credits: © SNCF Pierre-Eugène Fournier The dark years Learn more Photo credits: © SNCF Marcel Flouret Reconstruction Learn more 1949-1975 Photo credits: © SNCF Pierre Tissier Modernization gathers pace Learn more Photo credits: © SNCF Louis Armand Innovation lifts off Learn more Photo credits: © SNCF André Ségalat Revolution Learn more 1975-1988 Photo credits: © SNCF Jacques Pélissier Corail for comfort Learn more Photo credits: © SNCF André Chadeau The first TGV Learn more Photo credits: © SNCF Philippe Essig TER regional express Learn more 1988-1995 Photo credits: © SNCF Philippe Rouvillois The weight of responsibility Learn more Photo credits: © SNCF Jacques Fournier TGV Atlantique line Learn more Photo credits: © SNCF Jean Bergougnoux Eurostar Learn more 1995-2019 Loïk Le Floch-Prigent TGV Duplex Learn more Louis Gallois New energy Learn more Anne-Marie Idrac Reform Learn more Photo credits: © Brigitte Baudesson Guillaume Pepy Going global Learn more Photo credits Open Close Photo credit (banner): © Maxime Huriez / SNCF