Maud Bailly

After graduating from École normale supérieure de Lettres et Sciences Humaines (2003), Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (2004) and École nationale d’Administration (2007), Maud Bailly began her career with the French government’s General Finance Inspectorate, where she carried out various audit engagements in France and abroad, notably for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

In 2011, she joined the SNCF, where she served as Director of Paris Montparnasse station and Deputy Director of TGV coordination for the Paris Rive Gauche area, and then Director of Trains. In 2015, she was appointed Head of the economic department at the French Prime Minister’s Office, responsible for budget, tax, industrial and digital affairs.

In 2017, she joined the AccorHotels group as Chief Digital Officer, sitting on the Executive Committee. Since October 2020 she has been CEO Southern Europe, heading up the Accor group’s operations in seven countries (France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Malta and Israel).