Women's Day Lunch

Gwendoline Cazenave, 53, was appointed CEO of Eurostar Group on 1 October 2022. The group was created by the merger of Eurostar and Thalys to create a European champion of high-speed rail. As part of her mandate, Gwendoline Cazenave will integrate the two companies, with the ambition of carrying 30 million passengers by 2030. This growth and transformation plan aims to create a unique travel experience under a single brand.

Gwendoline Cazenave is the first woman to head a European railway company. An enthusiastic European, she is guided by the wish to connect five European countries and 250 million people ever more efficiently. As a committed leader, she wishes to contribute to the revolution of sustainable mobility by advancing rail as a responsible alternative to road and air travel.

She is a member of the Board of Tallano Technologies, a member of the Board of Union Financière de France (UFB), where she heads the Audit, Risks and Appointments Committee, and has just been appointed as a member of the Board of Irish Rail. She is also a mentor in the NGO Article 1, which works for equal opportunities for underprivileged youth.