Didier Cazelles joins Getlink as Deputy CEO of Eurotunnel

Didier Cazelles joined the Group on October 1st as Deputy Chief Executive of Eurotunnel. In this role, he will be a member of Getlink’s Executive Committee.

Didier Cazelles will report to Yann Leriche, Chief Executive Officer of the Group and Chief Executive Officer of Eurotunnel.

Didier Cazelles has extensive experience in the transport sector, both in field operations and in team management.

He began his career at SNCF in 1992, where he spent more than 20 years climbing the ranks. He held operational and then managerial positions as Director of Departmental Operations for the Oise department (1998-2000), then Director of Passenger Sales (2006-2007), Director of the SNCF Paris-Est Region (2008-2009). In 2009, he was appointed Chief of Staff to the Chairman of SNCF, before becoming Director of Operations for the High-Speed Trains Division in 2010.

In 2013, he joined the Elior Group as Head of Motorways and Leisure for Northern Europe, where he was in charge of catering across all tourist service areas.

In 2019, he returned to the transport sector as Deputy Managing Director of the Regions for the Keolis Group.