Francis Pollet
Francis Pollet | |
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Born |
Pollet 5th of May 1964 Roubaix |
Residence | France |
Nationality | French |
Citizenship | French |
Education | Fighter pilot |
Alma mater | École de l'air |
Occupation | Director-General of the Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées |
Employer | IONIS Education Group |
Known for | Director-General of the École de l'air and of the Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées |
Predecessor | Hervé Renaudeau |
Children | 3 |
Francis Pollet (born 5 May 1964 at Roubaix), is a French professor and General officer.[1] Since March 2017, he is the director-general of the Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées (French private aerospace university).
Biography
Graduate from the École de l'air (promotion 1985), Francis Pollet started his career as a fighter pilot and cargo pilot where he performed more than 100 missions. Then, he became pilot for the French government and more specifically for the Prime Minister Lionel Jospin and the President Jacques Chirac on Dassault Falcon 900 and Airbus Corporate Jet.[2]
After that, he has done a 15-year career in human resources and operational activities. He has been aeronautical advisory for 4 Ministry of Defense (Hervé Morin, Alain Juppé, Gérard Longuet and Jean-Yves Le Drian).[3]
The 1st of September 2003, he is nominated general director of the École de l'air where he managed the digital transformation[4] by creating the MOOC in air defense.[5] In March 2017, he becomes CEO of the Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées, a French grande école in aeronautical and space engineering.
Francis Pollet is General officer.[6]
Bibliography
- Académie nationale de l'air et de l'espace and Lucien Robineau, Les français du ciel, dictionnaire historique, Le Cherche midi, June 2005, 782 p. ( ISBN 2-7491-0415-7)
Distinctions
References
- ↑ (in French)Le général Francis Pollet prend le commandement des EOAA
- ↑ (in French)IPSA 3.0
- ↑ (in French)Biographie du général de division aérienne Francis Pollet
- ↑ (in French)[Ecole de l'air : modernisation de son enseignement on YouTube]
- ↑ (in French)Compréhension de l'arme aérienne
- ↑ (in French)[Interview du général Francis Pollet on YouTube]