OREANDA-NEWS. Alstom has appointed Jean-Francois Beaudoin as the Senior Vice President (SVP) of its Asia Pacific region. In this role, Jean-Francois Beaudoin will also become a member of Alstom’s Executive Committee.

Jean-Francois will lead the Asia-Pacific region which includes 12 active markets covering India, Australia, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Taiwan, Korea and the Philippines. The region employs close to 3,500 people and contributes nearly 11% of the Group’s turnover. At an average annual growth of 4.2%, Asia-Pacific is one of the fastest growing rail transport markets globally.

Jean-Francois joined the Alstom Group in Paris, France in 2007. Prior to his current appointment, he was the Managing Director of the Rolling Stock (RS) business for Alstom Transport Asia-Pacific. In this role, he has significantly contributed to the order backlog increase through key breakthroughs in the Australian, Indian and Chinese market and has significantly localised the footprint in the region. Before moving to Asia-Pacific, Jean-Fran?ois was acting as SVP Finance for the Alstom Transport sector.