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Appointments: Guy ZACKLAD, CEO of servair and Sébastien BURNIER, President of Southern Europe and Africa for gategroup

PressCorporateNovember 2024

Paris, 4th November 2024

As part of its drive to expand in the Southern Europe and Africa (SEA) region, gategroup announces the appointment of Guy Zacklad as Managing Director of servair & subsidiaries, responsible for catering and cleaning activities in mainland France, overseas territories and Africa.

Servair will report to gategroup’s Southern Europe and Africa (SEA) region, headed by Sébastien Burnier, who will retain his position as Chief Operating Officer of gategroup and member of the Group Executive Committee.

Guy ZACKLAD

About Guy Zacklad: Guy Zacklad has held several management positions at Air France, most recently as Director of the CDG Hub and Ground Operations. Prior to joining Air France, he held positions in the French civil service, notably as Senior Advisor to the Minister of Employment and to the Minister of Industry.  

Guy Zacklad is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure in mathematics and a Corps des Mines engineer. 

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About Sébastien Burnier: Prior to joining gategroup, Sebastien Burnier worked for the SATS group, where he was in charge of operations, transformation and the roll-out of operational excellence and team cohesion initiatives. Over the past 20 years, Sébastien Burnier has held management positions in the fields of quality, supply chain and, more generally, operations management. 

He holds an engineering degree from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris and is certified in production and logistics management by the Association For Supply Chain Management.

Servair press contacts 

Alice Aroulanda – + 33 6 31 57 16 60 – alice.aroulanda@servair.fr 

Boris Eloy – +33 6 14 08 61 41 – boris.eloy@servair.fr  

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Depuis plus de 50 ans, servair – membre de gategroup* – est un acteur majeur du catering aérien et du food service en France et en Afrique. Grâce à l’expertise de ses 10 500 collaborateurs à travers le monde, servair répond à tous les besoins de ses clients : plus de 100 compagnies aériennes et 300 clients food service. Au fil des années, servair a fait de son identité culinaire une priorité stratégique et s’est associée aux plus grands chefs du monde pour élaborer des menus qui séduisent les papilles. Ce développement s’est toujours fait dans le respect de ses collaborateurs, de ses fournisseurs et de l’environnement, dans les territoires et communautés dans lesquels servair opère.

*gategroup est le leader mondial de la restauration aérienne, des ventes à bord ainsi que des produits et services d’accueil. Il garantit aux passagers des expériences culinaires et de vente au détail de qualité supérieure, en misant sur l’innovation et les solutions technologiques de pointe. Basé à Zurich, en Suisse, gategroup offre une excellence opérationnelle grâce au réseau de restauration le plus étendu de l’industrie de l’aviation, servant plus de 700 millions de passagers chaque année à travers plus de 200 unités dans plus de 60 pays/territoires sur tous les continents.

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For over 50 years, servair – a member of gategroup* – has been a major player in airline catering and food service in France and Africa. Thanks to the expertise of its 10,500 employees worldwide, servair meets all its customers’ needs: over 100 airlines and 300 food service customers. Over the years, servair has made its culinary identity a strategic priority, partnering with the world’s greatest chefs to create menus that seduce the taste buds. This development has always been respectful of its employees, suppliers and the environment, in the territories and communities where servair operates.

*gategroup is the global leader in airline catering, retail-on-board and hospitality products and services. They provide passengers with superior culinary and retail experiences, leveraging innovation and advanced technology solutions. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, gategroup delivers operational excellence through the most extensive catering network in the aviation industry, serving more than 700 million passengers annually from over 200 operating units in over 60 countries/territories across all continents.

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