Jean Todt is the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety since April 2015. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Peace Institute (IPI) and the Chairman of the SUU Foundation.

He is the former President of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), first elected to this post in October 2009 and was re-elected in 2013 and 2017 until 2021.

Between 2006 and 2009, Todt was Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari.

Prior to that, he held senior level positions overseeing racing and sporting activities at Ferrari and PSA Peugeot Citroën Group. He started his career in 1966 as a rally co-driver, which he ended in 1981, when he won the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers with a Talbot Lotus.

Todt also devotes his time to several charitable causes as one of the Founders and Vice-President of the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière (ICM), an institute devoted to medical research for brain and spinal cord disorders.

Todt received the Humanitarian of the Year Award by the United Nations Association of New York in 2016 and is a recipient of the Grand-croix de la Légion d’Honneur.

Born in 1946 in Pierrefort, France, Todt studied economics, business, and marketing at the Ecole des Cadres in Paris.

He has one son, a grandson, and shares his life with Oscar-winning actress, film producer and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Michelle Yeoh.

Sessions

• Opening Plenary: Enhancing Transport Resilience to Global Shocks: From Crisis to Positive Transformation

          Wednesday 21 May, 13:30-15:00