Philippe Pailliart elected president of France générosités

After six years as president of France générosités, Pierre Siquier handed over the role to Philippe Pailliart during its General Assembly on May 16.

Pierre Siquier says:

“I’ve been extremely proud to be the president of France générosités for all these years. We’ve been through many storms, tax problems and health crises, but we’ve always faced them together and acted to raise awareness and recognition of the undeniable role of generosity in our society. Philippe Pailliart has the ideal experience to enable France générosités to carry out its mission and ensure its development. As a man of values and convictions, Philippe will be able to face the many challenges that are coming up.”

New president Philippe Pailliart comments:

“Honoured by the confidence of France générosités’ Board, I am proud to succeed Pierre Siquier, whose efficient presidency will be a great source of inspiration for me. My roadmap is clear: to deploy our 2023-2028 strategic plan, which includes institutionalizing a more regular dialogue with public authorities, promoting generosity in all its forms, and raising public awareness and educating children about generosity. These are collective challenges that we will take up with our partners of the Coalition Générosité. We will also need to take our full place within ESS France and the European Fundraising Association, in order to influence French and European debates.”

Pailliart is now president of the Union Council of France générosités, which is made up of 15 organizations and led by a Board composed of:

– Vice-presidents: Fondation de France (represented by Axelle Davezac, CEO) and French Red Cross (represented by Laurent Amiand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs)

– Treasurers: Aides (represented by Marc Dixneuf, CEO) and Le Fonds Social Juif Unifié (represented by Richard Odier, CEO)

– Secretaries: La Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale-FRM (represented by Benjamin Pruvost, President) and La Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires (represented by Laurence Champier, Federal Director)

As Pierre Siquier before him, Philippe Pailliart comes from the communication sector. He was the president of major corporate communications agency Burson-Marsteller for almost 20 years, leading its transformation into Burson-Marsteller I&E in 2012 following the acquisition of the I&E agency, and then, in 2018, into BCW following the merger with Cohn&Wolfe. Prior to this, he was director of communications in the private sector, and spent the first 15 years of his professional life in public service and in politics.