SINCE JANUARY 2014, SOPHIE GELBERT HAS SERVED AS GENERAL counsel and secretary of the board for Air France, one of the largest airlines in Europe.

As a result of a 2004 merger with the Dutch airline KLM, Air France became part of the Air France Group. The group operates the leading long-haul network on departures from Europe. In 2016, its network carried 93.4 million passengers, Gelbert notes.