DR. Michel Jonquères – Senior Advisor
Current titles:
- Honorary President – MEDEF Val d’Oise
- President – Comité CCE Val d’Oise
- President – Mevo International, CFA Affida, Adaetae
- Vice President – IESF Île-de-France, CY IUT
- Elected Member – CCI Val d’Oise
- Board Member – CY University Foundation, CYSup, EIDD
After obtaining his engineering degree from École Centrale de Lyon (1964) and serving in the Naval Aviation, Michel Jonquères began an international career with Groupe Hutchinson/Total in the elastomers industry. He spent fourteen years in South Africa (Johannesburg and Pretoria) before leading the Group’s Italian subsidiary near Milan. Returning to France, he became co-manager of the Joint Français in Val d’Oise, supervising several hundred employees.
Following his career, he devoted himself to supporting companies and their employees, serving for nearly twenty years as President of the Mouvement des entreprises du Val d’Oise (now MEDEF Val d’Oise) and several training organizations. In 2023, he earned a doctorate at CY Cergy Paris University with a thesis on individual well-being in the workplace. He is also a Foreign Trade Advisor of France and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
He is the author of the book “Le Bien-être individuel en entreprise”, based on his doctoral thesis at CY Cergy Paris University. The book highlights concrete actions and practical models to foster individual well-being in organizations, showing how companies can reconcile performance with human sustainability.
