Jean Todt was formerly Peugeot Talbot Sport’s Director and then Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 team principal, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari from 2004 to 2008.
In October 2009, he was elected President of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), and he was re-elected in 2013 and 2017.Under his leadership, Peugeot won 4 World Rally Championship titles (drivers and manufacturers), won the Paris-Dakar Rally 4 times, and twice won the Le Mans 24 Hours. During his time in charge, Ferrari won 14 Formula One World Championship titles (drivers and manufacturers).
It is also under his leadership that Michael Schumacher won five consecutive World Drivers’ Championships, from 2000 to 2004, and obtained 72 of his 91 victories.In 2015, Todt was appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as its Special Envoy for Road Safety.