Marlène Dolveck's father was a locomotive driver at SNCF and her mother a florist.[2]
In 1997, Marlène Dolveck earned a degree in Economic Engineering from the Toulouse Capitole University.[3] She resumed her studies in 2006, first completing a specialized master's degree in banking management at the École Supérieure de la Banque. She holds an Executive MBA from EDHEC Business School.[2]
Following a divorce, she remarried François Dolveck, an emergency physician and Director of the SAMU (emergency medical services) in Seine-et-Marne. She is the mother of four children.[2]
From 1997 to 2001, she taught economics and social sciences at Saint-Jean de Béthune and Le Bon Sauveur high schools in Versailles.[4]
From 2001 to 2007, she held operational roles in wealth management at Crédit Agricole and La Banque Postale.[2]
She later held various senior management positions within La Banque Postale. Eventually noticed by Philippe Wahl, she was appointed Head of Wealth Management at La Banque Postale, a position she held until 2017.[2][5]
From 2017 to 2019, she led the Omnichannel Banking Division for Personal Banking and Wealth Management at HSBC France, where she also joined the Executive Committee.[3]
In January 2020, she joined SNCF as CEO of SNCF Gares & Connexions, a subsidiary of the SNCF.[6][7] Her appointment coincided with the pension reform strikes and the onset of the COVID-19 crisis.[8][9] She was a member of the Presidents’ Committee and the Executive Committee of the SNCF Group. She also served as Chair of the Supervisory Board of AREP.[10] In January 2024, she was appointed Deputy CEO of the SNCF.[2]
She has dealt with the cost overruns in the renovation of Paris Gare du Nord train station. She filed a lawsuit against Ceetrus, SNCF’s partner in the project, and won a first-instance ruling in September 2023.[2][11][12][13]
In June 2025, she was appointed Executive Vice President, in charge of IT, Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Group R&D at CMA CGM.[1] In this role, she oversees information technology, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and research and development.[14]