Interview: Michel Petitjean on life after ERA

Murray Pollok Managing Editor, IRN & Director of Content, KHL

28 August 2025

Long-time secretary general of the ERA, Michel Petitjean, retired from the association at the end of June after 19 years’ service. Murray Pollok caught up with him to ask about retirement, his life at ERA, and what comes next.

IRN: First, how do you feel about entering a new chapter in your career?

Michel Petitjean: I had time to prepare myself, because I knew that was going to happen for a year and a half. And so, I was not nervous, because it was just the right time for…

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