Salmon is a former chair of the board of telecommunications company OPT and chief executive of Air Tahiti Nui.
[1][2] In early 2009 he was arrested as part of a corruption investigation into state-owned telecommunications company OPT.
[6] He headed Tahoera'a Huiraatira's list for the 2018 French Polynesian legislative elections after party leader Gaston Flosse was barred from public office after being convicted of corruption.
[9] After being elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia, he was the party's candidate for president, but lost to Édouard Fritch, receiving only ten votes of 57.
[10] During the election campaign Salmon accused Fritch of vote-buying, and as a result was sued for defamation.