Laure Angelin, 34, an ESSCA graduate (Class of 1998), has founded Leaseo, a sales structure whose core business is real estate transactions (rentals/sales) in the central-western area of Paris.
She was formerly Commercial Director at NAI Evolis, and Consultant at Jones Lang Lasalle (Paris and Moscow), as well at with Keops.
"Leaseo has chosen a web-based marketing and commercial strategy, and intends to rapidly develop new communication tools for users and owners, in particular via its www.leaseo.fr internet site." The Leaseo team is composed of Quentin Bera, 26, formerly with NAI Evolis, and Julie Arnault, formerly with Colony Capital and Canal+.
Xavier Diry, 36, an ESSCA graduate (Class of 1997), has been appointed Director of AutoContact France
After five years in used cars sales coaching for Ford and Volvo, Xavier joined AutoContact in 2004 as a Key Account Manager. Since 2008, he had been Commercial Director for the company in France.
Sébastien Mathieu, 26, currently a Master 2 student at ESSCA, Director of MK Finance
MK Finance was co-founded by Lionel Melka (33, Paris-Dauphine) and Patrice Klug (33, Paris Dauphine). Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Lionel Melka formerly worked with Lazard Frères and Calyon. His collegue, the President, worked at Aurel Leven, Matra and EY. They are supported in Paris by the Associate Director, Mathieu Lemesle (27, Paris-Dauphine), as well as by the Directors, Sébastien Mathieu (26, Master 2 student at ESSCA) and Marc lrisson (25, ESC-Toulouse, MBA Georgia State University). Finally, seven regional delegates work within the retail network, Daniel Loire in Orléans, Serge Lucet in Nantes, Michel Farcet in Bordeaux, Jacques-Henri Rieme in Toulouse, Rodolphe Muller in Strasbourg, Berlard Oriol in Lyon and Isabelle Tracoulat in Annecy. Alain Wolff manages the office in Geneva, and Eddie Yuan, the office in Shanghai.
Jérôme Agnola takes over eXo's Partner Relations Department
To support its growth and send a strong message to its partners, eXo has announced the appointment of Jérôme Agnola to the position of Partner Relations Director. A specialist in open source, integrated collaborative platforms and content management, the software publisher has asked him to extend its network of partners and contribute to its business development.An ESSCA graduate (Class of 1993), Jérôme Agnola is a specialist in product marketing, partner relations and business development. Prior to joining eXo, he worked with Neopost Group, a provider of mail management solutions, as well as the automation of postal deliveries, with turnover in excess of $1 billion.
After spending two years as a Market Research Manager with N. Schlumberger, Jérôme Agnola jointed Neopost Group as an International Product Manager. He was most recently the Senior Product Marketing Director for the company.
Thibault Champenois has been appointed Development Director for Seat SA's sales network
At the age of 43, and an ESSCA graduate (Class of 1989), Thibault Champenois has now been appointed the Development Director of Seat SA's sales network, a newly created position. He will report directly to the Commercial Vice-President (James Muir). After starting his career in sales management positions with PSA, he became Development Manager for European distributors with Toyota Europe in 2006.
Paul Le Bihan, a 55 year old native of the Finistère region, has just been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Sferen
Paul Le Bihan, a 55 year old native of the Finistère region and a former ESSCA student (Class of 1976), has just been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Sferen, which is a major mutual insurance company resulting from the recent merger of Maif, Macif and Matmut. Born in Plouzevédé, Paul Le Bihan progressively moved from the banking and insurance sector in various French regions to the insurance unit of the BPCE (Banque Populaire Caisse d'Epargne), which he joined in 2009. The new structure he will manage (at the latest, next September) is the leader in French car insurance, with more than 10 million clients and 20,000 employees. It represents total turnover of €9.2 billion. Sferen will rival Covea, another mutual insurer composed of the MAAF, MMA and GMF. "Our objective is to extend our membership offer, become more competitive and maintain well-positioned pricing".
Studies in Morlaix
After having studied in Morlaix, then at ESSCA, Paul Le Bihan started off his career in 1977 at the Crédit Agricole. He stayed at the "green bank" in the Brest branch and at the regional head office for the Finistère region in Quimper for a total of 10 years. He then became Development Director and Managing Director of Brest's Caisse d'Epargne before becoming a member of the Board of the Caisse d'Epargne for Brittany in Rennes after the two structures merged. With his 20 years of experience in banking in Brittany, Paul Le Bihan became Chairman of the Board of the Caisse d'Epargne of the Limousin region, then the Loire Drôme Ardèche region, before taking over the management of the bank's insurance unit in 2004.
Attached to Brittany
Paul Le Bihan is very attached to Brittany. He has a house in Roscoff and his parents reside in the Morlaix region. "I come once a month and continue to sail in Morlaix Bay." Paul Le Bihan is also Chairman of the Belem foundation (Fondation Belem).