ESSCA , Ecole de commerce | Nominations d‘anciens élèves de l‘ESSCA

Simon Sappey (ESSCA 2010 and former President of ESSCA's Sports Bureau) joins the UEFA

After graduating from ESSCA in 2010 with a major in Project and Process Engineering and Management, Simon Sappey joined the Sportfive sports marketing agency as a Project Leader for Ligue 1 and the French Cup, and then Canal+ Events, a subsidiary of the Canal+ Group, as Marketing Manager.

He has now been appointed to work with the UEFA teams in Warsaw on the Euro 2012 football championship as Relations Manager for Federations.

Contact: simon.sappey@gmail.com

Thierry Gennetay (ESSCA 1991) joins Chevrolet Europe

Thierry Gennetay has been appointed Integrated Marketing and Communication Director after having spent three years as the head of the Marketing Department in France.

In this new position, Thierry Gennetay will be responsible for managing Chevrolet"s advertising projects for Europe in both off and online media.

Source: Executives - 10 June 2011

Olivier Cohn (ESSCA 2000) appointed Director General of the Best Western hotel chain in France at the age of 33

After graduating from ESSCA, he almost immediately joined this American company, which had 160 hotels in France in its portfolio at the time, as compared to 304 today. As Manager of Communication Technologies, Olivier Cohn was responsible for the launch of the chain's first Internet strategy.

In 2003, he took over a project division where he supported a number of the chain's departments with a view to improving the company's organisation.

As Project and e-commerce Director starting in 2005, he focused on the development of Internet sales over a four-year period.

In 2010, he created a new department, Revenue Management, where he developed the chain's distribution capacities while supporting the growth of sales from the chain's hotels.

Today, as Director General, his objective is to "pursue the chain's development by acquiring a pool of 450 hotels, i.e. 27,000 rooms, by 2015, with consolidated sales of €70 million".

Source: Le Figaro Economie - 31 May 2011

Pierre Decroix (ESSCA 1988), Vice-President, Commercial and Operational Marketing Director at Coca-Cola Entreprise.

Pierre Decroix launched his career at Secodip.

1991-2006: at Coca-Cola Entreprise, he successively held the following positions:

- Marketing Studies Group Manager
- Promotions and Sponsoring Group Manager
- National Chain Director, excluding residential customers
- Food Sector Director for the Paris branch
- National Chain Director

2006-2008: National Food Sector Director at Coca-Cola Entreprise

Since 2008: Vice-President, Commercial and Operational Marketing Director at Coca-Cola Entreprise

Source: www.lsa-conso.fr - 4 June 2011

Alex Pages (ESSC1 1995) appointed Sales Director of EYEKA, a specialist in Internet co-creations.

In 1999, Alex Pages started working with the sales teams at eGain Communications in London and Paris before managing international sales for Eptica.

Source: Executives - 3 June 2011

JWT Paris expands its digital unit

Gaëlle Le Goff (ESSCA 1999) joins JWT's team as Consulting Director.

Specialised in digital communication, Gaëlle Le Goff will contribute her expertise to all of the agency's accounts, in particular the Maison Cailler and HSBC brands.

Gaëlle previously worked for more than 10 years in the communication sector, including seven years in digital strategies, web projects and online marketing.

Before joining JWT's team in Paris, Gaëlle was a consultant in strategy and project management for Agence Care and Les Chinois.

Xavier Boidevezi (ESSCA 1998) appointed International Product Director for the SEB Group

Xavier Boidevezi spent 13 years at DANONE, starting out as Management Controller in Germany, then Product Leader for a period of three years before becoming Senior Product Leader in Saudi Arabia. He was then promoted to the position of DANONE Group Head in France. More recently, he was Marketing Director in Vietnam.

Cyrille Moreau (ESSCA 1999) appointed Used Vehicle Director reporting to Dirk Pissens, President of LeasePlan France.

Cyrille Moreau was formerly the Used Vehicle Director at ALD Automotive France, where he had worked since 2005.

Prior to this position, he was Key Accounts Manager, then Commercial Director for EXLINEA, the automobile distributor.

Marina Réale-Laden (ESSCA 2003), Chef at the François 1er

Born on July 27, 1979 in Thonon les Bains, at 16, Marina left for a one year stay in Balfour, North Dakota. In her high school in this agricultural state, she registered for piano, welding and carpentry classes.

Upon returning to France, she passed her baccalaureat degree, specialising in sciences, in 1998.

In 2003, she graduated from ESSCA. However, she wanted to work in a kitchen. After 10 phone calls, Alain Ducasse agreed to meet her. Despite his attempts to dissuade her, the young woman still insisted she would become a chef. She worked in Paris, then at Louis XV in Monaco in the three star chef's kitchens. "Tough, demanding training, but a magnificent experience."

After La Bouitte in Saint-Martin de Belleville, working alongside René and Maxime Meilleur, where she worked in rotation and was able to experience all the facets of cooking, she moved to the Château of Coudrée where she has been delving into her creativity since 2007. Also in 2007, she graduated at the head of her class from the Institut des Hautes Etudes du Goût de Reims, where she was awarded "honours" for her thesis entitled "Medieval Gastronomy adds Spice to the Cuisine of the 21st Century".

In 2010, the Gault & Millau publication awarded this atypical chef their three "toques".

Source: KAELE Magazine – April 2011

Jean-Christophe Pion (ESSCA 1994) appointed Customer Director at Coca-Cola France.

After various positions over 12 years with Coca-Cola Entreprise, Jean-Christophe Pion was called two floors down in the same building to fill the Customer Director position at Coca-Cola France, where he is responsible for McDonald's, Disney and Air France, in particular.

SOURCE: Le Point - 7 April 2011

Olivier Smague's (ESSCA 2002) takeover of the Staf 56 company one year ago.

There are two ways to become an entrepreneur: creating a company or taking one over. Olivier Smague, the head of Staf 56 in Fourchêne, chose the second. A successful experience.

In January 2009, he left the real estate agency in Vannes he had worked at since 2002, which, incidentally, he had almost taken over. "I had these thoughts in mind," he says. To improve his knowledge in this area, he joined an association in Angers, "Cédants et Repreneurs d'Affaires", and followed an eight-week course.

In December, he met with a specialised firm in Vannes, who suggested he take over Staf 56, a reprographics and printing company, also involved in managing tenders.

The company grew within the year. Staf 56 is involved in a number of activities: reprographics (copies, printing ...), graphic design (commercial documents, flyers, logos ...), large format printing (posters ...), map printing and tender management for the construction industry, as well as electronic dematerialisation.

SOURCES:
www.letelegramme.com - 4 April 2011
http://www.staf56.com/

Loïc Combe (ESSCA 1999) has just joined Mapei as the Sales Manager for the Paris Region.

From 2007 to 2011, he was Key Accounts Director for Berner (hardware).

From 2002 to 2007, he was Key Account Manager at Gefco (logistics).

He started his career as the Commercial Inspector for the Northern Paris Region at Chep (pallets).

Laurent Crochet (ESSCA 1994) has been appointed Commercial Director at CINNA

For the previous 10 years, he was Regional Sales Director at Renault after having held a number of sales and marketing positions in the automotive sector:
- in France (two years with Mercedes),
- in Japan (two years at Nissan).

Source: Habitat MOBILIUM magazine

Barbara Koreniouguine, Deputy Managing Director of BNP Paribas Immobilier (ESSCA 1989)

Her career:
1990-1994: Eurostudiomes - Development Manager
1994-1998: Coprim IDF - Operational Director
1998-2004: Icade Capri - Development Director, then Commercial and Marketing Director, then Regional Director
2004-2008: Icade Tertial - Managing Director
Since June 2008: BNP Paribas Immobilier Promotion Immobilier d'Entreprise - Deputy Managing Director

Other activities: Member of the "Cercle des Femmes de l'Immobilier", Chairman of the FPC's corporate real estate commission

Source: EXPERTISE PIERRE

David Bastian (ESSCA 1995), co-founder of the "VOYAGEPRIVE.COM" web site, has been appointed to lead the marketing department. He will also be in charge of global issues.

He started his career at Jet Tours and was Marketing Director for Eldorador before joining lastminute.com in 2000 as Group Head, responsible for packages and leisure activities.

In 2006, he co-founded voyageprive.com, where he was Director General.

Romain Peyronie (ESSCA 1996) appointed Deputy Director General of Prd

Romain Peyronie has been appointed Deputy Director General of Prd. In this role, he supervises the commercial and R&D activities and teams involved in real estate for all of the Prd Group's businesses.

Since 2009, Romain Peyronie had been Development Director for the ABCD Group. Before, at Prd, he successively held the positions of Commercial and Development Director (2008 to 2009), Commercial Director for the Northern Region (2004 to 2006) and Project Director (2002 to 2004).

From 1997 to 2002, he was responsible for economic development in the Chalon-sur-Saône region (ADERC) when Dominique Perben was its president.

From 1996 to 1997, Romain Peyronie was Project Manager for the International Division of DATAR in Frankfurt. His mission was to attract German investors to France. His career started in 1995 in the International Department of Total's "Paint" Division, after which he moved to Abu Dhabi in the Middle East, again with Total.

Thierry Guillemot (ESSCA 1985, Honours in Automobiles) has been appointed Director General of the French-speaking West Sub-saharan Africa Division of CFAO Automotive.

This distribution group is specialised in automobiles and pharmaceuticals in Africa (75% of its turnover), as well as the DOM-TOM.

In his new position, Thierry Guillemot is responsible for the distribution of 10 brands within a geographic scope that covers 15 countries. This business represents €600 million in turnover and employs 2,000 individuals. Thierry Guillemot was President of

Mazda Automobiles France for the past eight years.

His career in the automobile industry started in 1986 when he joined Renault VI, after which he moved to Renault, Opel and Mazda Automobiles France.

Pierre Buray (ESSCA - 1991), a software specialist, took over the Vosges wood frame home construction company, Gico, in February 2008.

The Carré Noir agency is growing, Marie-Liess d'Arexy (ESSCA) has been appointed Corporate/Architecture Consultant.

Marie-Liesse d'Arexy started her career at Sensrise as Cosmetic Product Manager.

Florian Hilaire (ESSCA 1998), founder of DefibFrance

DefibFrance is the Defibtech importer for France. DefibFrance markets, distributes and provides aftter-sales services for the LifeLine automated external defibrillators and accessories.

DefibFrance has one only goal: to deliver the best automated external defibrillators on the market at an affordable price.

Florian, who is familiar with life-saving techniques thanks to training from the Red Cross and has broad experience in managing and marketing services to companies, is convinced that, in the future, defibrillators will become as essential as fire extinguishers in our living environments.

Valérie Depincé (ESSCA 1995) has been appointed Deputy Director of Aegis Média France.

Valérie Depincé, worked with advertisers for 15 years: she started at BMW as Media and Local Event Manager, then was successively appointed European Market Manager at Citroën for two years, Publicity Manager for product launches in France at Peugeot, and finally, External Marketing and Communication Manager, France and the Netherlands, for Nissan. Valérie will be responsible for managing the Monoprix, Club Med and Disney accounts at Aegis Media France.

Nicolas Bailly (ESSCA 1996), Country Manager at Tyco Fire Protection Services

Nicolas Bailly has just been appointed senior executive in France for Fire Protection Services, which is owned by Tyco International, a world specialist in electronic security and fire protection. Based in the French head office in Trappes, he will be responsible for the operational management of the two entities that constitute the FPS France dvision: Tyco Fire & Integrated Services Solutions France S.A.S. and Isogard S.A.S.

Jean-Luc Fort (ESSCA 1979), has replaced Alain Foret as CEO and majority shareholder of the OR System banking software publisher.

He has spent most of his career with publishers from the English-speaking world (Oracle, Peregrine Systems and Novell).

Antoine Puget (ESSCA 1985), has been appointed member of the board of administrators of the new UFG-Siparez entity.

Alexandre Télinge (ESSCA 1988), Director of Marketing and Communication at Philips France.

Grégoire Spiesser (ESSCA 1993), at the head of the Happy franchise network

Grégoire Spiesser heads the Happy franchise network. Formerly with Accor and Europcar as Director for France, Grégoire Spiesser is now responsible for the florist distribution franchise network, Happy, and replaces Philippe Lajambe.

At the beginning of September 2010, Loïc Corbillé joined the Sodiaal cooperative as Operations Director. Since 2003, he was part of executive management of Novandie, and, since 2007, he also was part of the executive management of Fruival (an Andros subsidiary). Four missions have been entrusted to him at Sodiaal: milk sector management (distributing and balancing this raw material among the group's various businesses), procurement for the entire group, the supply chain, and management of industrial projects. Excluding Entremont, the acquisition of which is currently being finalised, Sodiaal represented sales of €2.486 billion in 2009, with 2.213 billion litres of milk collected, and 25 production plants.

A graduate of Essca in Angers, with a Masters in Management from INSEAD and the Institut Supérieur du Marketing, this father of five entered the agro-food industry in 1981 at Barry, now called Barry Callebaut, after, in his words, "losing himself in technical matters for three years" at Scheiber. With the Swiss chocolatier, he held the positions of Management Controller, Logistics Director, Flow Manager, then Director of the Louviers (Eure) plant. From 1991 to 1994, he was Supply Chain Director at Lesieur (formerly owned by Béghin-Say), then Béghin Say. In 2000, he joined the McCormick group where he was General Manager for Ducros-Vahiné. He then became President and Chief Executive Officer of McCormick France.

Benoît Choppin appointed Director at Capzanine
A graduate of ESSCA and EM Lyon (Specialised Masters in Financial Engineering), he started his career in the Corporate Banking Department of Crédit Lyonnais in London. He joined Capzanine in 2006 as a Business Manager, and was appointed Investment Director in 2008.

François Le Metayer appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of FORENAP Pharma.
François Le Metayer, 49 years old and an ESSCA graduate, started his career at IBM, then joined IMS Health as President. He was then asked to head Quintiles and was recently appointed Sales and Marketing Director of Symfo.

Catherine Leblanc, General Director of ESSCA, was appointed Chevalier of the Ordre National du Mérite on the recommendation of the Minister for Higher Education and Research (Official Journal dated 14 November).

Vincent Bocart, ESSCA graduate (Class of 1994), Director of Communication, France for Deloitte. He started his career at Matra, L'Oréal and Saatchi, then moved to Ubifrance. Editorial Communication Manager in 1997, then Deputy Director of Communication in 2001 at Deloitte. Director of Communication for Barclays France in 2006, then Marketing, Internet and Communication Director for Barclays Bank before returning to Deloitte in 2010.

Vincent Roynel (Class of 1999) joined the commercial team of CPR AM - Amundi Group - as the Commercial Manager for the independent wealth management ("CGPI") business. He started his career with BNP PARIBAS. In 2007, he moved to Fortis Investments, where he was the Customer Manager for CGPI Distribution, Partnerships and Private Banks.

Martin Croot, an experienced payments industry innovator, has joined Transaction Network Services' Payments Division as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mainland Europe.

Martin Croot is to be based in Berlin and is responsible for leading TNS' established teams in France, Spain, Italy, Gemrany and Romania.

He joins TNS from a senior business development post a Wincor Nixdorf. He has also occupied senior roles with Hypercom, Flexicom and VeriFone. With dual British and Canadian citizenship, Mr. Croot relocated to Mainland Europe more than 20 years ago and specialises in all apsects of payments, including wireless, smart cards, point-of-sale, acquiring, processing, mobile and e-commerce.

Martin Croot has a Master of Business Administration Degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology as part of the Sloan's Fellows programme, a master's degree in management and international trade from Ecole Superieure des Sciences Commerciales (ESSCA) in France and an honours degree in political science from the University of Toronto, Canada.

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Dominique Garnier (ESSCA 1983) has been appointed Director General of the Banque Populaire du Sud-Ouest.

Dominique Garnier's career started at the Banque Populaire Anjou Vendée, after which he joined the General Inspector's Office of the Chambre Syndicale des Banques Populaires in 1992.

Returning to the bank in Angers, he successively worked as Business Commercial Director, Network Director and Development Director. Appointed Deputy Director General in charge of operations at the Banque Populaire Atlantique in 2002, he was appointed Deputy Director of Strategy for the Banque Fédérale des Banques Populaires in 2008. Since the BPCE was founded in 2009, he had been a member of the Executive Committee and was responsible for managing coordination of the commercial bank.

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Jacques Trottier, Chief Executive Officer, Labeyrie

Jacques Trottier is 41 and a graduate of ESSCA (Ecole supérieure des sciences commerciales d'Angers) and HEC. He has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Labeyrie, after having acted as the Director of Supermarkets for Labeyrie France, then Deputy Managing Director, Sales and Marketing, France, before being appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer two years ago.

Frank Cadoret at the head of the new business and consumer department for SFR/Neuf Cegetel.

Frank Cadoret who was formerly the Executive Vice-President for Trade and Customer Relations for SFR took over the new management team for business and consumers in June 2010.

Born in 1957, Franck Cadoret (ESSCA, Class of 1980) started his career at the beginning of the 1980s as a management controller with Chirurgical Equipement. In 1983, he joined the Thomson group, where he was Sales Director for Savema (distribution of household appliances), then Sales Director and Director of the Chaffoteaux and Mory service companies. From 1992 to 1995, Franck Cadoret was Director of Volkswagen France for the Ile-de-France region. He joined SFR in 1995 as the Managing Director of SCS CD GSM. He was then successively appointed Sales Director and Managing Director for Trade, Consumer and Operator Relations. In June 2010, after the operator restructured into customer-oriented departments, Franck Cadoret became the Managing Director for Business and Consumers.

Manfred Url appointed CEO of Raiffeisen Bausparkasse, the construction company owned by the Austrian lending institution.

Born in Kapfenberg, Austria, Manfred Url has worked for the Raiffeisenbank group since 1982. He started in Styria in Raiffeisenbank's (RLB) regional department. Three years later, he was appointed head of the statistics and refinancing deparment. Then, after three more years, he became Head of the sales control department. In 1994, he joined RLB Sytria's management at the age of 38. His role was extended to include securities, the corporate structure and information technology.

Manfred Url joined Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB) in 1998. He has since been responsible for commercialisation and became a member of the board of directors at the central head office of the Raiffeisen banking group.

Url successfully integrated marketing into Raiffeisen by working with the ski champion, Herman Maier. Url coordinated brand management for Austria and, thanks to his efforts, Raiffeisen has the best advertising visibility among banks.

Manfred Url is considered an excellent analyst and careful manager, with an attentive focus on complex tasks. He continues to play handball in the national league. Married and the father of two boys, he also participates in endurance sports. After having graduated in Economics from the Wirtschaftsuniversität in Vienna, Manfred Url continued his education in banking by taking courses at ESSCA and gaining a few months of practical experience with Indosuez in Paris.

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).

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