At its meeting on 19 March 2012, the CFAO Supervisory Board
chaired by Alain Viry decided to appoint Alain Pécheur, Chief
Financial Officer of CFAO, as a member of the Management
Board. He will henceforth report directly to the Chairman of
the Management Board, Richard Bielle. The other members of
the Management Board are Olivier Marzloff, Executive Vice
President and Corporate Secretary of the Group and Jean-Yves
Mazon, Chairman and CEO of Eurapharma.
Aged 43, Alain Pécheur graduated from ESG and has an MBA from
HEC Executive. Having started out at Pinault SA, he joined
CFAO in 1992 working first as an Auditor then as Financial
Controller. In
1998, he was appointed Internal Auditing Director, then
Executive Vice President for Procurement. In
2002, he took over at the head of the CFAO Finance Department
before moving on to CFAO Automotive in 2005, as Director of
Finance and Administrative Affairs. He has been working as
CFAO Chief Financial Officer since 1 March 2009.
CFAO is a leader in specialised distribution for its core
businesses of automotive and pharmaceutical distribution in
Africa and French overseas territories. The firm also deals
in machinery and equipment, the production and distribution
of consumer goods and technological services in Africa. CFAO
operates in 34 countries, 32 of which are in Africa, and in
seven French overseas territories, with a payroll of 10,100
at end 2011.
In 2011, CFAO generated consolidated turnover of €3,124
million and recorded operating income of
€256.3 million.
CFAO is listed on NYSE Euronext in Paris and is included in
the SBF120 and CAC Mid 60 indices. Find CFAO on Bloomberg:
CFAO:FP and Reuters: CFAO.PA
To find out more, go to www.cfaogroup.com
Laurence Tovi
Communications Vice-President
+33 1 46 23 58 80
Sébastien Desarbres
Director of Finance Communications and Investor Relations
+33 1 46 23 56 51
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