PRESS RELEASE Sèvres, 20 March 2012

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.

About CFAO

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
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