Sogeclair SA announced that the Board of Directors of March 22, 2023 has decided to modify the structure of governance and to opt for a dissociation of the functions of Chairman of the Board of Directors from those of the General Management at the end of the General Meeting of May 11, 2023. Philippe Robardey's term as Chief Executive Officer, which he has held since May 23, 2003, will end on May 11, 2023. Since 1984, within the family company, he has led large-scale structuring projects such as the listing on the Paris stock exchange in 1998 and the company's international development (from 0 to 50% of sales) via operations in Europe, North Africa, North America and Asia-Pacific.

He has also been willing to join forces with partners in French industry such as Dassault Systèmes, UTAC, Renault Group, Mecachrome and Addup.