Governance
Executive Committee
Michaël Fribourg founded Groupe Familial Fribourg, the controlling shareholder of Colombus Holding, alongside long-term institutional investors and several French family offices. He began his career in the cabinet office of Renaud Dutreil (Minister for Trade, Craft Industry and Small Businesses and Enterprises), where he worked from 2005 to -2006 before joining the Inspection générale des finances (the French tax inspectorate), where he led several advisory and support projects for the French administration and for the Office of the French President.
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Olivier Buquen is graduated from ESSEC Business School, Sciences-Po Paris and Harvard Business School. He began his professional career in 1988 as head of communications for Bolloré Group. In 1990, he joined the Finance Department of Paribas Bank.
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Group Chief Financial Officer
Graduated from Sciences Po Paris, the Freie Universität in Berlin and a former student of ENA, Gustave Gauquelin worked at the French Treasury, supporting the international development of French companies, then at the "Agence des Participations de l'Etat", where he led the French Government's investment into the capital of PSA Peugeot Citroën.
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Chief Operating Officer
Managing Director of Chargeurs Museum Solutions
As Secretary General of Chargeurs, Joëlle Fabre-Hoffmeister is responsible for the Human Resources and Internal Communications Department, and supervises the activities of the Group's Legal Department and Tax Department. In conjunction with the Group's Finance Department, she directs the Group's risk management policy and defines Chargeurs' values and sustainable development model...
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Secretary General
Audrey PETIT is the Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Growth. She joined the Chargeurs Group in 2014 as a Project Manager in the General Management team and was promoted to Project Manager in the Presidency in 2015. In 2016, she became Chief of Staff to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, then Group Strategy Director and Head of Chargeurs Business Solutions.
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Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Growth, Diversification and M&A
Etienne Petit
Executive Senior VP, in charge of Innovation
Special Advisor to the CEO
Managing Director of Chargeurs Protective Films
Gianluca Tanzi
President of the Textile pole
Managing Director CFT*PCC
Sampiero Lanfranchi is the Managing Director of Chargeurs Museum Solutions and Advisor to the CEO. He joined the Chargeurs group in 2017 as Director of International Development and Acquisitions and Advisor to the CEO...
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Special Advisor to the CEO
Carine De Koenigswarter is the Global Head of Communication and Head of the office of the Chairman and CEO.
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Global Head of Communication
CEO of Swaine Adeney Brigg
Ambassador of Philanthropies activities for the Group
Frederico Paullier is Managing Director of Chargeurs Luxury Materials. He is in charge of its international development and of consolidating its position as the international leader in premium-grade certified and traceable fibers...
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Managing Director of Chargeurs Luxury Materials
Denis Noharet
Managing Director of Chargeurs Healthcare Solutions
Board of Directors
Michaël Fribourg founded Groupe Familial Fribourg, the controlling shareholder of Colombus Holding, alongside long-term institutional investors and several French family offices. He began his career in the cabinet office of Renaud Dutreil (Minister for Trade, Craft Industry and Small Businesses and Enterprises), where he worked from 2005 to -2006 before joining the Inspection générale des finances (the French tax inspectorate), where he led several advisory and support projects for the French administration and for the Office of the French President.
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Chairman
Chief Executive Officer
Chairman of the Acquisitions Committee
Cécilia Ragueneau holds a master’s degree in International Business (European Business School), a post-graduate degree in Marketing Studies (University Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne) and an Executive MBA from the European Institute Of Business Administration (INSEAD – Vivendi Talents Program).
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Independent director
Chair of the Compensation Committee
For the last eight years, Emmanuel Coquoin has been Investment Director at Habert Dassault Finance. He is a graduate of IEP Paris and holds an MBA from INSEAD. He began his career at Barclays Bank, Paris as an analyst and subsequently worked in the Corporate Finance division in London as an Associate Director.
Colombus Holding
Director Permanent representative of Colombus Holding SAS on the Board of Directors: Emmanuel Coquoin
Member of the Audit Committee and Member of the Acquisitions Committee
A graduate of HEC Business School, Isabelle Guichot began her career at Cartier International where she held the following posts: Project Manager at Cartier Incorporated in New York (1988-89) and then Vice Secretary General (1989-91); Sales Director at Cartier International (1992-95), Chief Executive Officer of Cartier SA France (1996-99), President and Chief Executive Officer of Van Cleef & Arpels International (1999-2005) and Lancel (2003-2005)...
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Independent director
Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Ethics Committee
Georges Ralli holds a post graduate diploma in banking and finance from the University of Paris-V, and is a graduate of the Paris Institut d’études politiques (economics and finance option) and the Institut commercial in Nancy. He joined Crédit Lyonnais in 1970 where he served in a number of management positions until 1981...
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Non-voting director
Maria Varciu holds an MBA from Open University Business School (United Kingdom and Romania), and has considerable experience in international commercial management for perfume and high-end cosmetic brands, which she has acquired both in France and abroad. In 2006, she joined IKC (International Kontact Consulting), before integrating LVMH’s Parfums Givenchy in 2009. At the end of 2010, she returned to IKC, which had become ID Beauty, to lead the international commercial department. She subsequently became VP Brands in 2015.
Maria Varciu
Independent director
Member of the Audit Committee
Nicolas Urbain is currently Chief Executive Officer of EFFICAP II. He holds a post-graduate degree in corporate and tax law from Paris II University and is a certified public accountant. Mr. Urbain has worked for Clinvest in both Paris and New York and has served in various management positions at companies in the pharmaceutical, services and real estate investment industries. He has also been a financial engineering consultant.
Nicolas Urbain
Director (appointed by the Board)
Member of the Compensation Committee and Member of the Acquisitions Committee