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.
Michaël Fribourg
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Olivier Buquen
Deputy CEO, Financial Affairs and Group Performance
Chairman of Chargeurs Advanced Materials and of Chargeurs Museum Studio
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...
Joëlle Fabre-Hoffmeister
Secretary General
Deputy CEO, Organization, Talents and Sustainable Transformation
Philippe Denoix is General Manager, Chargeurs Advanced Materials (CAM). Holding a university degree in Engineering, complemented by a management degree from Kettering University (Flint, USA) and an MBA from ESCP Paris, Philippe Denoix started his career in the automotive industry (General Motors), where he held various positions in production and managed several sites in France and Poland for 17 years.
Philippe Denoix
Managing Director, Chargers Advanced Materials
Group Industrial ang Logistic Performance Director
Gianluca Tanzi
Managing Director, Chargeurs PCC Fashion Technologies
President of the Textile Pole, Chargeurs PCC and CLF
Federico Paullier
Managing Director, Chargers Luxury Materials
Delphine de Canecaude was appointed the Managing Director of Chargeurs Museum Studio at the beginning of 2023. After being awarded a degree by the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Delphine de Canecaude founded the advertising agency, Etoile Rouge, which she managed for 17 years before its merger with BETC Luxe (Havas Group) and the creation of BETC Etoile Rouge, where she was chief executive officer before moving to Chargeurs. Delphine also created cultural businesses such as The RedList and Stella Studio.
Delphine de Canecaude
Managing Director, Chargers Museum Studio
Daniel Laurent
Advisor to the Chairman
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.
Michaël Fribourg
Chairman
Chief Executive Officer
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
Chair of the Audit 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)...
Isabelle Guichot
Independent director
Member of the Audit Committee
With a Master’s in Art and Literature from Université de Paris Nanterre, majoring in Cinema, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts, Ms. Stéphanie Cassan-Fribourg is a former student of INSEAD (Fontainebleau, Singapore) and holds an INSEAD Certificate in Global Management (Finance, Digital, Sustainability). Ms. Cassan-Fribourg completed the “Driving Sustainability for the Board Room” expertise program at the International Institute for Management Development - IMD Business School de Lausanne (Switzerland). She is a Director of Groupe Familial Fribourg, the family-owned controlling holding company of Chargeurs S.A., and of Colombus Holding 2 S.A.S., and is a permanent member of the Strategic Committee of the Colombus group and Secretary General of the Chargeurs Philanthropies-Excellence Française endowment. A specialist in the cultural industries, notably in Europe, the United States and the Middle East, Ms. Cassan-Fribourg is also a member of the Board of Directors of Harwanne Compagnie de Participations Industrielles et Financières (Geneva).
Stéphanie Cassan-Fribourg
Director
Member of the Governance and Compensation Committee
Mr. Ralli holds a post-graduate diploma in banking and finance from the University of Paris-V, and is a graduate of IEP Paris (economics and finance) and the ICN Business School in Nancy. He joined Crédit Lyonnais in 1970 where he served in a number of positions until 1981. In 1982, he became Secretary to the French Commission for Savings Development and Protection...
Colombus Holding 2 S.A.S.
Director
George Ralli – Permanent representative of Colombus Holding 2 SAS on the Board of Directors
Member of the Audit Committee
Anne-Gabrielle Heilbronner is a Finance Inspector and a former student of ENA. She is a graduate of ESCP and Sciences Po Paris and holds a postgraduate degree in law. Since 2013, she has been the General Secretary of the Publicis Group, and a member of the Executive Board since 2014. She oversees Human Resources, Legal, Audit, Risk Management and Internal Control, as well as Social and Environmental Responsibility. Ms. Heilbronner previously held various high-level responsibilities in the French administration and the private sector.
Anne-Gabrielle Heilbronner
Independent director
Member of the Sustainable Strategy
Starting her career with the Printemps group from 1986 to 1990, Alexandra Rocca then spent 11 years with Air Liquide between 1990 and 2001 where she held various positions of responsibility before becoming the Group’s Deputy Director of Communications. In 2001, Alexandra was appointed Galeries Lafayette’s Communications Director before joining Crédit Agricole S.A group from 2005 to 2010 where she was successively appointed Communications Director for LCL, followed by Crédit Agricole S.A...
Alexandra Rocca
Independent director
Chair of the Governance and Compensation 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
Chair of the Sustainable Strategy