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
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
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.
Audrey Petit
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 Advanced Materials
Gianluca Tanzi
President of the Textile pole
Managing Director Chargeurs PCC Fashion Technologies
Yann DELMAS joined Chargeurs in 2019 as Global head of Tax and was promoted as Advisor to the CEO in January 2021. He is a graduated lawyer specializing in Corporate Finance (ICCF – HEC Paris) and M&A and International Tax. Previously, acting as Head of Tax for Klepierre, the European leader in shopping malls real estate, he was responsible for the group tax position (16 countries c. €24.4 billions portfolio value - €600m p.a. of disposals). Prior to that, he was an M&A international tax lawyer
Yann Delmas
Chief Investment Officer and Global Head of Tax
A lawyer by training, Romain Dethomas is a member of the New York Bar and was formerly a member of the Paris Bar. He is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris (Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Economic Law), Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas (Master’s Degree in International Private and Commercial Law) and Harvard Law School (LL.M). Prior to joining Chargeurs, he was a member of the Business Litigation and International Arbitration departments of the law firm Bredin Prat. He was also a lecturer at Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas and Sciences Po.
Romain Dethomas
Director of Strategic Development
Denis Noharet
Managing Director of Chargeurs Personal Care
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
Chairman of the Acquisitions Committee
Cécilia Ragueneau
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)...
Isabelle Guichot
Independent director
Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Ethics 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
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...
Georges Ralli
Non-voting director
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