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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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Michaël Fribourg

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Olivier Buquen is the Deputy CEO of Chargeurs Group, in charge of Financial Affairs and Group Performance. A graduate of Essec Business School, Sciences Po Paris, and Harvard Business School, Olivier Buquen began his professional career in 1988 as head of communications for the Bolloré Group.

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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...

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Joëlle Fabre-Hoffmeister

Secretary General, Chargers

Executive Vice President 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.

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Philippe Denoix

Managing Director, Chargers Advanced Materials (CAM)

Group Industrial ang Logistic Performance Director

Gianluca Tanzi

President of the Textile Pole Chargeurs PCC and CLF

Managing Director, Chargeurs PCC

Federico Paullier

Managing Director, Chargers Luxury Materials (CLF)

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 Pole (CMS)

Carine De Koenigswarter is the Global Head of Communication.

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Carine De Koenigswarter

Global Head ofCommuication

Managing Director, Chargeurs Personal Goods (CPG)

Daniel Laurent

Advisor to the Chairman, Chargers

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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Michaël Fribourg

Chairman

Chief Executive Officer

Chairman of the Acquisitions 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 

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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Isabelle Guichot

Independent director 

Chair 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 Acquisitions Committee

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...

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Alexandra Rocca

Independent director

Chair of the Governance and Compensation Committee

Member of the Acquisitions 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 Governance and Compensation Committee 

Member of the Acquisitions Committee

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