ESSEC Appointments: Cité de l'Architecture, Les Echos, Too Good To Go, Choiseul...

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Executives from major groups in France and abroad, senior civil servants, 2 alumni in the Choiseul list of 40 committed leaders... and a priest! A selection of recent appointments in the ESSEC network.

2 alumni feature in the Choiseul 2024 list of 40 committed leaders. This new ranking distinguishes executives who “invent tomorrow's company on a daily basis, each of them providing concrete solutions to accelerate current transitions: professional and territorial inclusion of young people, senior citizens, people with disabilities, commitment through sport, ecological and energy transitions, the fight against discrimination and exclusion...”. Congratulations to Cécile Beliot-Zind (E97), CEO of Groupe Bel, whose mission is “to offer consumers healthier, more responsible food through the implementation of regenerative agriculture”; and to Quentin Bordet (E14), co-founder of the Les Collectifs network, which “mobilizes employees for the ecological and social transformation of their companies through events, forums, training programs and tools such as the Atlas of Actions”.

Christophe Jakubyszyn (E90) has been appointed Editorial Director at Les Echos. Aside from a stint at the European Commission, he has worked in the media world throughout his career. After working in the editorial departments of La Tribune and Europe 1, he spent some fifteen years at Le Monde, rising to the position of deputy editor-in-chief of the business pages and vice-president of the Société des rédacteurs du Monde. He then became editorial director of RMC radio, before joining the TF1 Group as deputy director in charge of the TF1-LCI political service. In 2017, with Nathalie Saint-Cricq, he hosted the televised debate of the second round of the French presidential election between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. In 2019, he took over as head of the morning show and then of the editorial team at BFM Business. Read also our interview (in French) 

Julien Bargeton (E96) has been appointed President of the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris, an emblematic institution that brings together a museum, a training department known as the Ecole de Chaillot and specializing in protected architecture and restoration, a department specializing in contemporary architectural foresight, a library open to the public and an archive center. Also a graduate of ENA, he began his career as a financial magistrate at the Cour des Comptes before becoming deputy mayor of Paris. He was then elected to the French Senate, where he was Vice-Chairman of the Culture Committee. He also has teaching experience. 

Jean-Guillaume Trottier (MBA 00) is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Biologique Recherche, a skincare and beauty brand present in 80 countries. He began his career in marketing at L'Oréal before joining The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., where he spent 20 years, rising to become Managing Director EMEA and UK of MAC Cosmetics, then President of Jo Malone London and Darphin Paris.

Thibaud Lanaspre (E13) has been appointed Managing Director Europe of Netceed, which deploys a portfolio of 90,000 SKUs of equipment, tools and materials to 1,500 digital network procurement and supply partners in 19 countries. He started out in financial analysis, successively with BNP Paribas and Bouygues Construction in Paris, then Exane and Arete Research in London, before joining PwC in transaction auditing. Until now, he was Director of M&A and Transactions at Netceed.

François Lefebvre (E00) has been appointed Deputy General Manager of the French Banking Federation. Also a graduate of ENA, he began his career at the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, before moving to the Direction générale du Trésor, where he specialized in multilateral banking development and the financing of real-estate and public-interest projects. He then moved to London to head up the French department of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, before returning to the Treasury to head up the transport, defense and aerospace division. He then moved to Washington, where he spent 6 years with the World Bank, before returning to Paris to become Managing Director of Bpifrance Export Insurance.

Isabelle Hernu-Sfeir (EXEC MBA 18) has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Mercer Switzerland, which provides companies with investment consulting, transformation support, employee benefits strategies and retirement programs. She began her career with Mazars before joining Mercer, where she has spent the last 20 years in a variety of positions, including actuarial work in France, business development in the UK and key account management in Switzerland. 

Charles Ballard (E09) has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Twiga Foods, poised to become the leading supplier to Africa's huge small and medium-sized retail market. He began his career in banking, successively with HSBC in Paris and BNP Paribas in Hong Kong, before moving into the humanitarian field, where he held finance management positions with the NGO Acted, notably in Afghanistan. He then moved to Kenya, where he worked in data analysis at Sagasi Research, specializing in retail. Likewise, he then became Chief Executive Officer of the local subsidiary of the Jumia Group, Africa's leading e-commerce platform. 

François Tallec (BBA 01) has been appointed Vice President, Brand Partnerships and Business Development at Ubisoft. He has been with the group for over 20 years, having worked in sales before becoming Director of Licensing and Publications, Director of EMEA Products and Director of Brand and Transmedia Partnerships.

Laure Berment (E13) has been appointed ESG Vice-President of Too Good To Go, a B-Corp specializing in the fight against food waste, with 85 million customers and 150,000 partners in 17 countries. She began her career with Residetapes Development, a social housing operator, before joining La Ruche qui dit Oui! in Germany, where she rose to the position of Country Manager. She has held management positions at Too Good To Go for the past 5 years. 

Michael Inpong (E98) has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Valeo Foods in the UK, where he moved straight from school. He started out at L'Oréal and then Procter & Gamble, before moving on to marketing director positions at Nestlé UK and Müller UK & Ireland. He then became Managing Director of Sport&Brands. Furthermore, he was also volunteer president of the UK chapter of ESSEC Alumni.

Arnaud Leroux (E98) has been appointed Global Sports Marketing Leader at Decathlon. He began his career at Nestlé as a brand manager and joined Coca-Cola in 2007, where he held a number of different positions before becoming marketing and sales director dedicated to the activation of Euro 2016, for which the brand is main partner. He then continued in the sports business, taking up the position of Southern European Marketing Director for Asics.

Matthieu Galipeau (E96) has been appointed Director of Product Communications for the Renault Group. Also, a graduate of INSEAD, he has spent his entire career in the automotive sector, first with Citroën in market analysis and export management, then with Nissan in marketing. He has held management positions at Renault for the past 15 years. 

Jean-Sébastien Baschet (EXEC M07) has been appointed Director of Communications, Public Affairs and Institutional Relations for the Phoenix OCP Group, European leader in full-service pharmaceutical distribution and pharmacy services, with 224 regional outlets in 29 markets, 3,200 pharmacies in 17 countries and over 45,000 employees. He spent 20 years in publishing, media and communications, including a stint with Hachette Filippachi (Lagardère Active), a professorship at the École supérieure de journalisme de Paris, management of the PixPlanete press agency and the relaunch of the weekly magazine L'Illustration, before switching to the healthcare sector to become Director of Institutional Relations & Partnerships for the Seqens group, world leader in pharmaceutical synthesis, and simultaneously Chief of Staff for the cosmetics division.

Emmanuel Petit (E08) has been appointed priest of the Salesian Don Bosco congregation, based in the parish of Saint Luc de Baimbridge in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe. He completed his novitiate in Italy and Lyon, before going on to study theology at the Catholic University of Lille.

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