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Robert Zolade Jacques Roux Gilles Cojan Philippe Chevallier Catherine Chouard Jacques Suart
Chairman Chief Operating Officer Managing Director B.I.M
Strategy & Partnerships
Chief Financial Officer Human Resources Director Chief Communication Officer

 

CONTRACT CATERING & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT 


Dominique Pelabon

Alain Hiff

Gilles Raffin

Antonio Llorens

Lino Volpe


Paul Wortelboer

Mike Audis


Pierre Von Essen
   

 

 

Dominique Pélabon Managing director, Education and Healthcare & Seniors - France, and International Contract Catering
Alain Hiff Education France
Gilles Rafin Healthcare & Seniors and Facilities Management France
Antonio Llorens Spain and Portugal
Lino Volpe Italy
Paul Wortelboer Netherlands
Mike Audis United Kingdom
Pierre von Essen Managing director, Business & Industry, France, & Vending Services

 

CONCESSION CATERING & TRAVEL RETAIL 


Bertrand Loze

Jean-François Camarty

Alain Clevy

Jose Gabriel Martin
 

 
Bertrand Lozé Managing director, Concession Catering
Alain Clévy Motorways - France
Jean-François Camarty City sites and Airports - France
José Gabriel Martín Managing director, Areas (Spain, Portugal, and Latin America)
 

PURCHASING AND LOGISTICS

 

       

 
Guy Soler Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHIE 

  Robert Zolade, Chairman
 

Robert Zolade graduated from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP) and also holds a degree in law and a post-graduate degree in economics. He held various positions within the Accor Group, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Générale de Restauration in 1990 and Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et Tourisme between 1990 and 1992. Together with Francis Markus he went on to found the Elior Group and the two men acted as Co-Chairmen until 2004. Since that date Robert Zolade has been the Group’s sole Chairman.

 

BIOGRAPHIE 

  Jacques Roux, Chief Operating Officer
 

Jacques Roux graduated from Ecole Hôtelière de Paris and has spent his entire career in the catering industry. He was in charge of Airport and Motorway Catering within Wagons-Lits from 1976 to 1986 before going on to head the company’s Commercial Catering Division from 1986 to 1990. He then served as Chief Executive Officer, Public Catering for the Accor Group between 1991 and 1995 and was subsequently appointed Chairman of HRC’s Management Board, a position he held until 1997. Jacques Roux joined the Elior Group as Managing Director of Concession Catering (Eliance) and was named Group Managing Director responsible for Elior France in 2001. He has been the Group’s Chief Operating Officer since 2005.

 

BIOGRAPHIE 

 

Gilles Cojan, Managing director B.I.M

  A graduate from Essec business school in France, Gilles Cojan spent the early part of his career within the Finance Department of two major industrial players - the pharmaceutical group Servier and the automotive supplier Valeo. He then went on to work in the banking sector for GTI Finance, a subsidiary of Banque Transatlantique. Gilles Cojan joined Elior in 1992 where he successively held the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Group Managing Director Elior International and Strategy. Along with Robert Zolade he sits on the Group's Strategy Committee as a representative of Bagatelle Investissement et Management, Elior's major long-standing shareholder. He is also a member of the Group Executive Comittee, responsible for Strategy and Partnerships.

 

BIOGRAPHIE 

  Philippe Chevallier, Chief Financial Officer
 

Philippe Chevallier is a graduate of Essec business school and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP). He began his career with Ugine Aciers where he served as Assistant to the Financial Department from 1982 to 1984. He then held various financial positions within the Usinor (Arcelor) Group, including Deputy Head of the Financial Management Department of Usinor Sacilor (1984-1987), Head of the Trading Room (1988-1993), Head of Finance, then of Financial Transactions at Usinor (1994-1998) and subsequently Corporate Secretary for Usinor Distribution (1999-2000). Philippe Chevallier joined Elior as Chief Financial Officer in 2001.

 

BIOGRAPHIE 

  Catherine Chouard, Human Resources Director
 

Catherine Chouard is an economist who graduated from Insead business school and holds a post-graduate degree in advanced human resources management from Institut d’Administration des Entreprises de Paris (IAE). She began her career as Central Administration Officer in the Employment Department of the French Labour and Social Affairs Ministry before holding several different positions within EDF-GDF between 1985 and 1990. She worked for DHL International as Human Resources Director between 1990 and 1993 before being appointed as National Head of the Customer Call Centre, a position she held from 1993 to 1994. She set up the Group Human Resources department at GrandVision, where she stayed from 1995 to 2000 before joining Elior in 2001. Catherine Chouard was awarded the title of Best Human Resources Director of the Year by the Le Figaro/Hudson jury in 2004.

 

BIOGRAPHIE 

  Jacques Suart, Chief Communication Officer
 

Jacques Suart holds a degree in philosophy and a post-graduate degree in Political Science. He began his career as a Communications Consultant at Bernard Krief and subsequently worked at RFC. He served as Head of Communications and Press Relations at the French Infrastructure Ministry from 1986 to 1988 before being appointed Chief Communications Officer of the Ministry’s regional development department (DATAR), a position he held until 1989. He then went on to successively serve as Chief Communications Officer with the Schneider, Lafarge and PPR groups. Jacques Suart has been Elior’s Chief Communications Officer since 1999. He also chairs Entreprises & Médias, a professional association for Communications Officers.

 

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