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Thomas Riou

CEO

Thomas Riou joined Verescence in 2012 as General Manager of the Perfumery-Cosmetics division. He was appointed CEO of Verescence in 2016. Before joining Verescence, Thomas served most of his career in the Saint-Gobain group.

Thomas holds an MBA from the ISG International Business School in Paris.

*Member of the Verescence board

Dimitri Dumestre

CFO

Dimitri Dumestre joined Verescence in 2010 as a Corporate Controller, later becoming Director of Corporate Finance. In 2015, he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was Group Controlling Director at Groupe Casino from 2008 to 2010. Prior to that, he held various roles at Valeo from 1998 to 2008, where he worked as a Financial Controller in Spain and Mexico. He began his career as an Auditor for Arthur Andersen.

Dimitri is a graduate of ESCP Business School in Paris and holds a Certificate in Accounting and Financial Studies.

*Member of the Verescence board

Hélène Marchand

Directora General Francia

Hélène Marchand joined Verescence in 2004. She held several leadership positions including Commercial and Marketing Director of the Perfumery and Pharmacy activities (2005-2012), Director of the transformation plan for the Perfumery activity, and General Manager of the Isolators activity (2012-2016), before being promoted to General Manager France in 2016. She began her career at AT Kearney, where she was primarily responsible for international industrial companies.

Hélène is a graduate of ESCP (École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris).

*Member of the Verescence Board

Mario Lopez

Director General América Del Norte

Mario Lopez joined Verescence in 2007. He was plant Manager (2007-2010) and General Manager Spain (2010-2019). In 2019, he became General Manager of Verescence North America. Prior to that, he was Production Manager at Saint Gobain (1998-2007).

Mario holds an M.S. in industrial engineering and an Advanced Management Program at IE Business School in Madrid.

Bruno Portellano

Director General España

Bruno Portellano joined Verescence in 2019. Previously, he held the position of Director of Operations in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco for Faurecia Clean Mobility.

Bruno is an Engineer and built his career in the automotive industry, in France, Spain, Morocco, India, and Mexico.

Hyung-Soo Hong

Director General Verescence Pacific

Hyungsoo Hong joined Verescence in 2019 as General Manager Verescence Pacific (previously Pacificglas). Before that, he was Purchase & Development Director at Amorepacific Group. He also has overseas working experience as Supply Chain Director of Lolita Lempicka factory in France. He began his career in Production Planning and Purchase Management.

Hyung-Soo majored in Industrial Engineering at Dong-Guk University and completed his Executive MBA school at Seoul University.

François Boizard

Director Técnico

François Boizard joined Verescence in 2007 as Industrial Director. In 2011, he became Group Technical Director.

Before joining Verescence, he was Managing Director of Saga Décor. He began his career in the glass industry in production management and plant management roles at Saint-Gobain.

An engineer in Mechanical Construction from INSA Lyon, François is also a graduate of the Institut Supérieur de Gestion (ISG) in Paris.

Jean-Michel Gorand

CIO

Jean-Michel Gorand joined Verescence in 2010 as Chief Information Officer. Before that, he served as IT Director Worldwide at Linpac Allibert from 2008 to 2010. Prior to that, he held several leadership roles at GSK from 2003 to 2008, including IT Domain Manager Sales & Marketing, Europe IT PMO Director, and Europe IT Medical & Regulatory Service Director. He began his career at BNP Paribas.

Jean-Michel holds a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Caen Normandy, and furthered his studies at CIDES, focusing on Information Technology.

Samuel Joachim

Director INPD

Samuel Joachim joined Verescence in 1994 as a Project Manager and later became Quality Manager at the Mers-les-Bains site. He then moved to Germany, working in the Pharmaceutical sector at Saint-Gobain Kipfenberg as Quality Director. In 2002, at Pechiney, he served as Quality Director for the five plants of the Techpack America entity in New York. Graduating from the Executive MBA ESSEC-Mannheim program in 2008, he joined the Italian Group Bormioli Rocco, overseeing quality in development and finishing. In 2013, he returned to Verescence to take on the role of Director of Innovation and New Product Development.

Jean-Luc Leblond

Director de Ventas y Marketing

Jean-Luc joined Verescence in 2017 as Global Sales and Marketing Director. Previously, he was VP of Sales & Marketing Americas at CTL Packaging. Prior to that, he was Deputy General Manager at Stoelzle Glass, Masnières plant. He began his career at Laboratoires Phytomer and held various sales leadership roles at Crown Cork & Seal, Rexam, and Bormioli Rocco.

Jean-Luc holds a Bachelor's degree in Applied Foreign Languages from the University of Poitiers.

Hervé Schricke

Director de Compras

Hervé Schricke joined Verescence in 2007 as Group Procurement Director.

Prior to that, he gained extensive experience in major companies such as Saint-Gobain, Stolz, and Eurocopter, where he held various senior positions.

Hervé graduated in Aeronautical Maintenance from the Institut Aéronautique Amaury de La Grange, France.

Alain Thorré

Director de RSC, Calidad y Mejora Continua

Alain Thorré joined Verescence in 2011 as Quality and Continuous Improvement Director.

In 2016, he also took on the role of CSR. Prior to that, he held Quality and Continuous Improvement positions at Cooper Standard, Alcan Packaging, and CarnaudMetalbox Engineering.

Alain graduated in Chemical Engineering & Process Engineering from INSA Rouen. He also holds a Master's degree in Management & Quality from EDHEC Business School and a CESA in Supply Chain & Procurement from HEC Paris.