ESSEC appointments: OpenAI, Renault, LVMH, Arval, AMF, Air France-KLM, Ferrero…
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A new General Manager for OpenAI France, a new Chief Financial Officer for Renault Group, a new CFO Americas for LVMH and a future Chief Executive Officer for Arval: a round-up of the latest ESSEC appointments.
Laureline Serieys (E05) has just been appointed General Manager of OpenAI for France and Southern Europe, effective 9 November. It is a newly created role, in a country that ranks among the world’s top ten for weekly ChatGPT use. After starting out at BCG, she worked with retailers at Google, headed digital at Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance, and then went on to lead JUMP and Uber in France.
Joining from global mobility specialist Ayvens, where she notably served as Managing Director for Norway and played a part in the integration of ALD and LeasePlan, Annie Pin (E05) joins Arval, BNP Paribas’s long-term vehicle leasing subsidiary, as Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer. She will take over as Chief Executive Officer on 1 April 2027, succeeding Alain van Groenendael.
Carine Damois (E99) has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Renault Group, effective 14 November 2026. Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the Michelin group since 2021, she began her career at Areva in 2002.
Didier Deleage (E93) has been appointed Deputy Secretary General in charge of the Asset Management Directorate at the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), the French financial markets regulator. He joined the AMF in October 2019 as Deputy Head of the same directorate.
After more than seven years at the consultancy Roland Berger, Magali Testard (M98) joins Advancy as Senior Partner and Global Head of its Performance Improvement & Transformation practice. She has spent her entire career in consulting, notably at Accenture and Deloitte.
After twelve years in consulting (EY and Kurt Salmon) and four years at the French Red Cross, Audrey Frut-Gautier (E10) joins the Établissement français du sang (EFS), the French national blood service, as Director of Transformation and Innovation.
Marine Brison (M13) has been appointed Director of Commercial Strategy and Development at Geodis. She joined the logistics group, a subsidiary of SNCF, in 2017 after five years in consulting.
Maud Chassande (E17) and Jérôme Schatzman (E94) have been appointed Co-Executive Directors of the ESSEC Institute for Together for Sustainability & Social Change.
International:
LVMH has appointed Tristan Monchablon (E99) Chief Financial Officer for the Americas, effective 1 January 2027. Based in New York, he will report to Cécile Cabanis, the group’s Chief Financial Officer. He has spent more than twenty years with LVMH, notably at Fendi and Louis Vuitton.
After almost five years as General Manager France of Air France-KLM, Henri Hourcade (E88) has been appointed General Manager Italy and Eastern Mediterranean, based in Rome. He joined Air France straight after graduating.
Nicolas Mounard (E03) has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Rainforest Alliance, the certification organisation for sustainable agriculture. He previously led global sustainability strategy at the Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut.
After four years at Salesforce, Jordy Brazier (M07) joins CoreWeave, the AI-focused cloud specialist, as Global Vice President of Sales Operations. He is based in San Francisco.
Xavier Peress (BBA 98) takes over as General Manager North Africa of the Ferrero group. He joined the Italian confectionery company in 2000.
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