Corporate governance

Management team

 

Hervé de Galbert

was born in 1955, and is a graduate of Institut Supérieur de Gestion. He began his career in operational control and management, first at Groupe Servier and then at Leroy Merlin, where he quickly became a member of the Executive Committee with extended responsibilities as HR Director and Regional Director. In 1992, together with Emmanuel Coste, he acquired CTN and Française de Palettes. He was a co-founder of Qualis in 1996.


Robert Léon

was born in 1949 and is a graduate of École Nationale d’Administration (1974). He has held several positions in the French government, particularly as Secretary-General of the Interministerial Committee for Industrial Restructuring. In 1986, he became CEO of the Arnault group. For 11 years, he was involved in building the world’s largest luxury goods group, carrying out numerous strategic acquisitions, disposals and financial transactions. In 1994, he joined forces with Emmanuel Coste and Hervé de Galbert to acquire Finon-Sofecome, and in 1996 co-founded Qualis.


Alain Cotte

was born in 1962 and is a graduate of Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers. Cotte began his career in 1988 as a consultant then manager at Bossard Consulting, a management consulting firm purchased by Gemini consulting. In 1993 he joined Finon Sofecome, bought a year later by Emmanuel Coste, Hervé de Galbert and Robert Léon. He is deeply involved in the management and is CEO of some subsidiaries: Finon-Sofecome, IEC, Exalead.


Surrounded by experienced managers, specialist experts and high-quality operational staff

  1. Frédéric Bettega
  2. Pascal Bisaki
  3. Eric Bonjour
  4. Sandrine Chassagnac
  5. Renaud Cormier
  6. Yvick de Fouchier
  7. Isabelle Riviere Frankiewicz
  8. Cécile Hulaud
  9. Pascal Marchand
  10. Jérôme Obriot
  11. Hervé Ollien
  12. Paul Rivier
  13. Olivier Rousselière
  14. Corrine Saragosti
  15. Pablo Torres

 

Board of directors

The board members of Talis, parent company, are:

  1. Robert Léon, chairman and CEO
  2. Hervé de Galbert, managing director 
  3. Sochrastem, represented by Stéphane André
  4. Franco Fasolato

Alain Cotte is managing director of Talis.