Jean-Paul Brayer appointed Vice-President of the Supervisory Board Jacques-Edouard
The Supervisory Board of Financière Quick SAS, meeting on 4 January 2010 under the chairmanship of Jean Eichenlaub, CEO of CDC Capital Investment, has co-opted Jean-Paul Brayer as Vice-President of the Supervisory Board.
“During his eight years as the head of the Group, Jean-Paul Brayer has made a significant contribution to strengthening the market position of the Quick Group. His new role will enable the Group to continue to profit from his expertise and abilities,” said Jean Eichenlaub.
During the same meeting, the Supervisory Board has appointed Jacques-Edouard Charret, who has been General Manager of the Quick Group since September 2009, CEO in order to continue the development of the Group that Jean-Paul Brayer had initiated in 2002.
A French fast-food Group, Quick is mainly operating in France, Belgium and Luxembourg.With 18,000 employees working for the company, the Group anticipates a 2009 systemwide sales of approx. EUR 930 million with a total of some 470 restaurants.
Biographies
Jean-Paul Brayer, aged 63, is a graduate of the ESCP Europe. He has spent a large part of his career in food-processing and industrial groups where he was responsible for marketing and sales (Colgate, Heineken France) and then the General Manager’s position at Levi-Strauss, Perrier, Mazda Wonder and William Saurin. In 1995, he was appointed Member of the Executive Committee and CEO of the Flo Group (brasseries Flo, Café Flo UK, Bistro Romain, Hippopotamus, Flo Prestige, Raynier & Marchetti). In 1998 he led the Flo Group’s IPO. In January 2002, he was appointed Managing Director of the Belgian Quick Restaurants Group and Director of Quick France. Following the takeover bid/buy-out offer initiated at the end of 2006 on the Brussels exchange, he has been CEO of Financière Quick. He was appointed Vice-President of the Supervisory Board on 4 January 2010.
Jean-Paul Brayer is also President of the National Fast-Food Union (Syndicat National de l’Alimentation et de la Restauration Rapide, SNARR). He is a member of the Supervisory Board of La Croissanterie and the Frères Blanc Restaurant Group. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Wagram Corporate Finance.
Jacques-Edouard Charret, aged 47, holds a Master’s degree in Economic Science and Management from the University of Lyon-2 and obtained an MBA from the EM LYON. He began his career in 1988 in the food marketing department at Unilever. In 1992, he joined Group Casino as a brand manager, and went on to hold various positions within the purchasing and logistics department. From 1999 to 2009, he was successively General Manager of Opéra (the joint central purchasing office of Group Casino and Cora Match Group) and General Manager of purchasing, logistics and marketing, and in charge of supermarket and mini-market networks, and finally Executive VP of Group Casino with responsibility for three networks (hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores) for Group Marketing and Non-Food Purchasing. Since September 2009, Jacques-Edouard Charret has been General Manager of the Quick Group. He was appointed CEO of Financière Quick on 4 January 2010.
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