Difficult to find a photo of Gilles Schnepp without a tie.
In recent years, some explain that he had started to fall for it on a daily basis at Legrand, the electrical equipment manufacturer he chaired between 2006 and 2020. This development has not been seen in the public figure.
Tall, slim, dressed to the nines, his voice calm and composed, mastering the numbers at the tips of his fingers, the new president of Danone has everything the English gentleman.
"It is sober and measured, which is in line with the culture of Legrand"
, specifies an administrator of the French electrical equipment manufacturer.
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Because Gilles Schnepp can be considered as a pure product of Legrand, where he joined in 1989. Previously, the native of Lyon, HEC diploma in hand, had cut his teeth in the investment bank Merrill Lynch.
He has kept a taste for numbers and financial performance.
His arrival at Danone is crowned with real success.
“His record at the head of Legrand is remarkable, the group
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