Xavier Gagey appointed Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Pochet and member of the Executive Boardfrom September 1, 2021.
He will take over from Tristan Farabetsince 2014 to modernize the Group's organization, infrastructure and operating methods, and to place it at the forefront of competitive excellence in the service of customers and a strategy for a sustainable future. On the strength of the fundamental progress achieved, the Group's positioning on new 4.0 technologies, a strengthened team of talents, an enriched value proposition notably on the CSR dimension and well-oriented performances, the Group can now open a new sequence in its history and Tristan Farabet move on to new personal projects.
A graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electricité (SUPELEC) and with an MBA from EDHEC, Xavier joined the Pochet Group and its Executive Committee in 2018, as General Manager of the Flaconnage division, with a long and rich experience within the Arcelor-Mittal/APERAM Group, both in France and internationally. Over the past 3 years, together with the Flaconnage teams, he has led a marked improvement in the industrial performance of this historic Group division.
Irène Gosset, Chairman and shareholder of Groupe Pochet, would like to join the Group's Supervisory Board and shareholders in "warmly thanking Tristan for his decisive action on behalf of the Group over the last 7 years, and for the significant progress he has made, which today enables us to look to the future with confidence and to open a new page in the Group's history with Xavier, whose proven talents will benefit all the Group's activities". We wish Tristan every success in his future endeavors.
