Guillaume Texier named CEO to succeed Patrick Berard
On the 25th March 2021, Rexel’s Board of Directors announced the appointment of Guillaume Texier as Chief Executive Officer to succeed Patrick Berard, with effect from September 1, 2021 for a term of four years.
As Chief Executive Officer, Guillaume Texier will lead Rexel’s Executive Committee. He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines in Paris and spent most of his career at Saint-Gobain, which he joined in 2005 and where he held various senior leadership positions, most notably with an international remit. He was also Group CFO between 2016 and 2018, before taking up the position of Deputy CEO in 2019 with responsibility for France, Southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Shareholders’ Meeting held on the 22nd April 2021 approved Guillaume Texier’s appointment as Director of the Company, for a term of four years starting on the 1st September 2021*. Patrick Berard has agreed to stay on until 1st March 2022 to work alongside Mr. Texier and ensure a smooth handover in the implementation of Rexel’s strategic roadmap, presented in February 2021.
*to succeed Patrick Berard.