As a major player in the French and European equipment rental market, the Kiloutou group has announced two appointments to strengthen and diversify its French Management Committee and support its development in the French market:
- Valérie Marchand has been appointed Sales and Marketing Director,
- Vincent Royer is promoted to the newly created position of Digital Transformation Director.
Biographies
Valérie Marchand (50 years old), has a Master’s degree in Private Law, a CESA HEC Business Unit Management and a DESU in Business Coaching. In 1988, she began her career with the Crédit Lyonnais Group as Branch Manager at Finalion. In 1992, she joined the Guilbert Group as Branch Manager and Internal Auditor. Between 2000 and 2003, she managed the Operations and Services France of the Supplies Division of the Pinault Printemps Redoute Group. From 2003, she joined the Office Dépôt Group where she successively held the positions of Customer Services Director and Quality Director, VIKING General Manager and Group Marketing Director, Marketing and Merchandising Director and finally Marketing and Sedentary Sales Director.
Vincent Royer (50 years old), graduated from the Weller International Business School. In 1988, he began his career at Leroy Merlin as Area Manager. In 2001, he joined Castorama to manage a shop. He joined the Kiloutou Group in 2003 as Regional Director for the North. Then in 2013, he took responsibility for the integration of several brands acquired by the Group in the Rhône region into the Kiloutou network. Since April 2015, he has held the position of Marketing Director France.
Valérie Marchand and Vincent Royer join the French Management Committee, whose organisation has also evolved in recent months to pursue Kiloutou’s development strategy around 3 axes: growth (internal and external), expansion of the business portfolio and development of innovative services.
The Kiloutou Group’s French Management Committee is headed by Olivier Colleau, Managing Director, accompanied by :
- Lionel Wallet, France Network Director
- Valérie Marchand, Sales and Marketing Director
- Yann Bonnet, Operations Director France
- Vincent Royer, Digital Transformation Director
- Jan Luc Ambre, Administrative and Financial Director France
- François Renault, Equipment Director France
- David Lamiaux, Human Resources Director France