Leadership
Bernard Mariette, President & CEOBernard Mariette holds a master degree in management and an MBA from the Universityof Bradford (United Kingdom). He started his career as a financial controller at Marks & Spencer Europe, then L’Oréal and Timberland France & Spain, before joining Quiksilver, first as Vice-president Europe (1994-99) before he was successively promoted to President Europe (1999-2005) and President of Quiksilver Inc. from 2001 to 2008. Quiksilver Europe sales were 700 million USD in 2005, and Quiksilver Inc sales 2.4 billion USD in 2007. Retail stores went from a handful in 1994 to a network of more than 600 in 2007.
Éric D’Anjou, Senior Vice-PresidentÉric is Coalision’s co-founder and has been the catalyst behind the Company’s vision: drafting the long term position of the Company and its brands. Eric is perceived by the industry as a leader with in-depth knowledge of the market. He is a board member of the Snowsports Industry America (SIA).
Jean-Pierre Ferrandez, EVP – Orage & Mass MarketJean-Pierre has been part of the Coalision story since its early days and was originally appointed as the first sales representative of the Orage brand. Prior to his current position, he was EVP of Strategic Development and prior to this, VP of Sales and Marketing. He is responsible for all activities from design to sales involving both the Orage and Paradox (mass market) brands.
Evelyn Trempe, EVP of Products, LoleEvelyn is a co-founder of Coalision. She holds a bachelor degree in administration and is responsible for the research and development for the Lole brand. As a sport enthusiast, she lives and breathes Coalision’s products.
Eric Doyon, EVP & CFOEric holds a B.Comm Finance from HEC Montreal and the CFA designation. Prior to joining Coalision in January 2009, Eric was EVP & CFO of Europe’s Best, a branded frozen food manufacturer that was successfully sold to the JM Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM). Earlier in his career, he was successively director of investments at Caisse de dépôt’s private equity group, VP of Corporate Development of Gildan Activewear (TSX/NYSE: GIL) and SVP & Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance.
Alain Nolet, EVP and COOAlain joined Coalision in 1995 as Director of Operations. Alain holds a CA designation. Prior to joining Coalision, Alain was part of Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, a leading accounting and consulting firm where he initially worked in the audit group. He went on to conduct restructuring consulting mandates for eight years at the same firm. Immediately prior to joining Coalision, he acted as Manager of the inter-company business group for Kraft Foods Canada.
Pascal Aymar, General Manager, Coalision SASPascal joined Coalision in September 2009 to oversee the development of all Coalision brands in Europe. Pascal is an industry veteran with over 25 years experience with industry leaders such as Salomon, Scott and Reebok. He was most recently Vice-President Marketing Asia-Pacific for Reebok. Prior to that, he was Global Brand Director for the Salomon division of Adidas and Managing Director of Scott France. |
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