Carrefour Romania announces its new management | Progresiv
Carrefour announces the appointment of Jean Richard de Latour as CEO of Carrefour Romania, starting with August this year. Prior to this position, the manager was Operations Manager Bassin Grand Nord in France. 
"I have gladly received this mandate in Romania. It is an honor and a challenge for me to lead Carrefour operations in Romania, one of the most important countries in the Carrefour Group. I look forward to this new professional stage to further develop the company. I know how involved and professional is the entire team in Romania and I am convinced that in the next period we will succeed in identifying and implementing new growth opportunities", said Jean Richard de Latour.
Jean Richard de Latour will work with a team of 6 members of the executive board who will coordinate the following areas:
• Catalin Samara: Marketing, Digitalization, E-commerce and IT, Client Services and Omnichannel Processes;
• Luminita Iacob: Acquisitions and Supply Chain;
• Anca Damour: Corporate Affairs, Real Estate, Legal, CSR and External Communication;
• Tareck Ouaibi: Operational;
• Jean-Paul Denis: Financial;
• Ana Krasovschi: Human Resources;
Jean Richard de Latour began his career within the Carrefour Group in 2013 as Director of Studies, Innovation and Public Affairs, and in 2014 he was appointed Director of the Cabinet of the President of the Carrefour Group, a position he took for two years. Previously, he worked for five years at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in France. In 2016, he diversified his experience and joined the operational area, coordinating the hypermarket chain in Paris. A year later, he was named Operational Manager of Bassin Grand Nord, France, a region that brings together 53 hypermarkets.
A graduate of the National School of Administration and a Master of Science in Public Affairs of Sciences Po, Jean Richard de Latour defines himself as a team man, encouraging collaboration and being very preoccupied with promoting and developing people.
Carrefour owns 320 stores on hypermarket, supermarket and proximity stores, as well as 9 stores under the Supeco brand. The retailer ended last year with cumulated business of 9.60 billion lei, up by 15% over the previous year and a net profit of 125 million lei.
