Michelin says Adeline Challon-Kemoun will join as a member of the Group Executive Committee, EVP, Brands, Sustainable Development, Communications and Public Affairs.
Challon-Kemoun, who graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and the Society Francoise d’Analyse Financier, started her career in communications consultancy at Image 7.
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She then worked in general management positions (Euris, Rallye) and as brands, marketing and communications director for major groups : Casino, France Televisions and Air France.
From 2015 to 2017, she was executive vice president, Marketing, Digital and Communication at Air France-KLM and member of the group’s executive committee.
Michelin recently posted 2017 profit up 1.5% to EUR1.69bn (US$2.1bn), while operating income from recurring activities was EUR2.7bn or 12.5% of net sales, up EUR145m.
The French supplier said it had a “determined Group strategy to offset the more than EUR700m increase in raw materials costs,” which resulted in a neutral impact versus raw materials headwind on the non-indexed businesses.
