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29/03/2017

2 KEDGE Alumni are in the Institut Choiseul's Top 100 Economic Leaders for Tomorrow!

As they do every year, the renowned Institut Choiseul has just published its ranking of the "Top 100 French Economic Leaders of Tomorrow". The ranking lists successful entrepreneurs, managers of successful companies, or influential administrators under the age of 40 - a ranking of the top 100 young French economic leaders who are expected to play an important role in the nearby future. 

The ranking was published on March 24, 2017 and KEDGE Business School alumni have once again made the cut! In 2015 and 2016, several of KEDGE alumni had already made the list (Emmanuel Pottier, ESC 2002 - Bertrand Quesada, EBP 2000 - and Rachel Delacour, ESC 2003...).

The year, along with the young CEOs of Blablacar, Havas, and Yves Rocher, there are several KEDGE alumni: 

 

63rd position: Emmanuel Pottier



Emmanuel POTTIER (ESC, class of 2002) is the Vice Managing Director of Clear Channel.  He is 38 years old and holds degrees from the University of Uppsala and Kedge Business School. Previously, we worked for BearingPoint (2005) and Altarea Cogedim (2007), before being named Director of Strategy, New Media, and Innovationa at Clear Channel (2008).

Emmanuel Pottier is 38 and a graduate of KEDGE Business School. He started his career at Lucent Technologies in 1999 as Manager for Research and Strategic Planning in France and then in the EMEA region. 

From 2003 to 2005, he worked as Director of Communication and Influence Projects on the 2012 Olympic Games Bid Committee for the City of Paris. Then he joined BearingPoint (formerly Andersen Consulting) in 2005, as Senior Consultant in the "Media and Telecoms" sector, then worked for a year as Development Manager for the "Entertainment and Sales" department at ALTAREA COGEDIM.

He joined the Executive Committee at Clear Channel in 2008, as Mission Officer for the Director General, and was in charge of the company's digital transformation. He has been working as Director for Strategy and New Media since 2010. 

 

94th position: Charles Darbonne

Charles DARBONNE (EBP, class of 2001) is the President and General Director of Darégal. He is 38 years old and holds degrees from the University of Portsmouth and Kedge Business School. He started his career at Darégal France (2004), then worked at Darome (2010) before being named President of the Californian Endive Company (2010 - 14), and then President and General Director of Darégal.

Charles Darbonne is among the fifth generation in his family to work for the family business, which he joined after obtaining his business degree. He worked for the family business as financial auditor for three years. Then worked as Marketing Director for Darome for three years. He successfully launched Darégal's retail branch in the United States, known as "Gourmet Daregal", before being named General Director of the company where he managed the launch of frozen infusions. Daregal is a French family company, specialised in frozen herbs. The company earned 62.6 million euros in revenues in 2011. Darégal specialises in transforming frozen aromatic herbs and is ranked first in the world market for frozen aromatic herbs. The company currently has 2,000 cultivated hectares and transforms more than 25,000 tons of herbs.

 

Congratulations to these two alumni who are making our network proud. 

 

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