French Agri-food Group Avril Names New Ceo

Incoming Avril CEO Paul-Yves L’Anthoën. Credit: Avril.

French agri-food group Avril has named Paul-Yves L’Anthoën arsenic its adjacent main executive.

L’Anthoën will win Jean-Philippe Puig and is group to subordinate nan institution connected 3 November for a modulation play up of taking up nan domiciled successful March.

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Puig has led nan group since 2012.  

Avril’s user portfolio spans edible oils, condiments and plant-based meals, pinch products sold nether brands including Lesieur, Puget and Costa d’Oro.  

Outside France, nan institution operates successful Italy, Romania, Morocco, Algeria, Senegal and Austria. 

Arnaud Rousseau, Avril’s chairman, said: “Puig has played a cardinal domiciled successful building nan group while preserving its cultivation roots and nan characteristic of our model. We widen our champion wishes to him arsenic he embarks connected this caller section successful 2026.” 

Avril said L’Anthoën, 55, has spent his profession successful nan cultivation sector.  

He astir precocious worked arsenic group CEO of Axéréal successful Orléans from October 2017 to September 2025, pursuing a spell arsenic CEO of Terrena’s cultivation operations from December 2013 to October 2017.  

Previous roles see 7 years arsenic managing head of Seveal & Agrihub astatine Groupe Vivescia betwixt September 2006 and September 2013, and 5 years arsenic branch head for Sanders astatine Avril from October 2001 to September 2006.  

He began his world profession successful Montréal arsenic marketplace head for Groupe Roullier. 

Commenting connected his appointment, L’Anthoën said: Avril is an bonzer group, distinguished by its unsocial world model, its cultivation governance, and its progressive domiciled successful driving transitions.  

“Everyone tin count connected my afloat committedness to continuing nan maturation momentum initiated by my predecessor, Jean-Philippe Puig, whom I warmly congratulate arsenic we look guardant to nan months of modulation ahead.”