Potier will become a non-executive director of the consumer goods multinational with effect from 1 January.

De Saint-Affrique will take over from the joint interim leadership of Véronique Penchienati-Bosetta and Shane Grant in September.

Véronique Penchienati-Bosetta and Shane Grant have been appointed to lead the business during the search for a new CEO.

Figures reveal that companies in France have moved to combines the roles of chairman and chief executive, in contradiction to trends elsewhere.

French food company combines chief executive and chair roles saying it “builds a bridge” between the board and management.

French IT services firm tops ranking for CAC 40 companies rated on their environmental, social and governance performance.

French food company Danone used digitalisation to support a move to integrated reporting, but it wasn’t all easy.