Paul-Marie Chavanne in charge of rationalising Geopost

Yesterday the French post office, La Poste, made official its appointment of Paul-Marie Chavanne as chairman of Geopost, its parcels and logistics holding company. Mr. Chavanne was formerly at Autodistribution, where he was also chairman of the board. He will replace Bertrand de Mascarel, who has headed Geopost since 1998.

Over the past few years, Geopost has been engaged in a programme of aggressive international expansion, involving a series of strategic acquisitions, including the purchase of German parcel delivery network DPD. Mr. Chavanne’s job is to implement a policy of rationalisation and integration, merging DPD’s franchises into a single entity, reorganising French parcel delivery activities and producing a coherent European group.

Abstracted from Les Echos Abstracted from Les Echos in French FT McCarthy – Copyright 2001 Financial Times Information.

Source: World Reporter (Trade Mark).

LES ECHOS, 04th September 2001