Thierry Paternot

Bio

Thierry brings to Duke Street his extensive experience of consumer-facing businesses. During his career he spent 22 years at L’Oréal, the cosmetics giant, working in a number of executive roles including Managing Director of the German operations and then of Eastern and Southern Europe. Finally he became Managing Director of the French consumer business. Later he was Chairman of the Management Board of Reemtsma, the world’s fourth largest cigarette manufacturer, based in Hamburg. Following Reemtsma’s acquisition by Imperial Tobacco, Thierry became CEO of Facom, the leading European hand tool manufacturer. On its sale to Stanley Works, he became President of Stanley Europe. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of the holding company that bought SGD (formerly Saint-Gobain Desjonquères), the world’s largest maker of glass packaging for perfume and pharmaceuticals. He was also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Franco-German Chamber of Commerce. Thierry is currently Non-Executive Director of Henkel AG in Düsseldorf. Thierry is a graduate of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.