Bourbon Names New CFO

French vessel owner and offshore services provider, Bourbon, has appointed Astrid de Bréon as chief financial officer of the group.

She will assume her function on February 1, 2017 and will resign from her seat on the board of directors at that time.

“Thanks to the benefits of the digital revolution, the business model of Bourbon is led to evolve. The CFO will not only bring innovation to the heart of the financial strategy but also accompany the strategic transition of the company. I am convinced that Astrid will bring value to this transformation within the General Management team in compliance with the values of Bourbon,” said Jacques de Chateauvieux, chairman and CEO of Bourbon.

The group’s general management will thus be composed of Jacques de Chateauvieux, chairman and CEO, Christian Lefèvre, deputy CEO, Gaël Bodénès, chief operating officer and Astrid de Bréon, chief financial officer.

Astrid de Bréon, aged 37, has worked at BNP Paribas, first as a project manager finance management at the group’s finance department where she later coordinated the “Emerging Markets” zone. In 2010, she became in charge of corporate strategy working with the general management of BNP Paribas and coordinated, in 2013, the launch of Hellobank for the French network of BNP Paribas.

Since 2014, she has been in charge of institutional and corporate clients at the Business Center Paris Etoile Entreprises.

She is the daughter of Henri de Chateauvieux who holds, through Mach-Invest International and Mach-Invest, 7.6% of Bourbon’s capital.