Jean-Louis Beffa

Jean-Louis Beffa (born with Nice the August 11th 1941) was chairman of Saint-Gobain of 1985 in June 2007. After having been one of the youngest leaders of companies of the CAC 40, it was one of oldest. There remains today chairman of the board of Gobain Saint. He is the uncle of the type-setter Karol Beffa.

Formation

After studies (secondary?) with Nice, Jean-Louis Beffa is pupil of the Polytechnic school (X), then, like school of application, of the 3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure of the Mines of Paris (as a engineer-civil servant of the Corps of the Mines, which makes of him a " X-Mines"). Then, he studies with the 3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure of oil (ENSP) and with the Institut of political studies of Paris (IEP).

Career

Its career begins with Clermont-Ferrand as a mining engineer in 1967. From 1967 to 1974, it does the Management of the Fuels (ministry for Industry?) enter within as an engineer. He evolves/moves quickly and becomes chief of assistant the Raffinage service then to the director.
En 1974, Jean-Louis Beffa takes his first steps with Saint-Gobain as Director of the Plan. It cumulates this function with the function of Director of the Canalisation branch and Mechanics of Gobain Saint of 1979 to 1982.
In March 1982, he becomes Managing director of Saint-Gobain then Chairman and managing director in January 1986. In 2002, it creates the Saint-Gobain Center for research in economy. In 2004, Jacques Chirac entrusts a mission to him on the revival of the industrial policy in France. This mission will lead in January 2005 to a " report/ratio; For a new Industrielle" policy; who translates the importance of the State in the industrial policy, and aims at creating an agency intervening on great programs of R & D and innovation: the Agency of the Industrial innovation (A2I). It is put with this report/ratio well off a certain number of leaders in France.
Il is named in September 2005 with the head of the board of trustees the AII, whose mission is to select and support the industrial great projects. Its career made him obtain the distinction of Commandeur of the Legion of honor in 2002, then Grand Officer in 2007, but also be present at many boards of directors such as BNP Paribas, Gaz de France or Groupe Brussels Lambert.

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