Alexandre RICARD

Chief Executive Officer of the Pernod Ricard Group, the second-largest wine and spirits group in the world. He is a graduate of ESCP Europe Business School, the Wharton Business School (he has an MBA and specialised in Finance and Entrepreneurship), and the University of Pennsylvania (he has a Masters in International Studies). Having worked seven years at Accenture as a management consultant, and then at Morgan Stanley as a mergers and acquisitions consultant, Alexandre joined the Pernod Ricard Group in 2003. He is one of the grandsons of Paul Ricard, the founder of the Ricard company.