Henri LAGARDE

Was in sales, marketing and strategy with Philips (1965-1975), and then spent seventeen years with Thomson where his final position was as Chairman and CEO of the Thomson Electromenager Group, and, in 1994, rejoined the agro-food group Guyomarc’h, of which Royal Canin was a part. He is now on the board of Mars Group Inc, owners of Royal Canin since 2002, and is a regular speaker, particularly in the USA on the problems of strategy and organisation.