Jean-Paul Rigaudeau, Chief Executive Officer

Jean-Paul Rigaudeau joined Unilabs in May of 2009 as CEO.

Mr Rigaudeau started his career in the consumer goods industry as Assistant Product Manager at International Playtex in the United States (1984-1986). He then moved on to Beiersdorf (Nivea) where he served a number of positions (Product Manager, Manager Business Development, Marketing Manager, Marketing Director, Managing Director) in a number of countries (USA, Germany, Japan, Spain, Mexico) between 1986 and 2000.

From 2000 to 2004, Mr Rigaudeau was Managing Director of Johnson&Johnson for Germany and Austria. He joined Kraft Foods in 2004 as Managing Director for Germany, before taking over the area Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He was promoted to VP Europe Chocolate in 2007 and to President Europe Region in January 2008.

Mr Rigaudeau holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from Columbia University (USA).
He was born in 1959. He is a French citizen.