Jean-Charles Naouri, the Board of Directors and all Casino group’s employees are deeply saddened to learn of the death today of the Group’s honorary Chairman, Antoine Guichard.
The grandson of Casino’s founder, Geoffroy Guichard, Antoine Guichard was born on 21 October 1926 and devoted his entire working life to the company, which he joined in 1950.
Mr. Guichard was at the helm of the Group for four decades, guided by an inspired entrepreneurial vision and the continuous desire to ensure the company’s growth.
With unfailing determination he modernised the company while opening it up internationally.
In 1992 Mr. Guichard and Jean-Charles Naouri brought Casino and Rallye closer together in order to preserve the company’s independence and accelerate its growth.
Since 2005, when Jean-Charles Naouri became the Group’s Chairman and CEO, Mr. Guichard, by then honorary Chairman, had shown ceaseless devotion to the company and given its Chairman precious advice drawn from his exceptional experience.
Commenting, Mr. Naouri said: “The death of Antoine Guichard is an immense loss for Casino, and I have lost a friend. As soon as we met in 1992, a deep professional and intellectual relationship developed between us. From that moment on, Antoine Guichard was always close to the decisions I had to take for the Group’s development. His wise advice, his great humanity and his friendship will be irreplaceable.”
Mr. Naouri, the Board of Directors and all the Group’s employees express their deepest sympathy to the Guichard family.
Contact:
Casino Group
External Communication Department
Aziza Bouster – 01 53 65 24 78 – 06 08 54 28 75 abouster@groupe-casino.fr
