Profiles

Flavio Briatore: A victim of his own success

Success can do strange things to people. Whilst most continue to reap the rewards, others throw it all away. Unfortunately for Briatore, he is one of the latter

Jean-Dominique Senard

Michelin experienced an unprecedented event when for the first time since its creation in 1889, a non-family member was elected for the group’s top job

Dr Kurt Bock

The man who has who has taken over at BASF SE, is in a rare position, taking over a company with no clear need for a change in strategic direction; so what is his appointment for?

Apostolos Tamvakakis

At a time when Greece is facing ambiguity over its debt measures, one thing is certain: Apostolos Tamvakakis, CEO of the National Bank of Greece possesses the flair and dexterity to emerge from the rubble

Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen

But if they did, they’d probably be the best in the world and moulded in the image of Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen, the man at the helm of the world’s fourth largest brewer and inspirator behind their unique branding

Yevgeny Kaspersky

CEO and co-founder of one of Russia’s most successful IT security companies, Kaspersky Lab, Yevgeny Kaspersky is a mathematical prodigy turned millionaire by way of pure curiosity

Franco Bernabè

How do you describe the CEO of Telecom Italia? Versatile and tenacious; talented, and a little unlucky, but an absolute master of the kind of corporate politics that keep executives at the top of their game

Mathias Döpfner

When he took over as CEO of Axel Springer AG in 2002, the company was facing testing times. In 2001 it faced losses of just under €200m. Ten years later, things aren’t quite so daunting

Antoine Frérot

Climate change revelations forced the environmental service industry to reinvent itself; the CEO of Veolia Environnement, knows this more than anyone, taking over a company stuck firmly in the past

Gérard Mestrallet

The boss of Europe’s energy champion, GDF Suez, is a quiet, thoughtful man who has masterminded one blockbuster deal after another

Nick Hayek

The CEO of Swatch Group took over from his father in 2003. With the death of Hayek Senior just last year, now more than ever is the time for the son to prove himself a worthy heir to his legacy

Francisco Reynés Massanet

Not so long ago one could have been forgiven for not knowing the chief executive of Abertis Infraestructuras, Spain’s largest infrastructure and building group. The same could not be said today

Patrick Kron

Some have described Patrick Kron’s achievements at once-close-to-death French multinational Alstom as “miraculous”. Miraculous or not, Kron is lauded and praised just about wherever he goes

Marco Tronchetti Provera

When the recession of the late 1980s impacted badly on Pirelli they needed someone who could make tough decisions, and despite the fact they did not know it yet, that man was Marco Tronchetti Provera

Johannes Teyssen

If there’s one industry that could be described as engaged in a battle to the death for sales it’s the energy sector. How does Dr Johannes Teyssen, Chief Executive and Chairman of Germany’s E.ON, react to this relentless competition?

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