Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 6, 2000
ERIC GUILPART is the Executive Vice President of Marketing and
Communications at Compagnie des Alpes, a company he has led since its
creation in 1989. At Compagnie des Alpes he has been successively Vice
President of Finance, Vice President in Business Development and since
the listing of the company in 1994, Vice President of Marketing and
Communications. In 1988, he joined Caisse des D_p'ts Group, the main
shareholder of CDA, as Vice President of External Growth in the tourism
division. Between 1983 and 1988 he was a financial analyst for Compagnie
des Wagons-Lits. Apart from his functions at Compagnie des Alpes, Mr.
Guilpart is the CEO of two subsidiaries. He is also non-executive
Director at UCPA, the largest social recreation association in France.
All these responsibilities make Mr. Guilpart one of the top specialists
of the ski market in France. Mr. Guilpart has a Masters in Business
Administration from the Institute d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. Profile
TWST: Let's start out by giving us an overview of Compagnie des Alpesthe company's history, activities, services, customers etc.
Mr. Guilpart: The company was created in February of 1989, so