December 20th, 2024
Novares announces that Pierre Boulet has taken the decision to appoint François Sordet as CEO, effective January 1st, 2025. Pierre Boulet will remain Novares Group President with an emphasis on continuity and transition.
Arrived in 2012 in the Group, Pierre Boulet contributed significantly to the growth of the activity and developed a strategy based on global proximity with customers, reliability of execution with OEMs and Tier 1s and boosted the innovation through cutting-edge technologies, launching the first open innovation lab vehicle.
François Sordet was born on 17 October 1970. He holds a DESS Finance and a DEA Industrial Strategy from Sorbonne University. François Sordet, CFO since July 2012 within Novares, has more than 25 years of experience in the automotive industry. He previously worked as CFO of the Europe & South America Interior division at Visteon, after his experience at Alstom Transport and Valeo.
The strong collaboration developed over the past 13 years has strengthened the group’s position in the international automotive market and made Novares a leader in plastic solutions that will make the future of the industry.
Pierre Boulet says: “I want to thank all Novares Associates for the strong resilience, and the very good job done so far, within our challenging environment, and I ask each and every one to continue in the same direction. Let us face our future with continued strength, agility, and confidence in our ability to find our way through the upcoming challenges.”
ABOUT NOVARES:
Based in France, Novares is a global supplier of plastic solutions that designs and manufactures complex components and systems that serve the future of the automotive industry.
The company creates and produces advanced automotive solutions with technical plastic injection for greener, lighter and connected cars with intelligent and intuitive interfaces for all passengers.
Novares co-develops and provides engineering and manufacturing expertise to virtually every OEM in the world and many Tier 1 companies in the automotive market.
Novares, which is behind the construction of one in three vehicles in the world, achieved a turnover of 1.1 billion euros in 2024, thanks to its presence in 22 countries, its 37 manufacturing plants, its 6 centers of expertise, its 7 technical centers and 17 customer service centers around the world to partner with customers.
