Lesaffre appoints its new Chief Executive Officer, Brice-Audren Riché

Lesaffre, a key global player in fermentation, announces the appointment of Brice-Audren Riché as the Group’s new Chief Executive Officer on 1st of January 2022. He will succeed Antoine Baule, who has reached the end of his mandate.

Currently General Manager of Biospringer, Lesaffre’s business unit specializing in yeast extracts, Brice-Audren Riché will continue Lesaffre’s development in the fields of baking and nutrition and health, with the support of all the group’s teams throughout the world. He will bring his strategic and operational expertise as well as his management experience acquired during a successful career in France and abroad.

“I am delighted to succeed Antoine Baule and honored by the confidence placed in me by Lesaffre’s Board of Directors to continue to drive the company’s growth. Lesaffre has been driven for over 160 years by its ambition to create innovative and environmentally friendly solutions based on micro-organisms and the power of fermentation. Those solutions meet the needs of nutrition, health and naturalness, which are more than ever at the heart of society’s challenges. I am determined to be part of this dynamic with the Group’s employees and at the service of our customers,” commented Brice-Audren Riché, future Chief Executive Officer.