Jean-Louis BEFFA

Graduate of the École polytechnique, the École nationale supérieure du pétrole, and the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, and an engineering graduate of the École des Mines. He began his career in fuel management before starting in 1974 at Saint-Gobain where he was CEO from 1989 to 2007, having been managing director since March 1982. He is also an administrator of the Banque Nationale de Paris and is currently president of the Saint-Gobain board of directors.

• Comment être Français et rechercher un leadership mondial
  How to maintain a french identity while pursuing worldwide leadership ?
• Peut-on parler de modèles nationaux de gestion ?
  Do national management models really exist ?
• L'ouvrier enthousiaste, Marx et Taylor revisités
  The enthusiastic worker : another look at Marx and Taylor
• Faut-il craindre les champions des pays émergents ?
  Who's afraid of companies from emerging countries ?