Whoever succeeds Yves Claude knows the Mulliez house well. This May 5, the AFM management council indeed appointed Fabien Derville as President of Auchan Retaila vacant position since the departure ofYves Claudestayed for four years at his head. Aged 62, Fabien Derville had entered the AFM management council barely a year ago, May 25, 2024. A few months later, he had left the presidency of Decathlon, a position he held between 2018 and 2025. Today, here he is president of Auchan Retail, present in eleven countries and prey to difficulties in France.
The son of the founder of Norauto remained seven years president of Decathlon
To succeed Yves Claude, the AFM management board chooses a ” known governance, recognized and simple, because embodied by a link between the AFM shareholder and the operations led by Guillaume Darrasse (Managing Director of Auchan Retail and President of Auchan France, editor’s note) “, Written the AFM in a press release published on May 5. Alongside Fabien Derville and Barthélémy Guislain, Chairman of the AFM Management Council, will sit: Elisabeth Cuninpresident of Kiabi, Marion MenetPresident of Catering Agapes, Bertrand BoréCEO of CREADEV and Philippe HyvertAdministrator of the Adeo Group. Fabien Derville will be particularly in charge of the link with Elo, the Auchan and new Immo Holding detention holding company.
Son of Eric Derville, founder of Norauto, Fabien Derville is a graduate of the IUT of Valenciennes and an MBA in HEC. He began his career in 1984 as a sector manager at Leroy Merlin and then became store director from 1988 to 1992. He then joined Norauto in 1992, where he exercised the functions of regional director then director of sales of the network in France. In 2002, he was appointed Managing Director of Auto 5, a Belgian subsidiary of the group. In April 2010, with the creation of Mobivia Group, he gained the general management of car centers. On November 4, 2018, he was appointed president of Decathlon.
“These appointments mark the sign of AFM support to Guillaume Darrasse and on the reversal plan. We thank Yves Claude for having convinced this new trajectory for the company with conviction. The new council of Auchan Retail, led by Fabien Derville, is experienced, supporting Auchan teams and in direct line with the beneficiary shareholder that is the AFM. This is the mark of our determined support”, Said Barthélémy Guislain, Chairman of the AFM Management Council in a press release.
The new ATFM board of directors– Fabien Derville, president of the council of Auchan Retail and member of the AFM management council;
-– Barthélémy Guislain, Chairman of the AFM Management Council;
– Élisabeth Cunin, president of Kiabi;
– Marion Menet, president of Catering Agapes;
– Bertrand Boré, CEO of CREADEV;
– Philippe Hyvert, administrator of the Adeo group
