By Dalila Bouaziz | THE
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
| Organization
Agathe Monpays, currently Managing Director of Leroy Merlin Greece and Cyprus, will succeed Thomas Bouret as Director of Leroy Merlin France as of 1er September 2023.
Agathe Monpays takes over the general management of Leroy Merlin France, as of 1er September 2023. Her mission will be to “continue the momentum towards a platform company for positive housing, with the development of the omni-commerce model and new solutions for housing, including energy renovation”. It will also have to reinforce the attractiveness of the brand, “which has been part of the top 3 favorite brands of the French for several years”. She succeeds Thomas Bouret who will join ADEO as director of international development.
“Agathe Monpays embodies a development path that perfectly echoes our convictions on the value of the human and professional skills that we support for each employee. Agathe’s sense of business and management, her strength of conviction, her ability to adapt and her interpersonal skills will be valuable assets in leading the company towards its ambition: to make positive housing accessible to all.” comments Philippe Zimmermann, Managing Director ADEO.
A rapid ascent
Agathe Monpays is 28 years old. She began her career in direct marketing. In 2016, she joined Leroy Merlin France as sector manager in Valenciennes. From 2020 to 2022, it runs the Tourcoing store which becomes, under his leadership, “a pioneer in omnichannel transformations, while engaging, with its teams, in a process of positive impacts”. In 2022, Agathe was appointed General Manager of Leroy Merlin Greece and Cyprus.
Thomas Bouret is 51 years old. After a first experience as Intersport store manager, he joined Leroy Merlin in 1997 as sector manager in Le Mans, then regional management controller in Paris, and finally store manager in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois. In 2016, he joined Leroy Merlin Brazil as regional director, before taking over the general management of Leroy Merlin Italy in 2011, then that of Leroy Merlin France in 2014.
ADEO, leader in Europe, is the 3e world player in the home improvement and DIY market with a business volume of €37.8 billion including tax in 2022 (including online sales of €2.7 billion including tax). It has a network of 1,000 points of sale, marketplaces and platform partnershipsADEO distributes its solutions for a positive habitat in 23 countries.
