The former general director of Dalloyau takes the reins of the company Thés de la Pagode

Marie-Charlotte Familiadès imagined herself an architect. Failing that, for twenty years she has been able to exercise a talent as a renovator in the companies where she has worked. She now takes on the presidency of Thés de la Pagode, a family SME which achieved 8 million euros in turnover in 2023.

As a child, the Biarrote woman followed her mother, owner of a clothing store, to ready-to-wear salons in Paris. The design appealed to her, but her rational parents dissuaded her. She ultimately opted for commerce, in which she became interested through the numerous trips she made with her family. « To my 8 years ago, we left for a year-long world tour. On our return, we flew each winter to a new destination »she remembers.

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After her studies in Toulouse, for her final internship, she hesitated between a communications agency and Le Bon Marché. She chose the department store that had always fascinated her…