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FM Logistic appoints Xavier Prévost to its Executive Committee

June 12, 2019 - France-based logistics and transport company FM Logistic announces the appointment, effective April 15, of Xavier Prévost as Group Director, Business Solutions & Information Systems.

FM Logistic appoints Xavier Prévost to its Executive Committee

He has also joined the FM Logistic Executive Committee, reporting to the company's president and CEO Jean-Christophe Machet.

In this newly created position, Xavier Prévost will supervise the IT and business solutions departments, including teams working on innovation, product research and development, project management and continuous improvement. He will play a key role in the ongoing digital transformation and automation of company processes, as well as in its pursuit of operational excellence.

For more than 20 years, Xavier Prévost held several senior domestic and international positions at the French retail group Auchan, most recently as Efficiency Director (information systems, organisation, supply chain, automation, Lean) and member of the Executive Committee (2015-2018) .


A French national, Xavier Prévost is an engineer by training, having earned an engineering degree from the ICAM School in Lille, France.

High res pictures of Xavier Prévost can be downloaded on the FM Logistic website at:
https://bit.ly/Xavier_IMG1
https://bit.ly/Xavier_IMG2

About FM Logistic
Founded in France in 1967, FM Logistic is a family-owned independent logistics company with revenues of €1.2 billion in the fiscal year to March 2018, two-thirds of which made outside of France. It is active in 14 countries across Europe, Asia and Latin America (Brazil) and employs more than 26,000 people.
FM Logistic invests in innovation to offer logistics, transport and co-packing solutions that answer changing consumer demands, the rise of e-commerce and omni-channel distribution. It serves a balanced portfolio of international and local companies in the FMCG, retail, perfume & cosmetics, industrial manufacturing and healthcare industries.
You can follow FM Logistic on Twitter at @FMLogistic

Media contact:
Cyrille Gibot
External communication manager
Phone: +33 6 45 99 91 58
cgibot@fmlogistic.com

More Info: https://www.fmlogistic.com/eng-gb/Media/News/FM-Logistic-appoints-Xavier-Prevost-to-its-executive-committee

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