Bertrand P. Collomb (14 August 1942 – 24 May 2019) was a French business executive.

Career

He was director of LafargeHolcim, the company resulting from the merger of Lafarge and its Swiss competitor, in 2015. He is also honorary chairman of Lafarge, after having served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Lafarge SA from July 1989 to May 2003, and its chairman until 2007, senior executive vice president from 1987 to January 1989 and also served as its chief operating officer. Collomb was a member of the Institut de France (Académie des sciences morales et politiques). Collomb was a director of several international companies, including Allianz,

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, DuPont, Total and

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. He was also the chairman of the

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in 2004–2005, and of the think tank

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. Collomb was part of the " Coppens commission" which prepared the French Charter for the Environment of 2004.

Personal life

He was the son of Charles Collomb (1901–1982) and Hélène Traon, and the grandson of Charles Collomb (1870–1933) and Catherine Ogier. He had three children from his first marriage to Caroline Wirth. Collomb graduated in 1960 from the

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and the Ecole des Mines with a degree in law. He then earned a PhD in Management at the

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Death

On 25 May 2019

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announced that Collomb had died at the age of 76.

References

* 1942 births 2019 deaths French chief executives French business executives École Polytechnique alumni Mines ParisTech alumni Corps des mines Businesspeople from Lyon Directors of DuPont Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur {{France-business-bio-stub