Gilles Pélisson (born 26 May 1957) is a French business executive.

Early life

Gilles Pélisson was born on 26 May 1957.Council on Business and Society: Gilles Pélisson
His uncle,

Gérard Pelisson Gérard Pélisson (9 February 1932 – 6 March 2023) was a French hotelier and businessman who was the co-founder of the Accor Group, and president of the Institut Paul Bocuse. Biography Pelisson obtained his engineering diploma from the Éco ...

, was the founder of the

Accor Accor S.A. is a French multinational hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and vacation properties. It is the largest hospitality company in Europe, and the sixth largest hospitality company worldwide. Accor ope ...

hotel group.Scheherazade Daneshkhu
Executive quits Accor after ‘differences’
''Financial Times'', November 4, 2010 He graduated from the

ESSEC Business School Founded in 1907, ESSEC Business School (École Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) is a French higher education institution specialising in business and management. It is a grande école, a type of institution known for select ...

in Paris. He went on to receive an MBA from the

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...

Career

Pélisson started his career for

in Los Angeles, California. He served as the chief executive officer of the French restaurant chain Courtepaille from 1988 to 1993. He then served as the joint chairman of the

Novotel Novotel is a French midscale hotel brand owned by Accor. Created in 1967 in France, the company grew into what became the Accor group in 1983, and Novotel remained a pillar brand of Accor's multi-brand strategy. Novotel manages 559 hotels in 65 ...

hotel chain. He then served as the vice-chief executive officer of Euro Disney from 1993 to 1997, and as its chief executive officer from 1997 to 2000. Pélisson was the chairman of the Suez-Telefónica ST3G consortium and chairman of NOOS, a French cable network operator, from 2000 to 2001. He was the chief operating officer of Bouygues Télécom from 2001 to 2004, and as its chief executive officer from 2004 to 2006. He was the CEO of Accor from 2006 to 2010, and as its chairman from 2009 to 2011. He is on the board of directors of

Accenture Accenture plc is a global multinational professional services company originating in the United States and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, that specializes in information technology (IT) services and management consulting. It was founded in 1 ...

Other activities

Pélisson was on the board of trustees of the MEDEF. He is a co-founder and the president of the Fondation ESSEC, the fundraising organisation of his alma mater, ESSEC.Fondation ESSEC: Les Fondateurs
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References

1957 births Living people ESSEC Business School alumni Harvard Business School alumni French chief executives French television executives Walt Disney Parks and Resorts people Accenture people Knights of the Legion of Honour Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Disney executives Businesspeople from Lyon {{France-business-bio-stub