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, 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 The École Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (more commonly ESSEC Business School or ESSEC) is a major French business and management school, with non-profit association status (French association law of 1901) founded in 190 ...

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

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 6 ...

hotel chain. He then served as the Vice-Chief Executive Officer of

Euro Disney Disneyland Paris is an entertainment resort in Chessy, France, east of Paris. It encompasses two theme parks, resort hotels, Disney Nature Resorts, a shopping, dining and entertainment complex, and a golf course. Disneyland Park is the origin ...

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 Bouygues Telecom () is a French mobile phone, Internet service provider and IPTV company, part of the Bouygues group. It is the third oldest mobile network operator in France, after Orange S.A., Orange and SFR, and before Free Mobile. Its headqu ...

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.

Other activities

Pélisson was on the board of trustees of the

MEDEF The Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF), or the Movement of the Enterprises of France, is the largest employer federation in France. Established in 1998, it replaced the Conseil national du patronat Français ( CNPF), or the "National Cou ...

. 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