Noël Prioux, 51, a French national, joined Carrefour in 1984 as Assistant and then Head Accountant for the hypermarket in Rennes (Alma shopping centre). From 1989 to 1995, he held a number of operational positions in the Western Region Division of Hypermarkets in France: Regional Human Resources Manager, Fresh Products Department Manager, and then Manager of the stores in Angers St Serge and Venette. In 1996, he became head of S2P Financial Services in France, and then of In-Store Services. In 1998, he was appointed Executive Director Turkey, a position he held until 2001, when he became Director of Hypermarkets in France. In 2004, he joined the Latin America team as Executive Director Colombia, and then from 2006 to 2008 he was Executive Director South Asia. In February 2008, he was appointed Executive Director Spain. On 16 June 2011, Noël Prioux was appointed Executive Director France, thus becoming a member of the Carrefour Group’s Executive Board.