Member of the fifth generation since the creation of the family business, Bruno Bonduelle was CEO from 1985 to 1994. He was also very involved in the promotion of the Lille region.
Le Monde with AFP
Bruno Bonduelle, former CEO of the family business of the same name specializing in canned and frozen vegetables, died Friday at the age of 89, in Marcq-en-Barœul (North), announced the group Saturday, September 17, confirming daily information the voice of the north .
Member of the fifth generation since the creation of the family business, Bruno Bonduelle was CEO from 1985 to 1994, before taking the lead of his supervisory board, then becoming a member of his board of directors. His mandate had notably been marked by the resumption of his competitor Cassegrain in 1989.
“Bruno Bonduelle was a decisive player in the transformation of the group, which he accompanied in his expansion in France (…) and internationally by widening activity to Spain, Portugal and L ‘Central Europe, “said the company in a statement. It “welcomes the memory of a large industry captain whose entrepreneurial spirit and audacity have enabled the economic and social development of many players in the Lille metropolis”.
promoter of her region
Out of his managerial duties, Mr. Bonduelle had invested a lot in the promotion of the Lille region. Among other president of the Association for the International Promotion of Lille Métropole (APIM), president of the Power Association Committee Grand Lille, carrying Lille candidacy at the 2004 Olympic Games and President of the Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Commerce and President of the Chamber of Commerce and President of the Chamber of Commerce and President of the Chamber of Commerce and President of the Chamber of Commerce and President of the Chamber of Commerce and President of the Chamber of Commerce and President of the Chamber of Commerce and President of the Chamber of Commerce and President of the Chamber of Commerming and president of the Chamber of Commerming Lille Métropole industry.
Bruno Bonduelle was moved by the negative image for the region of the GERMALIAL film by Claude Berri, in 1993. He also made a short foray into politics by presenting himself to the regional of 1998 in the Nord-Pas-de -Calais, under the label generation Ecology.
The Bonduelle group, giant in its sector, achieved during its financial year 2021-2022 (enclosed on June 30) a turnover of 2.9 billion euros.