Gonzalve Bich has served as Chief Executive Officer of Societe BIC S.A. since May 2018. He served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of BIC Group within the Company between January 2017 and May 2018. He was Chief Operating Officer (COO), responsible for BIC Group Consumer Business, Human Resources and I.T. as of January 2017. He started serving as Executive Vice President of Societe BIC in June 2016. He joined BIC Asia in 2003, where he developed the regional business for four years. He moved on to serve as Group People Development Director before joining the Shaver category as Group Shaver Marketing Director. From 2008 to 2012, he led the Northern European business. In 2012, he was named Deputy General Manager, responsible for Middle East, Africa, Oceania and Asia Pacific. He was promoted to General Manager, Developing Markets in mid-2013 and took the responsibility for BIC Consumer Business Categories & Latin America operations in spring 2016. Gonzalve Bich earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Harvard University in 2001. He began his professional career as a Management Consultant for two years with Deloitte & Touche LLP in New York.