Emmanuelle HOCQUARD de KERLEAU appointed Chief Impact and Reputation Officer
29 January 2026
Castres, January 29, 2026 - Emmanuelle HOCQUARD de KERLEAU has been appointed Chief Impact and Reputation Officer at Pierre Fabre Laboratories, which owns a portfolio of international dermo-cosmetic brands including Eau Thermale Avène, Ducray, Klorane, A-Derma, René Furterer, as well as a Medical Care business covering five main therapeutic areas: oncology, dermatology, rare diseases, chronic diseases, and family health care.
Emmanuelle de KERLEAU will be responsible for designing and implementing integrated corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate communications and public affairs strategies to strengthen the positive impact of Pierre Fabre Laboratories among all its key stakeholders. She will oversee all activities currently carried out by the Corporate Communications and CSR (Green Mission Pierre Fabre) departments.
Marc ALIAS, Director of Corporate Communications, will leave the company at the end of a transition period running until April 2026. The company would like to express its deep gratitude for his leadership at the head of the Communications Department over the past fifteen years. He has left a lasting mark on the identity and reputation of the corporate brand, whose relaunch he orchestrated with the new slogan "Laboratoires Pierre Fabre, New Ways to Care."
About Emmanuelle de KERLEAU
Emmanuelle de KERLEAU is a lawyer by training. She began her career in 1998 at the law firm Alain Bensoussan Avocats, before contributing to the creation of the start-up Webhelp. After a period at Arthur Andersen, she joined Federal Express, where she headed the Public Affairs and Legal Department for Europe from 2003 to 2011, while developing the company’s first CSR roadmap.
In 2012, Emmanuelle joined Coca-Cola Enterprises as Vice President of Public Affairs, Communications, and CSR for France. In this role, she led the company's repositioning as a local player and trusted partner, deploying a strategy that integrated CSR at the core of the company's business priorities and reputation building.
In 2022, she was appointed Vice President of Public Affairs and Advocacy at Coca-Cola EuroPacific Partners. She created a public affairs function deployed in 30 countries and redefined the advocacy strategy of the world's largest Coca-Cola bottler.
Deeply committed to aligning corporate communications, CSR, and business objectives in both French and international context, Emmanuelle firmly believes in the importance of companies generating a positive social and environmental impact.
Emmanuelle is involved in various non-profit organizations and serves on the Board of Directors of Special Olympics France, an association working to change perceptions of mental disability and to facilitate access to healthcare for people with intellectual disabilities.
About Pierre Fabre laboratories
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