Biography of Jean-Christophe Coutures

Jean-Christophe COUTURES


Chairman & CEO Pernod Ricard Pacific

Jean-Christophe Coutures, ESCP, joins Pernod Ricard in 1997 as Business Analyst at CSR Pampryl and is subsequently appointed as VP Finance Pernod Ricard Asia in 2000 and Chairman & CEO Pernod Ricard Korea in 2005. 

In 2006, he is President and Representative Director of Jinro Ballantines Company Limited (JBC*) and Jinro Ballantines Import Company Limited (JBIC). 

Since 1 July 2008, he is Chairman & CEO of Pernod Ricard Pacific.



- 1975: merger of the Pernod and Ricard companies
- 19,000 employees in more than 70 countries worldwide
- 113 production plants