Biography of Pierre Coppere

Pierre COPPÉRÉ


Chairman & CEO Pernod Ricard Asia

Pierre Coppéré, ESCP, joins Segm in 1979 as Export Market Manager, and since then, holds successively the posts of Sales Director for Segm in Germany, Group Marketing Manager for Segm (today Pernod Ricard Europe) and Sales Director for Renault Bisquit. He becomes Director of Pernod Ricard Asia’s South East Asia zone in 1996, as well as Managing Director of Perithaï (Thailand). 

In 1997, he becomes General Manager of Polacek and Preco (Poland, The Czech Republic and Hungary) then in 1998 Managing Director of Pernod Ricard Nederland. In 2001, he is appointed Chairman & CEO of Pernod. 

Since 1 July 2009, he is Chairman & CEO of Pernod Ricard Asia.



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