André HEMARD started his career in Marketing as Brand Manager in 1978 and moved to sales as Regional Director of the company Pernod from 1985 to 1991. He, then, moved to two following positions as Sales Director of the company Cusenier and Sales Director of Pernod France, where he managed a team of more than 500 employees and developed the commercial strategy of Pernod.
In 2005, André moved to Canada as Deputy CEO of Pernod Ricard in Canada to merge the three local affiliates and fully integrate the Group’s new activities in this country.
Since October 2008, he is in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility of the Group and coordinates the implementation of the global CSR strategy in the 85 affiliates of Pernod Ricard.