Jean-François Palus began his career with Arthur Andersen as an auditor and financial advisor after graduating from France’s HEC business school in 1984.

Before joining the Artemis Group in 2001, Mr. Palus spent ten years with the PPR Group, where he held several positions, including Deputy CFO for the timber division of Pinault SA, Group Financial Control Director, store manager at FNAC, and Corporate Secretary and member of Conforama’s Executive Board from 1998 to 2001.

Since 2005, Mr. Palus has been responsible for managing PPR’s mergers and acquisitions, reporting to Francois-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of PPR. He has been PPR’s CFO and Deputy CEO since 2005 and 2008, respectively.

Jean-François Palus joined the PPR Board in 2009 and he is a member of the Supervisory Board of Puma AG and CFAO.