Sonepar announces the appointment of Andros Neocleous, currently Sonepar Deputy CFO, as Sonepar Group CFO as of January 1st, 2019. He will be reporting to Philippe Delpech, Sonepar CEO.
He succeeds François Poncet, who retires after 20 years of great service at Sonepar.
A citizen of both Cyprus and Canada, Andros graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) with a BBA in Accounting and Economics and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Canada). He worked ten years at Price Waterhouse and then joined Hagemeyer NV. Following the Hagemeyer acquisition in 2008, he became CFO for Sonepar Northern Europe in 2009, then Group Vice President M&A and Finance. More recently he was appointed Sonepar Deputy CFO.
“Andros has a wide international background, a solid domain expertise and a deep knowledge of Sonepar business model which will allow him to ensure continuity after François Poncet’s 20 years leadership, and support Sonepar to leverage the Digital age opportunities." said Philippe Delpech, Sonepar CEO.