The Philadelphia Chapter of
The French-American
Chamber of Commerce
Proudly Presents
The 35th Annual
Fête
&
Honoring
Thibaut de Ladoucette
Chairman
Parent Company of
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Thursday, June 5th, 2025
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Kimpton Hotel Monaco
Stratus Rooftop Lounge
Lafayette Ballroom
433 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
See Our Distinguished Sponsors Below!
Merci Beaucoup to Our Fabulous Prize Donors!
Boiron Stay Healthy Gift Basket
Bruno Casabon, Casabon Consulting
2 Tickets for
The FACC's 35th Annual
Savor Soirée
Celebrating French Philadelphia
Business Connections
Thursday, November 20th, 2025
The Arts Ballroom
1324 Locust Street, Philadelphia
Santiago Ortiz, No Shorts Media LLC
2 Pairs of Tickets for
Paris Chansons
City Winery Philadelphia
Sunday, July 20th at 7:30 PM
Eric Placidet, Saint-Gobain
La Fête Featured
7:30 pm
VIP Reception
Cocktails & Hors d'oeuvres
Stratus Rooftop Lounge
8:15 pm
David Gustafson Music
Featuring Sadie Leigh
Seating for Dinner in
The Lafayette Ballroom
8:25 pm
Bon Appétit! First Course
Bill Burns
FACC President
Welcome, Thanks &
Acknowledgments
8:35 pm
Jeremy Heep
FACC President Emeritus
Introduction of Our Honoree
2025 Award Presentation by
Bill Burns, FACC President
Thibaut de Ladoucette
Chairman
Parent Company of
West Chester, Pennsylvania
8:40 pm
Remarks by
Thibaut de Ladoucette
Chairman of Lesaffre
Parent Company of Envera
8:55 pm
David Gustafson Music
Featuring Sadie Leigh
9:00 pm
Main Course
9:45 pm
Business Card Drawing
9:55 pm
Coffee & Dessert
More Networking
Music & Dancing
10:30 pm
The 35th Annual Fête Concluded
Merci Infiniment to Our 2025 Sponsors!
Meet Our Guest of Honor
FACC Philadelphia 2025 Global Leader
Thibaut de Ladoucette
Chairman
Lesaffre
Parent Company of
Envera
West Chester, Pennsylvania
In September 2020, Mr. Thibaut de Ladoucette was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lesaffre, headquartered in Marcq-en-Barœul, a suburb of Lille, France. He had been a Lesaffre Board Member since 2006.
From January 2005 until his appointment, Mr. de Ladoucette served as the Group Chief Financial Officer of Egis, based in Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France. The company was an international player in construction engineering and mobility services. He joined the Egis Executive Committee in 2006. In 2004, he served as CEO Advisor for C3D, a Caisse de Dépôts subsidiary, in charge of M&A strategy. From April 1994 through December 2003, he was Executive Director of M&A for UBS Investment Banking in London, where he led M&A transactions in services, mining, retail, construction, and infrastructure in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, including acquisitions of listed companies in France and the UK. From March 1989 to August 1992, he worked in Fixed Income Sales and Trading at Barclays Bank in London. In July 1987, he served as the Commercial Attaché for French export development with the French Trade Offices in Shanghai (PRC) and later in Seoul, South Korea.
Mr. de Ladoucette graduated from EM Lyon Business School and received his MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.
“Working together to better nourish and protect the planet.”
Lesaffre, Marcq-en-Barœul, France
Parent Company of Lesaffre North America, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
A key global player in fermentation for almost two centuries, Lesaffre, with a €3 billion turnover, employed 11,000 people in 185 countries. On the strength of this experience and diversity, Lesaffre collaborated with customers, partners, and researchers to find ever more relevant answers to the needs of food, health, nature, and respect for the environment. Thus, every day, Lesaffre explored and revealed the infinite potential of microorganisms. To nourish 9 billion people in a healthy way by 2050, while making the most of the planet’s resources, was a vital and life-sustaining cause. Lesaffre believed that fermentation was one of the most promising answers to this challenge.
Lesaffre was the largest producer of yeast in the world and served as one of the largest ingredient suppliers in commercial baking. As a trusted partner to bakers, Lesaffre worked to make the art of bread-making more productive, creative, and inspiring. From an at-home kitchen to an industrial-scale baking plant, Lesaffre provided yeast and ingredient solutions that scaled. Lesaffre began operating in the United States in 1978 and grew through a series of acquisitions in the 1980s. Lesaffre North America was headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with major plants located in Alabama and Iowa. Red Star Yeast was acquired by Lesaffre in 2001 and continued to be marketed under that name in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.Lesaffre.com and www.LesaffreBaking.com.
Envera, West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Lesaffre company
Envera was founded on the idea of reducing the presence of harsh chemicals, fertilizers, antibiotics, and pesticides on our planet through the use of Earth-conscious microorganisms. Since 2004, Envera's team of scientists, specialists, and technicians had been dedicated to helping their clients achieve their business goals through the discovery, isolation, and industrial application of bacteria. Envera paid meticulous attention to their fermentation processes and managed their expansive culture collection. They also took great care to be a biosciences company that served as a collaborative partner every step of the way. That’s why Envera offered its expertise to help customers in everything from product analysis to regulatory support.
As part of Lesaffre's ongoing expansion strategy in nutrition and health, the company purchased the majority interest of Envera in November 2017. Lesaffre was a key global player in the yeast and fermentation industries. In their corporate partnership, Envera functioned as a closely linked but independent entity. Specific Lesaffre affiliates became Envera customers, and Envera continued to supply products and technology to companies beyond Lesaffre. The parent company's global presence gave Envera greater access to additional customers, which translated into accelerated sales growth. Together, this alliance was committed to using its biotechnological advances to help the world become healthier and more sustainable. To learn more, visit www.Envera.com.
Previous Fête Honorees
2024. Frédéric Van Heems, President & CEO, Veolia North America
2023. Roger Perreault, President & CEO, UGI Corporation, parent company of UGI International & AmeriGas
2022. Anthony O'Donovan, PhD, President & CEO, Arkema Inc.; Head of Arkema Group in North America
2021. Pascal Vinet, CEO, Airgas; Vice President, Air Liquide Group
2020. Pierre-André de Chalendar, Chairman & CEO, Saint-Gobain Group
2019. Nicholas Siciliano, PhD, CEO, & Ben Pascal, MBA, CBO, Co-Founders, Invisible Sentinel, a bioMérieux company
2018. Heiner Markhoff, CEO, SUEZ - Water Technologies & Solutions, now Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions
2017. Jérôme Wallut, President, Alstom North America
2016. Hervé Hoppenot, President and CEO, Incyte Corporation
2015. Arnaud Vaissié, Co-founder, Chairman & CEO, International SOS; Chair, CCI France International
2014. Dikembe Mutombo, NBA Legend, Philanthropist, & Humanitarian
2013. Tom Connelly, Chief Innovation Officer, DuPont
2012. Pierre Brondeau, President, CEO & Chairman of the Board, FMC Corporation
2011. Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, Chairman & CEO, Rhodia S.A. (now Solvay/SYENSQO)
2010. Frank Baldino, Jr., PhD, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Cephalon Inc. (now Teva)
2009. Raj L. Gupta, Chairman & CEO, Rohm & Haas Company (now Dow Advanced Materials)
2008. Pierre Dufour, President & CEO, American Air Liquide; Sr. Exec. VP & Director, Air Liquide SA
2007. Jean-François Phelizon, President & CEO, Saint-Gobain Corporation; SVP, Group Saint-Gobain
2006. Stephen K. Green, Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
2005. Jean-François Dehecq, Chairman & CEO, Sanofi-Aventis Group
2004. Bernard Poussot, President, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (now Pfizer)
2003. His Excellency Jean-David Levitte, Ambassador of France to the United States
2002. Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, Chairman and CEO, SNCF International
2001. Leonard A. Lauder, Chairman, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
2000. Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown, Architects & City Planners
1999. Anne d’Harnoncourt, CEO, & Joseph Rishel, Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art/Rodin Museum
1998. Bruno Bonduelle, Chair & CEO, Groupe Bonduelle; President, Lille/Nord-Pas de Calais Development
1997. Jean-Pierre Garnier, President & COO, SmithKlineBeecham (now GSK)
1996. Jean-Daniel Tordjman, Ambassador at Large for International Investment, Invest in France Mission
1995. Pierre Salinger, Consultant, Author, Journalist; Press Secretary to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
1994. Serge Bellanger, President, FACC National & NY Chapter; EVP & General Manager, CIC, NY
1993. Madame Georges Pompidou, First Lady of France; Champion of the Elderly & Handicapped
1992. Jean-Daniel Tordjman, Minister Economic & Commercial Affairs, Embassy of France, Washington, DC
1991. His Excellency Jacques Andréani, Ambassador of France to the United States
1990. Bernard D. Azoulay, Chief Operating Officer, Elf Atochem North America, Inc. (now Arkema)