New management at Bricorama

Erik Haegeman is taking on the newly created position of managing director of the French DIY group, Bricorama. Previously he had been responsible for the group's international business in Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain. Jean-Claude Bourrelier, the principal share-holder, will continue to hold the position of executive chairman, whilst concentrating more strongly on the areas of real estate and corporate development in the future, as reported on the homepage of the French trade magazine, Univers.