Philippe Tillous-Borde Explained

Philippe Tillous-Borde
Birth Date:1946 5, df=y
Birth Place:Versailles, France
Death Place:Paris, France

Philippe Tillous-Borde (17 May 1946 – 17 December 2022) was a French entrepreneur and engineer.[1] He was a co-founder of the group Sofiprotéol with Jean-Claude Sabin and later president of the Avril Group. From 2007 to 2010, he was a member of the .

Biography

Tillous-Borde was an agronomic engineer by training from his studies at the École nationale supérieure d'horticulture and the . He was born into a Basque family known for rugby.[2] After an experience with the Altiplano, he joined the Groupe d'Étude et de Recherche en BIOSystèmes, where he applied mathematical models to organic farming.[2] In 1974, he joined the company Oleafin, a joint venture between the Louis Dreyfus Company and the Comptoir national des techniques agricoles (CNTA), as a research investment officer and director of investment and management control.[2]

In 1983, the CNTA filed for bankruptcy.[3] To stabilise the sector and allow for its redevelopment, Tillous-Borde and trade unionist Jean-Claude Sabin co-founded Sofiprotéol, which financed the protein and oilseed sector in France.[4] Its main crops were rapeseed and sunflower. At the end of the 1980s, Sofiprotéol invested in biodiesel designed from rapeseed oil.[5] The oil produced by the company was known for having the highest concentration of Omega-3 fatty acid on the market.[6] Sofiprotéol became the highest seller of table oils in France with the purchase of in 2002 and olive oils of Puget in 2004.[7] [8] [9] [2]

At the same time, Tillous-Borde was also involved in consolidating the table oil sector with a strategy focusing on joint products. Soybean meal was particularly rich in protein and used for animal feed. He joined Glon-Sanders, the leader in French animal feed, in 1998 and later took over the company in 2007.[2] [10] He also focused on glycerin and founded the company Novance in 1996. In 2009, Sofiprotéol ventured into the field of renewable chemicals with the acquisition of Belgian company Oléon.[2] To continue the strategic development of the company internationally, he pushed the acquisitions of Romanian company Expur and a heavy stake in the Moroccan company . He also invested heavily in oleochemicals in Malaysia.[2] [11]

In 2012, Sofiprotéol's turnover was 7.3 billion euros.[12] Having reached the age limit, Tillous-Borde passed the baton to his successor, Jean-Philippe Puig at the request of Xavier Beulin.[13] [2] The group was renamed Avril and transformed into a partnership limited by shares.[14]

Suffering from genetic myopia, Tillous-Borde was severely visually impaired.[2] A member of the board of directors of the Fondation Voir et Entendre, he was entrusted with the leadership of the company Streetlab, whose mission was to improve the autonomy, mobility and quality of life of visually impaired people and seniors.[15] [16]

Tillous-Borde died in Paris on 17 December 2022, at the age of 76.[17]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 19 December 2022. Décès de Philippe Tillous-Borde, figure de l'huile végétale. French. Le Figaro. 19 December 2022.
  2. Book: Le Bourdonnec. Yannick. Tillous-Borde. Philippe. 2015. Un homme d'entreprise visionnaire : 40 ans au service d'une ambition agricole pour la France. French. Paris. Eyrolles. 978-2-212-56174-6.
  3. Book: Azouvi, Alain. 1984. Les industries agricoles et alimentaires en 1983. French. Paris. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques.
  4. News: Delanglade. Sabine. 7 September 2015. Un patron qui croit en l'agriculture française. French. Les Echos. 19 December 2022.
  5. Book: de Perthuis, Christian. 1993. Agriculture 2000 : le livre blanc, les stratégies agricoles face à la nouvelle PAC. Un enjeu majeur pour la France : l'adaptation de la filière grains. French. Paris. Economica. 978-2-7178-2475-9.
  6. Book: Bourre, Jean-Marie. 2004. La vérité sur les oméga-3. French. Paris. Editions Odile Jacob. 2-7381-1520-9.
  7. News: 6 September 2022. Sofiprotéol et Cereol concluent un accord financier sur Lesieur. dead. https://archive.today/20150918102809/http://www.lafranceagricole.fr/archive/article/sofiproteol-et-cereol-concluent-un-accord-financier-sur-lesieur-FA29631011809.html. 18 September 2015. French. La France agricole. 19 December 2022.
  8. News: 13 September 2004. Lesieur rachète l'huile d'olive Puget. French. L'Usine nouvelle. 19 December 2022.
  9. News: 19 September 2008. Diester Industrie acquiert le belge Oleon. dead. https://archive.today/20150921172606/http://www.lafranceagricole.fr/actualite-agricole/chimie-du-vegetal-diester-industrie-acquiert-le-belge-oleon-1606.html. 21 September 2015. French. La France agricole. 19 December 2022.
  10. News: 27 July 2007. Sofiprotéol prend le contrôle de Glon . French. L'Usine nouvelle. 19 December 2022.
  11. News: Cougard. Marie-Josée. 27 May 2015. Avril crée une filière huile au Maroc avec Lesieur Cristal. French. Les Echos. 19 December 2022.
  12. News: 1 March 2013. Le chiffre d'affaires de Sofiprotéol atteint 7,3 milliards d'euros (+ 12%). dead. https://archive.today/20160203145232/http://www.ria.fr/actualites/entreprises-le-chiffre-d-affaires-de-sofiproteol-atteint-7-3-milliards-d-euros-12-69207.html. 3 February 2016. French. RIA Novosti. 19 December 2022.
  13. News: Delanglade. Sabine. 6 June 2013. Sofiprotéol, l'essence du succès. French. Les Echos. 19 December 2022.
  14. News: Lentschner. Keren. De La Chesnais. Éric. 8 January 2015. Avril, un géant de l'huile au cœur de l'agroalimentaire français. French. Le Figaro. 19 December 2022.
  15. Web site: Conseil d'administration. Fondation Voir et Entendre. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160326130918/http://www.fondave.org/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&cid=3&id=19&Itemid=17&lang=fr. 26 March 2016.
  16. Web site: Présentation. Streetlab. French.
  17. News: Girard. Laurence. 19 December 2022. Philippe Tillous-Borde, acteur-clé de l'agro-industrie française, est décédé. French. Le Monde. 19 December 2022.
  18. Web site: Décret du 3 avril 2015 portant promotion. 5 April 2015. Légifrance. French.
  19. Web site: Décret du 14 novembre 2011 portant promotion et nomination. 15 November 2011. Légifrance. French.
  20. Tillous-Borde . Philippe . 1973 . Coopératives et systèmes traditionnels de l'Altiplano péruvien . Développement et civilisations . 52–53 . 80–140. fr.
  21. Gaignard . Romain . Tillous-Borde . Philippe . 1980 . Les protéines dans le monde : bilans et nouveaux enjeux . Annales de Géographie . 89 . 493 . 373–393 . 10.3406/geo.1980.19960 . fr.
  22. Book: Jacquet, Pierre . Les nouveaux équilibres agroalimentaires mondiaux . . 17 September 2015 . 978-2-13-058769-9 . fr.
  23. Web site: 26 November 2015 . Notre agriculture, au cœur des enjeux de la COP21 . La Tribune . fr.

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