André Lacroix (businessman)

{{short description|French businessman (born 1960)}}

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André Lacroix (born 1960) is a French businessman who, from 16 May 2015, is chief executive of the FTSE 100 multinational company Intertek Group plc.{{cite press release

| title=Directorate Change: André Lacroix to become Chief Executive in May 2015

| publisher=Intertek Group plc

| date=30 September 2014

| url=http://www.intertek.com/news/2014/09-30-directorate-change/

| accessdate=16 May 2015}}{{cite news

| last =Treanor

| first =Jill

| title =Incoming Intertek chief forgoes bonus after shareholder backlash

| newspaper =The Guardian

| publisher =Guardian News and Media Limited

| date =15 May 2015

| url =https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/may/15/incoming-intertek-chief-forgoes-bonus-shareholder-rebellion

| accessdate =16 May 2015 }}

Lacroix began his career as an external auditor with Ernst and Young in 1983.{{LinkedIn URL |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/andr%C3%A9-lacroix-lws/ |name= André Lacroix }}{{Cite book|last1=Lacroix|first1=André|date=2023|title=Leadership with Soul|chapter=Introduction: Leadership with Soul…the early years |chapter-url=https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/epdf/10.1142/9789811269233_0001 |pages=15–23 |doi=10.1142/13157 |isbn=978-981-126-924-0 }} He was president of Burger King International between 1996 and 2003,{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/6ec83b2c-ac0e-3340-87b5-62bcc1e54646|title=Intertek swings to heavy loss amid oil pain|first=Joel|last=Lewin|newspaper=Financial Times|date=2 March 2016|accessdate=10 February 2018}} before becoming chairman and CEO of Euro Disney SCA,{{cite news|url=http://www.cityam.com/1412124307/share-price-lacroix-takes-reins-intertek|title=Intertek Share Price Up As Andre Lacroix Takes Reins|first= Caitlin|last=Morrison|date=1 October 2014|publisher=City A.M.|accessdate=10 February 2018}} the company that owns and operates Disneyland Paris. He held that post until May 2005 and then from January 2006 to March 2015 was the group chief executive of Inchcape plc, a British multinational automotive retail and services company.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/inchcape-appoints-exeuro-disney-head-as-new-chief-495937.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/inchcape-appoints-exeuro-disney-head-as-new-chief-495937.html |archive-date=2022-05-07 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Inchcape appoints ex-Euro Disney head as new chief - Business News, Business |newspaper=The Independent |accessdate=20 January 2010 | location=London | first=James | last=Daley | date=2 June 2005}}{{cbignore}}

Lacroix is a graduate of ESCP Europe, a French-European business school.