Alimentation Couche-Tard appoints Filipe Da Silva as CFO
Claude Tessier will retire from his position as Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has appointed Filipe Da Silva as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Calud Tessier will step down from both positions.
Da Silva brings impressive international retail and financial expertise to Couche-Tard. He started his career with TotalEnergies, the French energy conglomerate, in Argentina, then joined the Carrefour group where he worked in Buenos Aires, Colombia, India and Indonesia. He later joined Groupe Exito, one of South America's largest big box retailers, whose largest shareholder was the French retail giant, Casino. Filipe then joined Walmart's Central America subsidiary as CFO to later become Walmart Canada's CFO. Filipe is currently occupying the position of Senior Vice President Finance at Couche-Tard.
"Filipe has already proved himself as a trusted leader in the organization since joining in March 2023 and has spent much time learning the business from Claude. We have full confidence in Filipe, along with our experienced and highly capable finance team, and we expect the seamless transition between the two roles to be transparent for financial markets. I want to thank him for taking on this mandate, and I look forward to working with Filipe in his new capacity", said Brian Hannasch, President and Chief Executive Officer of Couche-Tard.
Couche-Tard is a global leader in convenience and fuel retail, operating in 24 countries and territories, with more than 14,300 stores, of which approximately 10,900 offer road transportation fuel.
