Talk:Stephan DuCharme

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Hi there, I am acting on behalf of Stephan DuCharme and I have some suggestions to improve the page. These mainly consist of adding and updating information related to DuCharme's career, and improving the overall content on the page in respect to the issues represented by the page banner.

I have placed my additions in bold and removed text in strikethrough.

These changes are also in an article format in my sandbox. I look forward to community feedback, and working together towards the improvement of this page!

1. Lead

What should be changed: The lead should be re-written to be shorter and updated to reflect DuCharme's departure from his previous positions.

Additionally, the section related to the DuCharme's citizenship and language skills should be moved to a new "Personal life" section as this is not lead-worthy. This new section would come after the current "Biography" section.

Reason: The current lead does not fit Wikipedia's MoS, and is out of date.

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Stephan DuCharme (April 20, 1964, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is an executive with more than 30 years of experience leading organizations in the financial, industrial and retail sectors. He is currently Senior Advisor to L1 Retail and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Dia Group. He is a citizen of United States of America and Germany. He is fluent in English, German, French, Spanish, and Russian. Stephan DuCharme (April 20, 1964, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is a German-American businessman who was the former chairman of Dia Group, managing partner at L1 Retail and both chairman and CEO of X5 Retail Group. References

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Personal life He is a citizen of United States of America and Germany. He is fluent in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian. References

2. Infobox

What should be changed: The "Occupation" row to be updated to reflect that these are former positions, and to include missing information.

Reason: "Top manager" is not an actual occupation that DuCharme has held, and X5 Retail Group warrants inclusion as a notable part of DuCharme's business career.

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Stephan DuCharme Born (1964-04-20) 20 April 1964 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Citizenship United States, Germany Occupation(s) top manager Former Chairman, CEO, Managing Partner Organization(s) Dia Group, L1 Retail, X5 Retail Group

3. Biography

What should be changed: This section looks like it was created with good intentions the current text isn't suitable for Wikipedia. It would benefit from a rewrite to improve sources, cut promotional wording and typos, and add missing information. Can this section also be renamed "Career" and split into three subsections:

• Early career
• X5 Retail Group
• L1 Retail and Dia Group

Reason: Currently, this section contains out of date and irrelevant information, most of which is supported by subpar or deadlink sources. Adding subsections and renaming this to "Career" improves the structure and makes it easier for readers to quickly navigate the article. I have also expanded the roles where he had the most impact (i.e. as CEO rather than an a board member) to provide additional context.

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Partly done: Removed one or two lines that appeared promotional, but vast majority of content was added. Encoded  Talk 💬 19:55, 2 November 2024 (UTC) Biography Career Early career DuCharme graduated with honors in Political Science and Economics from the University of California, Berkeley (USA) and has an MBA degree from INSEAD business school. From 1987 to 1991, he was a financial analyst in Salomon Brothers Bank before joining the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), based in Moscow. In 1997, DuCharme joined Alfa Group as a director of corporate development, finance and oversight. Since 1992, he has been a vice head of the Moscow office in the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). From 1997 to 2001, he has worked as corporate development, finance and supervisory director in Alfa Group. In 2001, he left for moved to London and was one of the leaders in joined SUN Group, where he particularly supervised SUN Interbrew. DuCharme was a board member of directors in CSA Czech Airlines, Alfa-Bank, and SUN Interbrew Ltd, and was a member of the supervisory board in Iberia Refreshments (Tbilisi, Georgia), as well as a member of the supervisory board in Concern Galnaftogas (Lviv, Ukraine). From December 2006 to September 2008, he was board member of the Siberian Coal Energy Company, as chairman of Committee of Staff and Rewards, a member of committee of budget, auditing and internal control. where he served as an independent advisor. X5 Retail Group In 2008, DuCharme joined the board of X5. In July 2012, after persistently weak sales, Andrei Gusev was replaced as CEO of X5 Retail Group initially on a temporary basis by DuCharme. In January 2013, the supervisory board of X5 nominated DuCharme to take over the CEO position on a permanent basis subject to shareholder approval. DuCharme’s strategy included the introduction of a new operating model, the introduction of refreshed commercial value propositions, the refurbishment of stores and introduction of new management structures. Under his tenure, DuCharme’s strategy improved the company’s performance and growth against competitors such as Magnit, especially from 2014 onwards. In September 2015, it was announced that DuCharme would step down as CEO of X5 and become chairman of the group’s supervisory board. In 2017, X5 retook its position from Magnit as Russia’s biggest food retailer. On 1 March 2022, X5 Retail Group announced that DuCharme had resigned as a member of the X5 supervisory board with immediate effect. From October 2008 to July 2012, he was a member of the supervisory board at X5 Retail Group, where he was on the head of Stuff Committee. From July 2012 to April 2013 he was acting-, and from April 2013 to November 2015 the chief executive officer at X5 Retail Group. From November 2015 to march 2022, he was chairman of the supervisory board at X5 Retail Group. X5 Retail Group (LSE ticker: FIVE) is the largest retailer in Russia. As of 31 March 2017, X5 had 9,817 Company-operated stores. Its store base includes 9,002 Pyaterochka proximity stores, 544 Perekrestok supermarkets, 90 Karusel hypermarkets and 181 convenience stores. Since March 2016, DuCharme has been a member of the board of trustees at «Rus» Food Foundation. L1 Retail and Dia Group In late 2016, L1 Retail was set up as a division of LetterOne holding company with DuCharme appointed as the fund’s managing partner. The group’s first purchase, the £1.8 billion acquisition of the UK’s largest health food retailer Holland and Barrett from the US private equity firm The Carlyle Group, was announced in June 2017. In July 2017, it was announced that L1 had bought a 3% stake in Spanish supermarket chain Dia, which gradually increased to just under 30% by October 2018. In February 2019, L1 made an offer to buy out the remaining shareholders following the group’s announcement of a €352.6m loss in 2018. DuCharme led efforts to financially restructure the group to avoid potential bankruptcy and was involved in the devising of a transformation plan. The transformation plan included the promoting of new store concepts, the implementation of a new franchise model and the improvement in quality of own brand products. On 21 May 2019, following completion of negotiations with Dia Group’s creditors and with a majority of Dia Group now owned by L1, DuCharme was appointed as non-executive Chairman of Dia Group. In April 2020, it was announced that DuCharme would take on executive functions with his role, effective from 20 May of that year, after Karl-Heinz Holland stepped down as CEO. On 7 June 2022, DuCharme was re-elected as executive director of Dia Group at the General Shareholders’ Meeting. In August 2022 the company separated the role of CEO and chairman. DuCharme was appointed returned to his role as non-executive chairman and Martín Tolcachir, until then CEO of Dia Argentina, was appointed Global CEO of Dia Group. DuCharme resigned as managing partner of L1 Retail in September 2023, also stepping down as chair of the board of directors at Dia Group at that time. Since December 2016 he has been the head of L1 Retail. L1 Retail agreed to buy Britain's Holland & Barrett for 1.77 billion pounds ($2.26 billion) in its first acquisition. DuCharme was executive chairman of the Dia Group between May 2020 and August 2022, and led the thorough transformation of its strategy, business model, processes and offering. References

Thank you for reviewing my changes! Tashcodex (talk) 11:56, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

@Encoded Thank you so much for responding to this request. There are a couple of copy paste errors (some mine, apologies for that) on the live page following your recent update, along with a couple of points I'd just like to check if you don't mind having a look? I have listed them here and would be very happy to do the unbolding and smaller changes myself but would prefer to stay off the article if at all possible. I've tried the Text Diff template as the citations are fine but I hope it might make the edits clearer and you should be able to just copy paste the "New" wikitext if you agree with the changes:

1. Early Career section:

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− DuCharme graduated with honors in Political Science and Economics'''in Political Science and Economics''' from '''the''' [[University of California, Berkeley]] (USA) '''and''' has an [[MBA]] degree from [[INSEAD]] [[business school]]. From 1987 to 1991, he was a financial analyst in [[Salomon Brothers]] Bank '''before joining the [[European Bank of Reconstruction and Development]] (EBRD), based in Moscow. In 1997, DuCharme joined Alfa Group as a director of corporate development, finance and oversight.''' In 2001, moved to [[London]] and joined SUN Group, where he particularly supervised [[Interbrew UK|SUN Interbrew]]. DuCharme was a board member of directors in CSA [[Czech Airlines]], [[Alfa-Bank]], and SUN Interbrew Ltd, and was a member of the supervisory board in Iberia Refreshments ([[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]), as well as a member of the supervisory board in [[Galnaftogaz|Concern Galnaftogas]] ([[Lviv]], [[Ukraine]]). From December 2006 to September 2008, he was board member of the [[Siberian Coal Energy Company]], where he served as an independent advisor. + DuCharme graduated with honors in Political Science and Economics from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] (USA) and has an [[MBA]] degree from [[INSEAD]] [[business school]]. From 1987 to 1991, he was a financial analyst at [[Salomon Brothers]] before joining the [[European Bank of Reconstruction and Development]] (EBRD), based in Moscow. In 1997, DuCharme joined Alfa Group as a director of corporate development, finance and oversight. In 2001, DuCharme moved to [[London]] and joined SUN Group, where he particularly supervised [[Interbrew UK|SUN Interbrew]]. DuCharme was a board member at CSA [[Czech Airlines]], [[Alfa-Bank]], and SUN Interbrew Ltd, and was a member of the supervisory board at Iberia Refreshments ([[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]), as well as a member of the supervisory board at [[Galnaftogaz|Concern Galnaftogas]] ([[Lviv]], [[Ukraine]]). From December 2006 to September 2008, he was a board member of the [[Siberian Coal Energy Company]], where he served as an independent advisor. References

2. X5 Retail Group

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− In 2008, DuCharme joined the board of X5. In July 2012, after persistently weak sales, Andrei Gusev was replaced as CEO of X5 Retail Group initially on a temporary basis by DuCharme. In January 2013, the supervisory board of X5 nominated DuCharme to take over the CEO position on a permanent basis subject to shareholder approval. DuCharme’s strategy included the introduction of a new operating model, the introduction of refreshed commercial value propositions, the refurbishment of stores and introducti Under his tenure, DuCharme’s strategy improved the company’s performance and growth against competitors such as Magnit, especially from 2014 onwards. In September 2015, it was announced that DuCharme would step down as CEO of X5 and become chairman 2017, X5 retook its position from Magnit as Russia’s biggest food retailer. On 1 March 2022, X5 Retail Group announced that DuCharme had resigned as a member of the X5 supervisory board with immediate effect. + In 2008, DuCharme joined the board of X5. In July 2012, after persistently weak sales, Andrei Gusev was replaced as CEO of X5 Retail Group initially on a temporary basis by DuCharme. In January 2013, the supervisory board of X5 nominated DuCharme to take over the CEO position on a permanent basis subject to shareholder approval. DuCharme’s strategy included the introduction of a new operating model, the introduction of refreshed commercial value propositions, the refurbishment of stores and introduction of new management structures. Under his tenure, DuCharme’s strategy improved the company’s performance and growth against competitors such as Magnit, especially from 2014 onwards. In September 2015, it was announced that DuCharme would step down as CEO of X5 and become chairman of the group's advisory board. In 2017, X5 retook its position from Magnit as Russia’s biggest food retailer. On 1 March 2022, X5 Retail Group announced that DuCharme had resigned as a member of the X5 supervisory board with immediate effect. References

3. L1 Retail and Dia Group

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Here I think rather than just have the own-brand products strategy having all the emphasis, it would be good to summarise the action as "he was involved in the divising of a transformation plan", but if that isn't possible I'm happy to just cut the sentence as follows: Option 1: − DuCharme led efforts to financially restructure the group to avoid potential bankruptcy and was involved in the quality of own brand products. + DuCharme led efforts to financially restructure the group to avoid potential bankruptcy, and was involved in the divising of a transformation plan. Option 2: − DuCharme led efforts to financially restructure the group to avoid potential bankruptcy and was involved in the quality of own brand products. + DuCharme led efforts to financially restructure the group to avoid potential bankruptcy.

Apart from these copyedits, would you mind reconsidering adding Portuguese to the languages list with the Cinco Dias I linked?

Thanks again for answering! Tashcodex (talk) 18:28, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Sorry about that! It should be sorted now. I also noticed I missed out your first section of the request so I've added that too. Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 09:14, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks @Encoded I appreciate you fixing these so quickly. I spotted two final issues with my suggestions, firstly that "divising" should be changed to "devising". Second, in the X5 Retail Group section in the sentence starting "In September 2015 ..." it should of course be "supervisory board", not the "advisory board", as the next sentence which recounts his leaving that position demonstrates. Thank you again for your help here! Tashcodex (talk) 17:36, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Sorted it! Sorry for taking a while to get back to you my email notifications have been playing up a bit lately. Encoded  Talk 💬 23:40, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks @Encoded, I have heard the ping system is a bit of a mess but I appreciate you responding. I noticed that the missing "DuCharme" in the Early career section is still outstanding (in the sentence "In 2001"), but otherwise that should be everything. Tashcodex (talk) 11:59, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

@Tashcodex yeah it's not the best, works sometimes though! Sorry about that! I've put it back in. Encoded  Talk 💬 15:56, 9 November 2024 (UTC)