Patrice Coulon, born on 25th August 1960 in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée, Oise (60), is Deputy General Manager in charge of GE Factofrance Development : Sales Management, Marketing and External Communication.
A management school graduate, Patrice began his career in SME auditing in the Compagnie Financière des Conseils Indépendants (1985-1986). He joined Factofrance Heller in 1986 where he held several sales related positions : Sales Engineer, Regional Manager (1989-1992) and Sales Manager (1992-1999). He then joined Eurosales Finance, to set up and develop the French division of the group specialising in factoring, where he was Managing Director (1999-2004). Finally, he held the position of Managing Director of Lowendal, a French group specialising in operational cost reduction consultancy (2005-2006).