Pierre Escolier, a graduate of the "Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris" joined Winoa at the beginning of 2004. He came from the Pinault Printemps Redoute Group, where he was manager of one of the Group retail brands. He was initially in charge of one of the G7 Group subsidiaries, a position in which he was extremelly successful.

He takes over as head of the Group's Marketing and the Abrasives activity Division as Sales Manager. He is from now on Managing Director Steel Abrasives.