Jean-Marie Vaissaire

Jean-Marie Vaissaire is the current CEO at San Sac Group AB. Jean-Marie has previously served as CEO Building Glass Europe at Saint-Gobain, Managing Director at Placoplatre, and Strategy and Acquisitions Officer and Regional Sales Director at BPB PLC.

Vaissaire began their career at Placoplatre in 1990 as a Regional Sales Director. In 1998, they joined BPB PLC as a Strategy and Acquisitions Officer before being promoted to Managing Director of BPB Formula in 2000. Jean-Marie left BPB PLC in 2002 to become Managing Director at Placoplatre.

In October 2012, Vaissaire became CEO Building Glass Europe at Saint-Gobain. During their tenure, they oversaw 2 bn€ in sales and 10,000 employees across 17 European countries. Jean-Marie left Saint-Gobain in December 2018 to become CEO at San Sac Group AB.

Jean-Marie Vaissaire is an engineer with a focus in project management from CentraleSupélec. Jean-Marie also has a CFE in corporate finance from the London Business School. In addition, they have a certification from Coursera in private equity and venture capital.

Some direct reports include Laure Lougnon - Group Product Manager, Peter Kamps - Managing Director, Germany, and Yves Pornin - VP, Industry.