Dernoncourt was promoted from his former position of chief financial officer with Carrefour Romania and will report to Gerard Lavinay, executive director Northern Europe, according to the information provided by the group.
Dernoncourt will replace Francois-Melchior de Polignac, who left this summer after less than two and a half years on the job.
The new CEO of Carrefour Romania will run a 154-store network and came in Romania as CFO less than two years ago, after working for the company in France and China for more than five years.
Before joining Carrefour, Jean Baptiste Dernoncourt worked as senior auditor with Deloitte. His new position at Carrefour Romania is the highest ever held and his first at the helm of a business.
Carrefour has 154 stores in Romania, 25 of which hypermarkets, 75 supermarkets and 53 convenience stores, as well as an online hypermarket.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)