Denecker to be replaced by Bourgeois

Frederic Bourgeois

Coface UK and Ireland managing director Xavier Denecker has announced his retirement.

He has been replaced by former chief financial officer Frédéric Bourgeois.

Bourgeois will take up his role on 17 September, and Denecker will officially retire in mid-October.

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