Elisabeth Bardet takes over as Head of the Insulation France & Export Business Unit at Rockwool France

Innovation, digitization, deployment of services, such as the RockCycle recycling offer or the RockCommerce platform, will all contribute to its dynamic of supporting market players. A strategic mission at a time when the energy transition is becoming crucial and which testifies to ROCKWOOL's desire to consolidate its commitment to sustainable development.

A graduate of ESPCI in Paris, Elisabeth Bardet has more than fifteen years of experience in organizational management, in internationally renowned companies. She successively held various strategic and commercial marketing positions, then subsidiary management in Building Materials and Climate Engineering.

Since October 2021, Elisabeth has taken the head of the Insulation Business Unit of ROCKWOOL France where her mission is to consolidate and continue the commercial deployment in France and abroad. She reports to Rafael Rodriguez, Managing Director of ROCKWOOL France and Southern Europe.

This appointment comes at a key moment for the group. At a time when climate issues highlight the importance of the energy renovation of buildings. France still has 4,8 million dwellings considered too energy intensive. These thermal strainers represent 45% of the country's energy consumption and are responsible for 25% of France's greenhouse gas emissions.

Faced with increasingly strong market demand boosted by public policies to encourage renovation, the ROCKWOOL group reaffirms its priorities towards sustainable growth to support the energy renovation project in France. ROCKWOOL relies on the one hand, on innovation, with more energy efficient products, and on the other hand, on advice with adapted and digitized services to guide individuals, businesses and craftsmen as well as distributors in this transition. In addition to this renovation dynamic, there is a desire to carry out an ambitious decarbonisation strategy, as evidenced by technological developments at our Saint-Eloy les Mines site and more recently the factory project in Soissons

"We are delighted to welcome Elisabeth Bardet to the ROCKWOOL teams! Her excellent knowledge of the industry and construction sectors will enable us to strengthen our leadership on the French market and our strong investment in the energy transition and Sustainable development", says Rafael Rodriguez, Managing Director of ROCKWOOL Southern Europe.

Elisabeth Bardet, Director of the Insulation France & Export Business Unit at Rockwool France: "I am delighted to find the ROCKWOOL Group again after 10 years of a career stage rich in experiences and achievements. After a few weeks, I find ROCKWOOL even more focused on its mission and determined on its priorities. The process of responsibility always at the heart of the corporate culture is more than ever shared by the teams in France, at the head office in Paris and at the plant in Saint-Eloy les Mines. This is undoubtedly what sets us apart as a valuable industrialist, a pillar the quality of our customer relationship and our exchanges with the market. "