Jean-Christophe Repon, re-elected president of CAPEB

“I am very happy and proud to pursue the mission that has been mine for three years. Craft construction companies are essential in our ability to respond to the environmental, societal and economic challenges we face. We will consolidate their leading position in the years to come. They know how to adapt but their resilience is tested by an uncertain economic context which constrains their activity. I will do my best to accompany them so that they can exercise their profession serenely. says Jean-Christophe Repon, President of CAPEB.

A field activist at the head of the Confederation

Master craftsman electrician, at the head of a company created by his father in Toulon in the Var, himself a member since 1963, Jean-Christophe Repon is a long-standing activist committed to defending the interests of small businesses and craftsmen. of the building. Member in the Var since 1995, he has an in-depth knowledge of the challenges of small construction companies and their representations for having been successively president of the CAPEB of his department then administrator of the CAPEB Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur before to be elected in 2020 to the national presidency of the Confederation.

At the same time, he was Vice-President of the Chamber of Trades and Crafts of the Var from 2005 to 2016, already restructured into a Regional CMA.

A top sportsman accustomed to excellence

From the age of 11, Jean-Christophe Repon practiced rugby at RC Valettois. In the center three-quarter position, he was French Rugby champion (1991-1992) with RC Toulon and claimed a 15-year career at the highest level. On leaving a literary baccalaureate, he completed a CAP electrician apprenticeship in the family business. Accustomed to excellence, the new president intends to defend the interests of craftsmen with the same concern for performance.

A 1st term marked by the covid crisis and inflation

During his first mandate, Jean-Christophe Repon worked to preserve the activity of craft building companies, faced with a situation of unprecedented economic uncertainty marked by the covid crisis, the rise in the price of raw materials, cost of energy, supply difficulties. He now intends to continue his action with the Board of Directors, so that the decisive role that these companies play in the face of the major challenges that we must meet is finally recognized. It will work to raise awareness that the model of the craft building company is a model for the future. It will work to defend loud and clear the conditions of activity they need to enable them to unleash their full potential. A sine qua non for attracting new generations, with whom they share a number of values ​​and objectives, within them. Issue which is one of the priorities of the re-elected president.

The work carried out as part of the CAP CAPEB transformation project to give the CAPEB network the means to always better support the companies it represents, provides the Chairman and the Board of Directors with the keys to enable them to carry out their mission. at the service of craft building companies.

The composition of the new Confederal Bureau

The elections carried out by secret ballot within the Board of Directors to elect the new Confederal Bureau re-elected Jean-Christophe Repon as President of CAPEB, Laure Vial as Confederal Secretary and Francis Mathieu as Deputy Treasurer. The Confederal Bureau is therefore composed as follows:

The new board

→ The 4 newly elected members of the Board of Directors

Cecile Melaine

Born in Chatou in the Yvelines, Cécile Melaine now lives in Eure et Loir where her artisanal masonry business is located. She has been a joint collaborator since 2005 and holds the vice-presidency of CAPEB Eure-et-Loir. Administrator of the U2P Center Val-de-Loire, she is also vice-president of the regional URSSAF and of the CAF of the department.

Jean-Sebastien Nonque

Originally from the North, Jean-Sébastien Nonque created his masonry business in 2002 in Dijon. Master craftsman since 2010, he employs 10 people. Involved in his departmental CAPEB, which he has chaired since 2021. Adviser to the Labor Courts for fifteen years, he has also been a member of the Chamber of Trades of Burgundy Franche-Comté since 2010. He is involved in "France running" of which he has been captain of the CAPEB/U2P team since 2018.

Yann Danion

Born in Rennes, Yann Danion chose to become a plasterer. He created his company in 2006 and set it up in Morbihan. Expert in the GS20 technical group, he invests in the defense of the interests of his profession by integrating the team of professional advisers of Trades and Techniques of Plaster and Insulation at the national level and by chairing the professional section of his CAPEB department of which he is also Secretary.

Marc Lagouarre

Marc Lagouarre was born in Pau. In 2002, he set up his craft business in Montauban where he practices his profession as a mason and employs 8 employees. Sud-Ouest, Secretary of SRAS Occupational Health and Construction in the region and member of the Tarn et Garonne Chamber of Trades.

Complete alphabetical list of the Board of Directors after renewal of one third of its members at the General Meeting of April 13, 2023

(In red: newly elected - In blue: re-elected)

BEAUDONNAT Cécile> Puy-de-Dôme (63210 Vernines)
Collaborating spouse: Charpente Couverture
President of the CNFA

BELLANGER Christophe > Maine et Loire
Electrician
Secretary
Delegate of the 2nd elective constituency

BERGERE Nathalie > Mayenne
Co-manager of plumbing-heating-electricity business
Individual member - Re-elected

BOUNHOL Patrick > Aveyron
Roofer-Zinc Worker
Delegate of the 5th elective constituency (Occitanie)

CHATRAS Gilles > Puy-de-Dome
Plasterer Painter Decorator
Vice-President in charge of the Network

DEJOIE Vincent > Côte d'Armor
Painter
Individual member – Reelected

FORNES Sylvain > Rhone
Painter
President of Painting, Coatings and Decoration Business Lines - Reelected

GASPAR Dominica > Meuse
Carpenter
Delegate of the 6th elective constituency (Grand Est)

GAUTHIER Benoit > Ardèche
Builder
Individual member

HATTON Bruno > Sarthe
Metal Locksmith
President of the Locksmith-Metalwork and Glass Products Business Lines

KAROTSCH Mauritius > Lower Rhine
Painter
Individual member

DANION Yann > Morbihan
plaquiste
President of Trades and Techniques of Plaster and Insulation - Elu

LAGOUARRE Marc > Tarn et Garonne
Builder
Individual member - Elu

LE DEVEHAT Éric > Ille-et-Vilaine
Stonecutter
President of Stone Trades

MAILET Gilles > Maine et Loire
Electrician
President of the Electrical Equipment and Electro-Home Automation Business Lines

MARTIN Jean-Michel > Maine et Loire
Carpenter Joiner
President of the Carpentry Joinery Layout Trades

MATHIEU Francis > Creuse
Roofer Carpenter Zinc Worker
Adjunct treasurer - Reelected

MELAINE Cécile > Eure et Loir
Masonry
Delegate of the 1st elective constituency (Ile-de-France) - Elected

MORALES David > Haute-Garonne
Plasterer Plasterer
Vice-President in charge of economic issues

NONQUE Jean-Sebastien > Côte d'Or
Builder
Delegate of the 7th elective constituency (Bourgogne Franche-Comté) - Elu

POSTEL Corine > Yvelines
Collaborating spouse (Roofer)
1st Vice-President in charge of social issues

PRUVOT Hervé > Aisne
Plumber heating
Delegate of the 2nd elective constituency (Hauts-de-France and Normandy)

RANCUREL Jean-Claude > Vaucluse
Plumber heating
President of Plumbing-Heating Roofing Businesses

RAVON Thierry > Charente
tiler
Individual member

REPON Jean-Christophe > Var
Electrician
Confederal President - Reelected

ROZIER Christelle > Drôme
Manager of a craft business
Delegate of the 8th elective constituency (Hauts-de-France and Normandy)

TOFFOLI Thierry > Haute-Garonne
tiler
President of the Masonry and Tiles Trades - Reelected

VIAL Laure > Alpes de Haute-Provence
Plumbing and heating manager
Individual member