Management Board

Serge Varsano, the son of Maurice Varsano, has presided over the destiny of Sucden in the last four decades. He began as a trader in 1976, was promoted to General Manager of the sugar trading division in 1980, and then became Chief Executive Officer in 1986. Two years later he was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. Serge Varsano studied in the USA at the Business School of the University of Southern California.

Since joining in 1980, Thierry Bourvis has devoted his professional career to Sucden through successive steps as Treasurer of Paris sugar trading subsidiary, Finance Manager of the meat export division, Finance Manager of oil trading and then Sucden Finance Manager. He was appointed to the Group Management Board in 1996 and became General Manager in 2016. Thierry Bourvis is a graduate of HEC Paris, France’s leading business school.

Emanuel Garboua started his career with Sucden in 1997, where he joined the white sugar trading team. In 2004 he was involved in setting up Sucden Middle-East in Dubai. He was appointed Managing Director of Sucden Middle East in 2010 and Director of Sucden India in 2012. In 2017 he moved back to Paris as Head of White Sugar Trading and Distribution EMEA and Far East. In 2018, he joined the Management Board and became Global Head of Cocoa and Coffee Trading in 2020. In June 2025, Emanuel was appointed General Manager of Sucden. Emanuel graduated from l’Institut Européen des Affaires (IEA), a French Business School.

Jean-Baptiste began his career at EY, focusing on verification and advisory services on financial and non-financial matters. He joined Sucden in 2016, where he successively took responsibility for internal audit, corporate social responsibility, IT, accounting and business control activity. He became Secretary General in 2023 and joined the Management Board in 2025.
He is a graduate of the Ecole des Mines in Paris, one of the leading Engineering schools in France, and also holds a master’s degree in auditing and accounting.