The AC Entertainment Technologies Group announces the appointment of the new CEO of ESL company which it owns. Holder of an MBA (HEC Paris), Jean-Philippe Colonna worked at Philips Lighting for 10 years before joining ESL in September 2019 as Managing Director.
Jean-Philippe Colonna: “My first feeling is humility and solidarity because of the serious COVID 19 crisis which deeply impacts all of us (my thoughts go to the rental community which is suffering a lot). ESL is and will continue to deliver the best service to its customers during these difficult times.
Of course, I am glad and honoured to take this new role at ESL as I have always admired this company.
Since 2005 when I started to sell lamps to ESL (as a Philips sales rep.), I knew this company has something special compared to its competitors:
its internal culture which brings professionalism, technical expertise and sympathy to its customers and also, inspires attractiveness to employees and potential new talent as ESL is a fantastic company to work for.
On top of its image and technical expertise, ESL offers further strong assets such as a solid balance sheet (very little debt) and being part of the well-known AC Entertainment Technologies Group. This gives us hope and confidence to enhance our customers added value in the years to come. Furthermore, we just entered in a brand-new building based in Saint-Jean-de-Védas South of France: larger, well equipped and more suitable to our daily business and growth ambition.
Our day-to-day focus remains on the management of this crisis. However, this gives us some time to reflect and put in place new development strategies which we will be able to communicate on in the next few weeks/months. ESL will continue to increase its customer value and contribute to create culture and passion to people.”
