The team

The Foundation is built around a team of 11 people with the help of many volunteers coming from the Automotive Industry (40 people).
All work with full dedication and passion.

Paul BERLIET ( 1918 – 2012 )

Paul Berliet joins AMB in 1936, becomes Deputy General Manager in 1954 and CEO Chairman in 1962 until 1975, when the Company is integrated within the Renault Group in which he stays as a Counsellor.
Between 1950 and 1975 the Company would have moved from 17 vehicles a day up to 140 and a workforce from 7 500 to almost 25 000.
Training, research and industrialisation of developing countries counted as his priorities.

He created the Berliet Foundation in 1982 and assumed its development and fame as its President until 2009, date at which he transferred the function to Philippe Brossette, staying as the President Founder.

Philippe BROSSETTE

Graduated from Ecole Polytechnique de Zurich and from the Ecole Nationale des Petroles et des Moteurs, Philippe Brossette joins the Automobiles Berliet in 1968.
He had been in charge of various functions in technical and commercial areas for France and International territories. He carried on into Renault Vehicules Industriels and then within the AB Volvo Group. He retired in 2008 as VP Product Planning of the Volvo Trucks Group (Volvo Trucks, Renault Trucks, Mack Trucks and Nissan Diesel). He has been President of the Berliet Foundation since early 2009.

Monique CHAPELLE

Graduated from the Anglo-French Chamber of Commerce and from Centre de Perfectionnement aux Affaires (CPA to-day EMLyon) Monique Chapelle joins Berliet in 1955. She had been working alongside Paul Berliet from 1958. She played an active and major role into the creation of the Foundation. She is currently the Vice-President of the Foundation and President of the Association of the friends of the Berliet Foundation.

Olivier HEYRENDT

Graduating as Engineer in Mechanics followed by an MBA at the Management School of Lyon, Olivier Heyrendt started his career as an Audit professional at KPMG. In 1993, he joined Renault V.I. firstly in the Financial Department, then in the Product/Market & Strategic Marketing Department as Head of Value and Pricing. In 2002, he joined the Michelin Group in Marketing & Sales successively in France, Europe and Africa-Middle East, as well Trucks Original Equipment for 10 years. Since September 2024, he has joined the Foundation M. Berliet as COO in the framework of a Competency Sponsorship Programme.

THE FOUNDATION PERMANENT EMPLOYEES

Archives and Documentation Centre

Rémi LÉGER (Master’s degree in Information Strategies and Digital Documents, Université Lyon 3): responsible in particular for managing social networks and the ePhoto photo library, the audiovisual department and external reporting.

Nathalie MAUBERT Degree in Information and Documentation, in charge of the website and documentation production.

Christine BOUZIGESMaster in History and Degree in Documentation Grenoble University, in charge of magazines and relationship with the University Documentation System (SUDOC)

Secretarial work

Carole DAVESNE: Press assistant, data management, organisation of sites visits…

Nicole GALARD: Administration,reception and telephone desk, subscriptions, boutique, relationship with suppliers….

Maintenance and stock management

Skhaub ARTHUR

Vehicles maintenance, restoration projects and technical assistance

Jean-Claude OLAGNON et Maurice CHEVALLIER

As experienced specialists they manage the restoration projects and deal with the different suppliers and subcontractors.