Patrick Placktor is Managing Partner Europe-Africa at Alexander Hughes|AfricSearch based in Paris.

At the Joint-Venture between Alexander Hughes|AfricSearch and from the Paris’ office, Patrick is in charge of reinforcing Alexander Hughes|AfricSearch presence in Africa. He also provides a transversal business development support to Alexander Hugues|AfricSearch global network.

Patrick has more than 25 years of experience in human resources as HR Director for multinationals in retail, FMCG, Real Estates and communication markets.

He joined the Gap Inc in 1993 in the United States and was a part of the startup team when the Gap entered the French market. Later on he also served as HR Director at the Phone House (1998), CBRE (2002), Hoche Partners (2011) and Edelman (2015).

Prior to joining AHI-AS Patrick worked as Consultant, managing changes and transformation projects and hunting leaders for major international corporations.

His sector of expertise is in Retail, FMCG, Real Estates & Communication.

Patrick Placktor holds an MBA from the International University of America in San Francisco, a BA in Economics from the University of Angers and an Executive Education in Strategy from HEC Paris.

Patrick Placktor is bilingual French / English.