Lesaffre SA posts limited social activity

Lesaffre SA has had little visible public-facing activity tied to senior management over the past two days. A review of the company’s press page and publicly available social references on May 19 found no new statements from CEO Brice-Audren Riché or from Edouard Gestat, who is identified in company material as Director of Marketing for Baking. (x.com) The company’s own newsroom shows no May 2026 press release after April 1. That latest release announced Thomas Lesaffre’s appointment as general manager of Fermentis, and said Edouard Gestat had succeeded him in his previous role as Director of Marketing for Baking. (lesaffre.com) ### Who is Edouard Gestat in Lesaffre’s current structure? Edouard Gestat is named in Lesaffre’s April 1, 2026 press release as the executive who took over Thomas Lesaffre’s previous position as Director of Marketing for Baking. (lesaffre.com) The same release says Thomas Lesaffre remained on Lesaffre’s Executive Committee after moving to Fermentis. A 2021 Lesaffre release also identified Gestat as general manager of Biospringer North America, showing he has appeared previously in company communications tied to operating roles. (lesaffre.com) ### What did Lesaffre itself publish most recently? Lesaffre’s press-room index lists April 1, 2026 as its most recent press entry. Earlier items on the page include a February 3, 2026 launch tied to cosmetic ingredients and older 2025 releases, but no newer management statement appears in the index returned on May 19. (lesaffre.com) Lesaffre’s corporate site identifies Brice-Audren Riché as chief executive officer and describes the group as a fermentation company with 11,700 employees, 70 applied science centers and €3.2 billion in turnover. (lesaffre.com) Those company profile pages were available, but they did not show a fresh management update linked to the past 24 to 48 hours. ### What about the X account mentioned in the source material? An X post cited in the source material came from the account @LesaffreMike. The referenced post concerned crypto signals, and the available record did not show any accompanying comment from Lesaffre management. (lesaffre.com) The account name includes “Lesaffre,” but the available material does not establish that it is an official corporate channel. Lesaffre’s own website points readers to its press room and subsidiary sites, which is where the company’s formal announcements are published. (lesaffre.com) ### Did the CEO issue any new statement? Brice-Audren Riché is the current CEO of Lesaffre, according to the company’s appointment notice and current corporate pages. The most recent CEO-linked material surfaced in company pages and older releases, not in a new statement dated May 18 or May 19. (x.com) The April 1 Fermentis release included a quote from Riché backing Thomas Lesaffre’s appointment, but no newer quote from him was visible in the company’s press index reviewed for this story. (lesaffre.com) ### Where would the next verifiable update appear? Lesaffre’s newsroom and press-room pages remain the clearest place to watch for the company’s next formal statement. As of May 19, 2026, the latest listed release there was still the April 1 Fermentis announcement naming Thomas Lesaffre and noting Edouard Gestat’s baking marketing role. (lesaffre.com 1) (lesaffre.com 2) (lesaffre.com 3)