Isabelle Allegaert appointed Présidente of French Bechtle subsidiary inmac wstore

• Laurent Courteaud becomes IT Director for Bechtle Group France
• Strengthening Cooperation within the Bechtle Group France

Paris, 12 January 2026 – Isabelle Allegaert assumed the role of Présidente at inmac wstore on January 1, 2026. She succeeds Laurent Courteaud, with whom she had jointly led the company as Managing Directors since October 2020. Within the management team, Laurent Courteaud had previously served as Primus inter Pares in the role of Président. As of January 1, 2026, he has taken on the newly created position of IT Director of the Bechtle Group in France. In this role, he is responsible for further expanding cross-company cooperation in France to advance technological innovations such as artificial intelligence within the group.

Isabelle Allegaert, 59, has held various leadership positions at inmac wstore for 18 years, working in a wide range of functions—from vendor management and procurement to strategic marketing. Laurent Courteaud, 52, is an expert in shaping and developing digital business processes and services. He has been with inmac wstore in senior strategic roles since 2010.

The Bechtle subsidiary inmac wstore has long pursued a multichannel approach, combining consulting by qualified staff with online shops and strong logistics expertise. This portfolio is complemented by an ever-growing range of services, the further expansion of which is among Isabelle Allegaert’s key responsibilities in her new role.

“Isabelle Allegaert and Laurent Courteaud have done an excellent job as a dual leadership team over the past years, continuously developing the largest company within the Bechtle Group in France. Their new roles are a natural progression of their impressive personal development,” says Mathilde Bluteau, Vice President Bechtle France. “Isabelle Allegaert demonstrates a deep understanding of the French IT market and our customers’ challenges, while Laurent Courteaud is an IT expert with profound knowledge of technology and processes.”

The Bechtle Group aims to grow significantly in France, increase market share, and benefit from efficiency gains. To achieve this, cooperation among Bechtle’s French companies will be further strengthened. The group serves more than 40,000 customers in both business and the public sector with a comprehensive portfolio of IT products and services—from classic IT infrastructure to networking, modern workplace solutions, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and managed services.

Bechtle has been present in the French market since 2000, initially with Bechtle direct, later with the subsidiary Bechtle Comsoft, since September 2018 with Inmac wstore, and since March 2023 with Cadmes, a specialist in PLM solutions. Cybersecurity and network specialist Apixit joined the Bechtle Group at the end of 2023. In France, Bechtle employs around 1,200 staff across 17 locations and generates approximately €825 million in revenue from IT products and services.