Activity report 2024
We are delighted to present Bessé's activity report for 2024.
This document is designed to reflect our identity and our values.
The legacy of pioneering spirit
Innovation is an integral part of our corporate culture. It is the root of Bessé’s development. We developed through innovation, and through innovation we prove our added value to our customers every day.
Key figures
turnover in 2024
intermediate-sized businesses and large corporations
among our customers, including 33% CAC40 companies
and 25% SBF120 companies
premiums brought to the market
Key events - La Cité de la réussite
Fulfilment based on trust, a key to success
Pierre Bessé spoke on the topic of “Fulfilment based on trust, a key to success” at the 22nd Cite de la reussite event. Other speakers included Valerie Decamp, General manager of Mediatransports, Isaac Getz, Author, conference speaker and professor at ESCP Business School, Olivier Lenel, Chairman of the supervisory committee of Forvis Mazars France, Frederic Mazzella, CEO and founder of Blablacar, with Quentin Perinel moderating. Their discussions helped to enhance our understanding of the importance of trust when it comes to succeeding, both professionally and personally. It was a wonderful opportunity to discuss essential values.
The ability to generate trust depends on ourselves. If we are fulfilled, we become more confident, because we are in line with our values and what we represent. Knowing and accepting who we are also helps us to become a source of inspiration, and thus generate trust in others
Pierre Bessé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Our sectors
Marine, Energy & Logistics
Navigating towards a responsible future
We advise leading national players in the marine, ports, logistics, defence and energy sectors. With a long history of activity in these fields, we are among the leaders of the blue economy market and the top French agent for Lloyds of London
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© Launch ceremony for NEOLINE’s Neoliner Origin
Industry & Services
Innovating to adapt to emerging risks
We support large corporations and intermediate-sized businesses in the leading French industrial sectors, including industrial engineering, luxury goods, heavy industry, manufacture of construction materials, waste processing
and recycling, etc.
Agro-food
Cultivating resilience in the face of the unpredictable
We advise a large number of French agro-food groups, cooperatives and agricultural trade operations, from field to table.
Property Management & Construction
Supporting recovery despite uncertainties
We advise professionals in the property market (real estate owners, property managers, joint ownership associations, rental property managers) and the construction industry (property developers, private house builders, general construction businesses).
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© The Métamorphose site built by the Giboire group in Angers
Cars & Mobility, Trucks & Agricultural Machinery
Sustainability: driving transformation in the mobility sector
We assist mobility professionals, car dealerships and companies working in the sectors of agricultural machinery, trucks, public works, and the associated ecosystem (handling machinery, spare parts, etc.)
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© BMW dealership of the Pautric group
Employee welfare
Digital technology for employee welfare
We provide consulting services to professionals responsible for managing human capital and human resources for large corporations and intermediate-sized businesses. We also assist hospital practitioners with coverage of their health risks and life/disability insurance.
The Bessé School is therefore a highlight in the life of the company. About our professions gives employees an opportunity to speak proudly about their expertise; it also encourages mobility. Our CSR approach is expanding,
and particularly our commitment to the fight against cancer, leading to new actions
LA VIE DES COLLABORATEURS CHEZ BESSÉ
Leur parcours - La qualité de l'intégration et l'attention portée tout au long du parcours collaborateur est source d'engagement, contribue à la performance collective et in fine à la qualité du service rendu à nos clients.
Leur parole - Avant d'être technique, notre métier est avant tout un métier de relations humaines basé sur la confiance et l'écoute. Ce sont nos collaborateurs qui en parlent le mieux.
Un moment fort - Faire perdurer notre singularité à travers le temps. C'est tout l'enjeu de la création de l'École Bessé qui a pour ambition de transmettre et faire perdurer les valeurs d'excellence et d'engagement de Bessé.
Listening to the world of tomorrow
Part of our role as consultants is to envisage future risks and discuss their implications with you. We have therefore asked leading personalities to talk to us about the climate, digital, geopolitical and societal challenges that concern us
all. We would like to thank them sincerely for answering our questions.
Carbon reduction to develop resilience
Climate risk
Carbon reduction can not only limit the industry’s ecological footprint, it can also enhance its competitivity by reducing exposure to climate risks.
Cécile Coulombez, Deputy Head of Innovation, Fives
A defensive response to cyber threats
Digital risk
A proactive, structured approach is essential to counter increasingly sophisticated threats.
Marion Buchet, Head of CERT, CERT Aviation France
Europe, it is time to choose
Geopolitical risk
Europe is facing a three-fold crisis: war, economic decline and internal divisions. Brussels is well aware of these challenges, but the time has come to define our priorities and take action.
Georgina Wright, Deputy Director of International Studies, Resident Expert at Institut Montaigne
From the power of empathy to the power to act
Social risk
Companies have the advantage of being human-sized transformation laboratories.
Cynthia Fleury, Philosopher and psychoanalyst
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I would also like to express my gratitude to our 515 employees. Without them, Bessé simply would not be Bessé. Together, we strive to create a unique workplace environment, where professional commitment is intertwined
with human commitment. The future holds many challenges, but we will face them with the collective energy that makes us strong. Bessé is in motion, and we will continue to move forward, without compromising our beliefs
Pierre Bessé