After obtaining a Master in Economics and an MBA from The University of Aix En Provence, Xavier started his career in the shipping industry.
From 1995 to 2001, he debuted his career in the Stevedoring, Warehousing & Freight Forwarding for Perishable Products Leon Vincent in Marseille.
In 2002, he was appointed Business Development Manager (Freight Forwarding & Logistics) Compagnie Fruitiere Head Office in Marseille.
From 2003 to 2007, he was the manager for the Inland Logistics & Port Operation for the Compagnie Fruitiere (Agric Industry) in Ghana (West Africa).
From 2007 to 2017, he successfully headed different shipping lines for the CMA CGM Group. From 2007 to 2008, Xavier became the Line Manager Oceania Lines for the CMA CGM Group Head Office in Marseille. In 2009, he was appointed Line Manager North Europe to Asia Lines. From 2010 to 2014, he was nominated Vice President French West Indies Guyana Lines. From 2014 to 2015, he became Vice President Latin America & Caribbean Lines. In 2016, he was appointed Vice President Asia & India/ North Europe Lines. In 2017, he became Senior Vice President North South Lines (Africa, India, Latin America, Oceania Lines).
In 2018, he was appointed Managing Director of ANL Singapore.
His main objective for the coming years is to on-board ANL in a new shipping environment and to differentiate ANL and its offerings on the market.