Nicolas Chartier

About Nicolas Chartier

Nicolas Chartier is a French entrepreneur best known for co-founding Aramis Group and helping build one of Europe’s leading online platforms for used and reconditioned cars. He is currently the Group’s co-Chief Executive Officer, a role he shares on a rotating basis with co-founder Guillaume Paoli. This co-leadership structure reflects the long-standing partnership between the two founders and the way Aramis has combined entrepreneurial vision with disciplined execution and industrial scaling. A graduate of Kedge Business School in Bordeaux, Chartier began his career in the wine and spirits industry. He first worked at Vinexpo as manager of its Hong Kong office, then joined Baron Philippe de Rothschild in 1999 as Export Zone Manager for Africa and the Middle East. From 2000 to 2001, he served as Managing Director of SEBO. These early roles gave him international exposure, commercial leadership experience and a strong foundation in operating across markets, all of which later proved valuable when he moved into the fast-changing automotive sector. In 2001, Chartier co-founded Aramis, which evolved from Aramisauto into Aramis Group, a listed European company focused on the online sale of used vehicles and related services. Together with Paoli, he helped shape a business model that blends digital customer acquisition, physical operational capabilities, logistics, and vehicle refurbishment. Aramis Group highlights major milestones under the founders’ leadership, including the expansion of its footprint across Europe and acquisitions that strengthened its multi-country platform. The company also emphasizes its industrial approach to reconditioning and its continued development of a customer-centric online purchasing journey. From a corporate governance perspective, Chartier’s profile is closely tied to the responsibilities of a listed-company executive: setting strategy, overseeing execution, and supporting long-term value creation. His career stands out for moving from international trade and consumer-facing industries into a technology-enabled automotive platform, then helping scale that platform into a pan-European group. His expertise lies at the intersection of entrepreneurship, digital transformation, operational discipline, and cross-border growth, making him one of the key French executives in the European used-car ecosystem.