Ernest Weyl (Chairman from March 1937 to July 1937)

SGE

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A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique from the Alsace region, Ernest Weyl began his career with a state-owned industrial company before joining the General Tobacco Office of the Ottoman Empire. Noticed by Louis Loucheur, he became a key player at the Ministry of Armament and, as of 1922, he was appointed deputy director of SGE. After the death of Alexandre Giros in March 1937, Ernest Weyl became chairman of SGE for a short period until his own death on the 1st of July 1 of the same year.