About

Ingrid Berteyn first joined Decathlon in 2000 as a real estate lawyer, a position she held for eight years after which she was promoted to legal manager for the entire French real estate department. Her skill set, capabilities and experience within Decathlon, one of the world’s largest sporting goods retailers, has carried her forward to her current role. Sources praise Berteyn’s ability to swiftly transition between roles: ‘I saw her taking her job with an open spirit, with very concrete ideas and to implement a great deal of needed changes’ one source opines. In this role she has reorganised the legal function to match the growing needs of the group while providing central support to all the different in-house teams located across various countries. Working closely with her team, Berteyn has helped define and create several key positions including a real estate legal manager and real estate international lawyer, which were non-existent before her time. Sources also state that under Berteyn’s management, ‘the role of the lawyer has also changed from strictly legal adviser to legal and financial risk manager’.