Henri Le Gouis is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and of Sciences Po Paris. He started out as a financial auditor with Arthur Andersen before moving to the Bolloré group in 2000 as a financial controller. He transferred to the subsidiary SDV in 2002 as financial director for Western Europe. He was appointed CFO of Bolloré Logistics in France in 2005. A year later, he was promoted to the role of managing director for the Paris/Nord/Normandie region of Bolloré Logistics. In 2011, he became CEO Western Europe of Bolloré Logistics, and then CEO Europe in 2015.

Henri Le Gouis joined GEODIS in December 2024 and was appointed Executive Vice President of the Freight Forwarding Line of Business.