BENETEAU (EPA:BEN) - 190329 BENETEAU Appointment C.Caudrelier Boat Division Europe
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Press release - March 29, 2019
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France
Appointment: Christophe Caudrelier, Deputy Managing Director, appointed to head
up the Boat Division for Europe
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France
As proposed by Group Chief Executive Officer Hervé Gastinel, the position of
General Manager for the Boat Division in Europe has been created and entrusted
to Christophe Caudrelier.
The recruitment of a Group Chief Financial Officer is underway and Christophe
Caudrelier will continue to perform this role until his successor is
appointed.
The creation of this position, reporting to Hervé Gastinel, who is also CEO of
the Boat Division, is in line with the Transform to Perform plan with a view to
accelerating the drive to improve operational efficiency and increase
profitability for the core Boat business. The Europe scope includes full
hierarchical and functional responsibility for SPBI and CNB in France, Ostroda
and Delphia in Poland, and Monte Carlo Yachts in Italy.
As part of this new position within Groupe Beneteau's organization, the Boat
Division brands and the Operations, Supply Chain and Procurement Department
will report to him for the European scope. They will continue to report to
Hervé Gastinel for the other two regions (Americas and Asia-Pacific).
Christophe Caudrelier joined Groupe Beneteau as Group Chief Financial Officer
in 2015. He began his career in 1991 with Arthur Andersen as an external
auditor. Three years later, he moved to Valeo, where he held a number of
positions over 17 years within the Finance Department, in the US, Turkey and
the UK. In 2004, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the electrical
systems branch, then lighting and lastly the propulsion systems division in
2009. In 2011, he transferred to DCNS, now Naval Group, as Chief Financial
Officer.
Specialized in operational financial issues in demanding international
environments, Christophe Caudrelier is an ESCP graduate.
ABOUT GROUPE BENETEAU
As the boating industry's global market leader, Groupe Beneteau, through its
Boat division's 12 brands, offers over 200 recreational boat models serving its
customers' diverse navigational needs and uses, from sailing to motorboating,
monohulls and catamarans.
Leading the European leisure homes market, the Housing division's three brands
offer a comprehensive range of leisure homes, lodges and pods that combine
eco-design with high standards of quality, comfort and practicality.
With its international industrial capabilities and global sales network, the
Group employs nearly 7,400 people, primarily in France, the US, Poland, Italy
and China.
FY 2017-2018 Group revenues EUR 1287.2M
Sailboat 37.5%
Housing 15.0%
Motorboat 47.5%
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m.cieniewicz@beneteau-group.com
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