Cannes Yachting Festival 2018 - Press conference
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11 September 2018
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8:00 AM (Europe/Paris)
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Panoramic restaurant - Espace Riviera in Cannes, France
On the opening day of the Cannes Yachting Festival, Groupe Beneteau will hold its press conference in presence of Hervé Gastinel, Group CEO and brand leaders.
Groupe Beneteau and its brands will present its ambitions and unveil the new models of the upcoming season.
The press conference will be held in French, with simultaneous translation provided in English.
More informations
11 September 2018
08:00 - 10:00 (Europe/Paris)
Panoramic restaurant - Espace Riviera in Cannes, France
Panoramic Restaurant / Palais des Festivals - Espace Riviera - 1st floor
Entrance by the Gare Maritime, access restricted to accredited journalists and exhibitors
Performers
About Groupe Beneteau
Founded in Vendée 140 years ago by Benjamin Bénéteau, Groupe Beneteau is today a world leader in the boating industry. With an international industrial presence spanning 16 production sites and a worldwide commercial network, the Group generated revenue of €1 billion in 2024 and has a workforce of more than 6500 employees mainly in France, United States, Poland, Italy, Portugal, and Tunisia.
True to its mission – Bringing dreams to water – Groupe Beneteau designs and builds boats and services to make every experience on the water truly unique. Through its nine brands, its Boat division offers more than 135 boat models craft to meet the diverse needs and sailing projects of its customers, whether sailing or motoring, monohull or catamaran . Through its Boating Solutions division, the Groupe Beneteau is also involved in services covering daily or weekly boat hire, marinas, the digital sector and financing.
Jean-Paul Chapeleau
English, Français
Jean-Paul Chapeleau is adviser to the CEO and Chairman of the French Federation of Nautical Industries.
Previously he was Deputy CEO in charge of industrial operations and development. He was part of the Group's Management Board from 2014 to 2022.
Since 2009 and until March 2020, he was the General Manager of Jeanneau and Prestige. He passed the helm to Paul Blanc in April 2020.
A business school graduate, Jean-Paul Chapeleau joined Jeanneau in 1980. After a first five-year assignment in sales management, he was Director of Logistics for Jeanneau until 1995. He then served as Aftersales and Customer Service Director for 10 years. From 1992 to 1999, Jean-Paul Chapeleau was instrumental in the development of Jeanneau's production in Poland. From 2006 to 2009, he was in charge of Jeanneau's marketing, before later heading up its business development.
Gianguido Girotti
English, Italiano, Français
Gianguido Girotti is Groupe Beneteau's Chief Executive Officer.
Previously, he was Deputy CEO in charge of brand & product strategy for the Group's Boat division. From 2017 to 2019, he was General Manager of the BENETEAU brand.
A naval architecture graduate from the University of Southampton (UK), Gianguido Girotti joined the Beneteau brand as Marketing Director for sailboats in May 2015, after first working with naval architect German Frers and then Cantiere del Pardo (Grand Soleil and Dufour). He was appointed Marketing Director for both sail and powerboats for the Beneteau brand in April 2017.
Yann Masselot
English
The management of all the Brands and Communication of the Groupe Beneteau was entrusted to Yann Masselot in July 2022.
Yann Masselot joined the Beneteau boatyard in 1992 and worked in sales in the UK then France.
In 2000, he was appointed to head up commercial operations for LAGOON and enabling the brand to establish itself as the world leader for catamaran cruisers from 2003. He had been appointed CEO of Construction Navale Bordeaux between 2018 and 2020.
He had taken over the management of the BENETEAU brand in October 2020.
Yann Masselot is a graduate of the European Institute of Business in Paris and holds an MBA from Audencia Business School in Nantes.