Press Briefing: New Motorboat Models 2021
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31 August 2020
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3:00 PM (Europe/Paris)
Groupe Beneteau's Deputy CEO Gianguido Girotti and the brand directors from BENETEAU, JEANNEAU and PRESTIGE will present the new motorboat models for the season 2020-2021.
The presentation will be held in two parts:
- From 15:00 to 15:55, the focus will be on Dayboats, Weekenders & Express Cruisers
- From 16:00 to 17:00, the focus will be on Real Estate on the Water (large yachts)
Please make sure you have registered ahead of the webinar so you can easily access the presentation on August 31st. Thank you!
More informations
31 August 2020
15:00 - 17:05 (Europe/Paris)
This press briefing will be held in English only.
On this webpage, you can register and find more information about the programme, the speaker's list and more: https://www.bigmarker.com/groupe-beneteau1/Groupe-Beneteau-press-briefing-New-motorboat-models-2021
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.
Gianguido Girotti
English, Italiano, Français
Gianguido Girotti is Groupe Beneteau's Deputy CEO and Chief Executive Officer of its Boat division.
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.
Paul Blanc
English, Français
Paul Blanc is in charge of developing Boat clubs and new businesses within the Boating Solutions division, headed by Bruno Thivoyon since the September 1, 2023.
Paul Blanc was JEANNEAU Brand Director since April 1st, 2020.
Graduated from French business school ESSCA, Paul Blanc moved to China in 2001 to study Mandarin. After a career start in Beijing in the automotive sector, he decided to combine his passion for boating with his job and joined the Jeanneau and Prestige teams in 2010 as Sales Director for Asia Pacific. Initially based in Shanghai, he established in 2011 the Jeanneau Prestige regional office in Hong Kong and in 2018 was appointed Managing Director of Groupe Beneteau Asia Pacific office in Hong Kong where all brand teams are gathered.