Press Briefing: New Sailboat Models 2021
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Tuesday, september 1, 2020
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16:00 (Europe/Paris)
Groupe Beneteau's Deputy CEO Gianguido Girotti and the brand directors from BENETEAU, JEANNEAU, LAGOON and EXCESS will present the new sailboat models for the season 2020-2021.
Please make sure you have registered ahead of the webinar so you can easily access the presentation on September 1st.
More informations
This press briefing will be held in English only.
On this webpage, you can register and find more information about the programme and the speaker's list: https://www.bigmarker.com/groupe-beneteau1/Groupe-Beneteau-press-briefing-New-sailboats-models-2021
Program
Speakers
Gianguido Girotti
Deputy CEO - Brand & Product Strategy, Boat Division
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.[...]
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Paul Blanc
JEANNEAU Brand Director
Paul Blanc is 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[...]
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Yann Masselot
Deputy CEO, Lagoon and CNB yacht builders
Yann Masselot is BENETEAU Brand Director since October 2020. He joined the Beneteau shipyard in 1992 and worked successively in sales for the recreational business and then professional boats in the UK[...]
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Thibaut de Montvalon
EXCESS Brand Director
Thibaut de Montvalon is EXCESS Brand Director since January 1st, 2020. In 2012, he joined Groupe Beneteau’s Asia Pacific office in Shanghai, as Regional Sales Manager for the brands Beneteau, Lagoon and[...]
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About Groupe Beneteau
Leading global player, Groupe Beneteau, thanks to its Boat division’s 10 brands, offers nearly 150 recreational boat models serving its customers’ diverse navigational needs and uses, from sailing to motorboating, monohulls and catamarans.
Through its Boating Solutions division, Groupe Beneteau is also present in the boat club, charter, marina, digital and financing sectors.
Leading the European leisure homes market, the three brands from the Group’s Housing division (IRM, O'HARA, COCO Sweet) 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 7,600 people, primarily in France, the US, Poland, Italy, Portugal and China.
Boat brands: BENETEAU, JEANNEAU, LAGOON, PRESTIGE, DELPHIA, EXCESS, FOUR WINNS, WELLCRAFT, SCARAB and GLASTRON.
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 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.
Experience
Yann Masselot
English
Yann Masselot is BENETEAU Brand Director since October 2020.
He joined the Beneteau shipyard in 1992 and worked successively in sales for the recreational business and then professional boats in the UK and France. In 2000, he took over Lagoon’s commercial activity and replaced Bruno Belmont, naval architect and multihull boat specialist. In a few years, the launch of innovative products and the rapid development of Lagoon’s distribution network enabled the brand to become a world leader for cruiser catamarans since 2003.
He was Chief Executive Officer of Construction Navale Bordeaux from September 2018 to October 2020. He was in charge of the Lagoon and CNB Yacht Builders brands, as well as the new brand Excess.
Yann Masselot is a graduate of the European Institute of Business in Paris and holds an MBA from Audencia Business School in Nantes.
Thibaut de Montvalon
English, Français
Thibaut de Montvalon is EXCESS Brand Director since January 1st, 2020.
In 2012, he joined Groupe Beneteau’s Asia Pacific office in Shanghai, as Regional Sales Manager for the brands Beneteau, Lagoon and Monte Carlo Yachts. In 2016, he was appointed Asia Pacific Director for these brands. After sailing for 6 months in the South Pacific with his family on board a Lagoon 380 catamaran, he joined Construction Navale Bordeaux as EMEA Catamarans Sales Director in January 2019.
Graduated from the French Institut Nautique de Bretagne (INB) and EDC business school, Thibaut has set since more than 20 years to combine his passion for boating with his professional life. He started his career in the yacht charter industry, with Sunsail and The Moorings, based in Portsmouth (UK) and then Tampa (FL, USA) where he was Purchasing and Logistics Director until 2008. He then joined Peters & May, specialized in yacht transportation, where he founded and ran Peters & May France in 2008 and Peters & May Asia in 2010 based in Hong Kong.