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- Eric Leonard
After graduating from Ecole Centrale de Lyon in 1990, he began his career with PSA, before moving to the Boston Consulting Group in 1996, following an MBA at INSEAD.
Eric Leonard then held various operational and strategic roles with the ESSILOR Group, including President of ESSILOR Europe and President of ESSILOR of America, before joining the Group’s executive leadership team until 2022.
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 €849 million in 2025 and has a workforce of more than 6400 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.
