PHOTO COURTESY GROUPE BENETEAU Groupe Beneteau’s board of directors elected Catherine Pourre chairwoman following the boat manufacturer’s annual general meeting on June 4. Louis-Claude Roux was also re-elected vice chairman.
“I would like to thank the Board of Directors for the confidence they have shown in me, and I would like to pay tribute to the work carried out by Yves Lyon-Caen over the last twenty years,” Pourre said in a statement. “I am very honored to take up this position at a time when Groupe Beneteau is celebrating its 140th anniversary. A family-run shipyard that has become a world leader, Groupe Beneteau has everything it takes to continue writing the history of yachting.”
Pourre has been a member of Groupe Beneteau’s Governance bodies since 2014. She began her career with PriceWaterHouseCoopers where she was a partner from 1989 to 1999. Pourre than served as executive director of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young from 1999 to 2002. Her next move was to the Unibail-Rodamco Group as executive vice president in charge of finance and central functions from 2007 to 2013 as a member of the management board.
During the annual meeting, Groupe Beneteau’s board of directors also renewed the chairs of the following specialized committees:
• Chairman of the Strategic Committee: Louis-Claude Roux
• Chairman of the CSR Committee: Sébastien Moynot
• Chairwoman of the Audit and Risks Committee: Catherine Pourre
• Chairwoman of the Compensation, Appointments and Governance Committee: Marie- Hélène Dick
