Benoît Coquart

Benoît Coquart is a French businessman who has been serving as CEO of Legrand since 2018.

Benoît Coquart
Born	(1973-11-30) November 30, 1973 (age 50)
Nationality	French
Education	Institute of Political Studies of Paris ESSEC Business School
Occupation	CEO of Legrand

History

Early life

In 1994, Coquart graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies. Later, in 1995, he graduated from ESSEC Business School. In 1997, when Coquart was 22, he joined Legrand^[1] and managed the Group's activities in South Korea.^[2]

Legrand

Coquart has been Director of Corporate Development and Director of Strategy and Development. Prior to that, he joined the company's Management Committee in 2010.

In 2015, he became the Director of Legrand's activities in France.^[1]

On February 8, 2018, Coquart became the Chief Executive Officer^[3] of Legrand Group.

In 2019, he was appointed as the President of the Jury of the Next Leaders Awards^[4] in Paris.

In the first quarter of 2021, while raw material prices increased and the risk of shortages emerged, Benoît Coquart assured that there would be no production interruptions in any factory worldwide.^[5]

In 2021, he announced the creation of a solidarity fund that would be devoted to the staff of hospitals for geriatrics.^[6][7]

Other held positions

In July 2022, he was re-elected as the President of the Alliance of electrical and digital solutions of buildings (IGNES), which brings together 60 companies in France's building sector, representing more than 2 billion euros in sales.^[8] The term of office is 3 years.

Since 2017, he has been the Vice President of the FIEEC (Federation of electrical industries, electronics and communication).^[9]

Awards

In 2015, he was nominated in the "Smart Boss" category at the second Digital Industries Awards ceremony.^[10]

In 2019, Coquart was among the nominees in the category of "Allied Leaders" at the event of the second edition of the Ceremony of LGBT+ Role Models, organized by l'Autre Cercle association.^[11][12][13]

References

1. Bodescot, Jacquot, Anne, Bruno (9 June 2019). "Benoît Coquart: "Il faut offrir des challenges aux salariés"". Le Figaro. Retrieved 17 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. Fefeu, Stéphanie (21 August 2021). "Benoît Coquart, directeur général de Legrand et président d'Ignes". Le Moniteur. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
3. "Benoît Coquart (Directeur Général de Legrand): "Les résultats de cette année seront bons puisqu'on sera revenus en 2021 au niveau d'activité et de résultat pré-crise"". BFMTV. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
4. "Next Leaders Awards 2019: et les lauréats sont…". Les Echos. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
5. "Benoît Coquart (Directeur général du groupe Legrand): La hausse des prix d'achat de Legrand a augmenté de "4% au premier trimestre", conséquence de la hausse du prix des matières premières". BFMTV. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
6. Armengaud Wurmser, Louis (14 April 2020). "La mobilisation continue parmi les ESSEC". ESSEC Alumni. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
7. "LEGRAND solidaire et mobilisé face à l'épidémie de COVID-19 : le groupe annonce la création d'un fonds d'aide dédié au personnel des EHPAD en France". SilverEco. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
8. Robillart, Olivier (17 July 2019). "Benoît Coquart, LEGRAND". Tech Talks. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
9. Schmidt, Robin (20 July 2022). "Benoît Coquart réélu président d'IGNES". Batiweb. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
10. Moragues, Manuel (13 October 2015). "Trophées des industries numériques : Benoît Coquart, pragmatique du numérique". L'Usine digitale. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
11. "Les Rôles Modèles LGBT+ et Allié·e·s au Travail" (PDF). L'Autre Cercle. 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
12. Tachot, Aurélie (14 October 2020). "LGBT+ : faut-il en parler en entretien d'embauche ?". Cadremploi. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
13. "LGBT+ : 44 dirigeant(e)s figurent au top 95 des personnalités qui s'engagent". Les Echos. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2022.