BWI: Somfy Announces Benoit Thouvenin as New General Manager for India

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Somfy
Friday, February 27, 2009 02:49 PM IST (09:19 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Business services, Construction; Technology
Release no: 19349
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Somfy Announces Benoit Thouvenin as New General Manager for India


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Friday, February 27, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- SOMFY has announced the appointment of Mr Benoit Thouvenin as the new General Manager for the company's India operations. Prior to this, Mr Thouvenin was the Country Manager, SOMFY Pte Ltd, Bangkok and was responsible for the company's business for Thailand, Laos, Combodia and Vietnam. In yr. 2005 he opened the Bankok office followed by office in Vietnam in 2008. In his new role, he will drive the company to greater heights in India and other South Asian markets. Mr. Thouvenin brings a wealth of experience and strategic insight to SOMFY India. He has had a good exposure of developing business in South East Asian markets. His deep understanding of managing and developing channel (both OEMs & High end Retail), will add great value to the company's Indian operations.

Mr. Thouvenin, during the last 20 years has played a critical role with different organizations. He joined SOMFY in 1993 as an Sales Engineer. In the year 2000 he became the Export Manager and was responsible for six French territorial divisions. And in 2005 he became the Country Manager, SOMFY Bangkok. During his long tenure with SOMFY, he has closely seen the development of the Automation products and solutions for the openings of homes and buildings. With his knowledge on technology coupled with understanding of markets, Mr. Benoit looks forward to being a part of the technological revolution happening in India.

Way back in 1989, Mr Thouvenin started his career as a Commercial Assistant with Transports CHARY and before joining SOMFY, he was working with KARCHER as sales engineer.

About Somfy

Somfy is the world leader in motors and controls for openings and closures in residential and commercial buildings. Somfy has a very strong presence in markets like France, Southern Europe, Germany, Northern Europe and America. The company is expanding and is currently present in 51 countries, via a network of 52 subsidiaries and 26 offices in seven Business Areas (BA). Somfy uses this local presence to anticipate consumer needs and guide innovation programs. Eight factories constitute an industrial assembly machine geared towards mass production.


CONTACT DETAILS
Manisha Chaudhry, Precision PR, +91 9899797810, manisha@precisionpr.org
Shivani Malhotra, Precision PR, +91 9891340342, shivani@precisionpr.org

KEYWORDS
PEOPLE, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, BUSINESS SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION, TECHNOLOGY

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