Akwel SA announced the appointment of Benoit Coutier to the position of Chief Financial Officer from 1 October 2023. A plastics engineer in transformation process engineering with a Masters from ESSEC specialising in International Business Strategy and Engineering, Benoit Coutier has worked in the family company since 2003. He successively held the positions of Cost Controller (2003-2004), External Growth Analysis Manager (2005-2009), before leading the Brazilian subsidiary (2010-2015) and then serving as Legal Vice President from 2015.

He has also been a member of the Management Board since 2013.