Prévost To Succeed De Seynes As President/CEO Of Yamaha Motor Europe – Roadracing World Journal

Yamaha Motor Europe publicizes senior management change

Yamaha Motor Europe N.V. (YME) publicizes that as from 1st of January 2024 Eric de Seynes will step down as President and Chief Govt Officer to affix the corporate’s Supervisory Board as Chairman. On the identical second, Olivier Prévost, presently Vice-President of YME, will succeed Mr. de Seynes as President and Chief Govt Officer of YME, its branches and subsidiaries in Europe.

Mr. Prévost has been a part of the Yamaha household because the begin of his skilled profession in 1994 as Venture Chief at MBK Industrie, a totally owned Yamaha subsidiary since 1986. Having held a number of positions throughout the Yamaha Motor Group over about 30 years – MBK Industrie, Yamaha Motor R&D Europe, Yamaha Motor headquarters in Japan, former Yamaha subsidiary Motori Minarelli, Yamaha Motor Europe – Mr. Prévost has gained in-depth information of the varied facets of Yamaha Motor’s enterprise and, with that, the belief and full assist to turn out to be the successor of Mr. de Seynes.

Eric de Seynes, presently President and CEO, Yamaha Motor Europe N.V.

It has been an ideal honor and privilege to have led the Yamaha Motor Europe group corporations since 2014 as Operational Director and C.O.O, after which as President and C.E.O since 2018. Throughout this decade we’ve developed a brand new advertising and marketing technique in Europe, have greater than doubled our whole Internet gross sales and have carried out many new buyer companies and digital purposes. Regardless of the extreme Covid atmosphere, we didn’t curtail our enterprise and new companies deployment. The Yamaha household includes passionate and hardworking individuals with a mindset to at all times serve our clients and Yamaha sellers to the most effective of their skill and to surpass their expectations. I’m proud to be a part of this household. The (mobility) wants of our clients are present process fixed change. Particularly, after the pandemic. We should stay conscious of their wants; we should keep forward of the sport and supply them with the most effective options on the proper second. Over the past ten years, we’ve achieved excellent and sustainable outcomes, financially and commercially. The burden of the European operation has elevated in common from 9% to 13% of our international firm outcomes (worldwide), our model technique is nicely established and our monobrand distribution is strong. These optimistic outcomes make it the fitting second to go on the baton. Main the YME Group is and at all times will likely be a problem however I switch the place of President and CEO to the greater than succesful palms of Olivier.

Olivier Prévost, presently Vice-President Yamaha Motor Europe N.V.

First, I want to thank Eric for his contribution to Yamaha Motor for the final years. His ardour for the Yamaha model and merchandise mixed together with his management have introduced Yamaha to its present sturdy place in Europe. It’s with numerous humility and respect that I settle for the problem of being his successor as YME President. The final ten years, via my varied assignments in several Yamaha Motor entities, I’ve been reinforcing and enlarging my understanding and expertise of the Yamaha group, operations, companies and markets. With the assist of the Yamaha household – and with household I imply the Yamaha staff, suppliers, distributors, sellers and clients, I really feel reassured and assured to meet the place. Sure, I don’t anticipate that the trail will at all times be easy, however I consider that we will make it occur as a group. After three years wherein our operations and markets have been impacted by the COVID pandemic and its aftermath, I need to categorical the ambition of Yamaha Motor to stay and reinforce its place in our completely different markets and product teams. This Ambition will likely be achieved by specializing in the Innovation in our merchandise and operations mixed with Velocity in our actions. The ultimate purpose being to strengthen Yamaha’s Buyer Expertise and our Kando mission. Once more, I want to thank Eric for his steady contribution and, personally, I don’t take my new task as an achievement in itself however as a brand new begin!

Biography Eric de Seynes

Biography Olivier Prévost

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