Background
Bénard, André Pierre Jacques was born on August 19, 1922 in Draveil, Essonne, France. Son of Marcel and Lucie Helene (Thalmann) Bénard.
Bénard, André Pierre Jacques was born on August 19, 1922 in Draveil, Essonne, France. Son of Marcel and Lucie Helene (Thalmann) Bénard.
Lycee Janson-de-Sailly, Lycee Georges Clemeneeau, Nantes, Lycee Thiers., Marseilles, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
President, managing director Societé pour l'Utilisation Rationnelle des Gaz, Paris, 1960-1964. President, chief executive Shell Francaise, 1967-1970. Regional coordinator Europe, oil and gas Shell Internationale Petroleum, The Hague, 1970-1971.
Group managing director Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, 1971-1983, director, since 1983, Shell Petroleum N.V., since 1983, The Shell Petroleum Company Ltd., since 1983. Joint chairman Eurotunnel, London, Paris, 1986-1990, chairman, since 1990. Director La Radiotechnique, Paris, since 1980.
Board directors European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires), Fontainebleau. Senior adviser Lazard Freres & Company, New York City, 1984-1990. Chairman advisory council Alpha Ventures, Paris, since 1985.
Member international board advisers Bain & Company, since 1988. Member supervisory board Barclays Bank S.A., since 1989.
Lieutenant Colonial Artillery, 1942-1946.
Married Jacqueline Preiss, March 3, 1946. 1 child, Jean Marie.