26/05/2006
NEWS STORY
Michelin Managing Director, Edouard Michelin, has drowned in a boating accident in Brittany, he was 43.
He joined Michelin in 1985 and has held various posts in the fields of research, production and sales, first as Production Manager at the Puy-en-Velay (France) plant then as CEO of Michelin North America, where he was in charge of both industrial plant and truck UOT sales and distribution.
Co-opted as a Managing Partner in 1991, he joined François Michelin and René Zingraff in Clermont-Ferrand in mid '93, and was appointed Michelin's new head by the Annual Shareholders Meeting held on June 11, 1999.