André Bénard

André Bénard KBE (19 August 1922 – 15 March 2016) was a French industrialist who, as chairman of Eurotunnel, "helped lead the construction of the Channel Tunnel linking France and Britain. He retired as co-chairman of Eurotunnel Group after the 31-mile tunnel opened in 1994, but later was accused by investors of misleading them about prospects for the project. In 2007, a French court cleared him of those charges."[1][2][3][4] He was married to Jacqueline Bénard, a former magazine editor.

Early life and career

Born Pierre Jacques André Bénard in Draveil, near Paris, on Aug. 19, 1922. Bénard began studies École Polytechnique in 1942. During World War II, joined the French Resistance in North Africa. After the war, he completed his studies and joined the Royal Dutch Shell Group. He worked as a senior executive in France, the Netherlands and Britain. He was retired from Shell when he was approached to work on the tunnel in 1986.

gollark: If the Islamic god does exist approximately as described, I would want a better one.
gollark: You don't. God DOES. They are omnipotent. Definitionally, they can do and can know anything.
gollark: (this is a different argument to "does said god actually exist" obviously, but the evidence there seems to be bad too)
gollark: I don't think they should be all-judging, and I don't think eternal torture is right ever.
gollark: The Islamic god is claimed to be omnipotent, I think. Thus, they know *in advance* if someone is going to go to hell or not when they're created or whatever. And then create them/allow them to be created *anyway*, knowing they're bound for eternal torture because a system they created makes them get eternally tortured. Just... why?

References
  1. "André Bénard, energy and infrastructure executive, 1922-2016". Financial Times. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. "André Bénard, industrialist - obituary". Telegraph.co.uk. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  3. "André Bénard". Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  4. "Eurotunnel Group: Death of André Bénard". 17 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.


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