Christophe Beaunoir

Christophe is CEO of Saipol, a subsidiary and agro-industrial pillar of Groupe Avril. Since, 2017, he has been leading the French company’s transformation through a re-focus on sustainable solutions addressing major transitions to mitigate climate change and environmental challenges.

After post graduating from Cranfield Institute of Technology and UniLasalle Beauvais, Christophe started his career developing agro-industrial projects in Russia. In 1995, he joined Cargill before being appointed President and GM of the Mosaic Company in 2002. He remained in the fertilisation sector until he was recruited by Total in 2007. He then became General Manager of Borealis France and President of Borealis LAT France, after which he joined Saipol in 2018.