Biography - Richard Lechartier Since
he
left
France
in
1993
after
graduating
from
Business
school, Richard Lechartier spent most of his professional life in the UK; After working as Sales manager for a large Data Storage company owned by Hong Kong based Hutchinson Whampoa, He quickly step into the entrepreneurial world. First as a minority shareholder of The Genesis Corporation, a computer accessory company based in North London.
About AVENTI Group Richard Lechartier then left and co-founded AVENTI Group in the UK in 1999 where he held the position of joint-Managing Director for several years. AVENTI Group with subsidiary in Paris quickly achieved a combined turnover
of
35
Mo
€
in
2004
with
30
employees
Aventi main business was to import computer and photographic accessories from Far East for distributing into Europe . Also the company Paris office had an exclusive DVD distribution business in France through a partnership with CDISCOUNT.COM, France leading ecommerce platform. On December 11th, 2005, AVENTI UK head offices and warehouse were completely destroyed by the Buncefield Fire, a major fire at a TOTAL UK oil storage
facility
in
North
London.
AVENTI eventually closed its UK operation due to the damages making most of the UK staff redundant. The company then concentrated its efforts in the development of the business activity in France. AVENTI in France quickly become a major force in the home entertainment business distribution. With revenues of 20 mo€ in 2010 ,it represented amongst other labels such M6 , BAC Films, AD Vitam and E1 which were distributed
in
all
the
major
French
retailers
.
AVENTI had a catalogue of over 4000 movies. It did release many successful movies and TV series and amongst them the 1st Season of “The walking Dead “as part of its distribution agreement with E1.