Eric Antoine Fredette joined Valeo in 2015 as Group General Counsel. He is member of the Group Operational Committee. He had been General Counsel at Publicis Groupe from 2012 to 2015. Prior to joining Publicis Groupe, Eric was a practicing lawyer in several international law firms, most notably the Paris office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Eric is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris, and has studied common law at the University of Ottawa and civil law at Laval University in Quebec, Canada. He was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1994, and the Paris Bar in 2004.