Eric P. Etchart was Senior Vice President, Business Development of The Manitowoc Company, Inc., a manufacturer of cranes and foodservice equipment, from 2015 until his retirement in 2016. He served as President of Manitowoc Cranes and Senior Vice President of The Manitowoc Company from 2007 until 2015, and as Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific and President of the Zhang Jia Gang Company of the Manitowoc Crane Group in Shanghai, China from 2001 to 2007.
Earlier he held various management positions at Potain S.A., until it was acquired by Manitowoc Crane Group in 2001, and at PPM Cranes S.A. A French national with over twenty years of international management experience, he is an NACD Board Leadership Fellow and has been a Graco director since 2010.