Groupe Duval

About Groupe Duval

Éric Duval is the Founder and Chairman of Groupe Duval, a leading independent French family-owned company active in real estate and real-estate-related services. Born on April 6, 1959, in Rennes, he has spent decades building and steering a diversified group that brings together investment, development, asset management, and operating activities. His professional trajectory is closely tied to the creation and expansion of Groupe Duval, which he initiated and has continued to shape strategically. His role in Patrimoine & Commerce also reflects his involvement in listed vehicles and in the long-term enhancement of commercial real estate assets. As the group’s founder, Éric Duval has established himself as an entrepreneur-led executive with both a strategic and operational mindset. He has helped structure a business that operates across several segments, including residential and commercial real estate, asset operations, innovation, and international activities through affiliated businesses and investments. This diversification has strengthened the group’s resilience and broadened its growth drivers. His leadership style emphasizes long-term value creation, with particular focus on asset control, urban transformation, and real estate projects with lasting economic and territorial impact. Within the listed-company environment, his involvement with Patrimoine & Commerce is especially important. As the creator of Groupe Duval and the initiator of the Patrimoine & Commerce project, he has contributed to a strategy centered on high-quality retail assets and disciplined portfolio management. His managerial footprint is associated with prudence, financial discipline, and a strong alignment between family ownership, governance, and business performance. The presence of family members in the group’s organization also illustrates entrepreneurial continuity and an orderly transfer of responsibilities over time. Beyond formal titles, Éric Duval stands out as a long-term industrialist and property executive known for bringing together specialist expertise, developing integrated real estate platforms, and investing with a patrimonial mindset. His name is closely associated with the construction of a solid French group built on independence, regional roots, and controlled growth.