Guy Fleury started his carreer in the Cousteau team, as an engineer working in the design of deepwater exploration submarines. He then joined COMEX in an international team based in London for the development of sub-sea offshore oil production systems. He then moved to the COMEX head office in Marseille where he became Managing Director of COMEX Services (1600 employees worldwide, more than 150 M€ turnover in 1980). In 1992, after the merger between COMEX Services and its Norvegian counterpart he became the CEO of the new entity: Stolt Comex Seaway listed on the NASDAQ in 1993. After having spent 20 years of his life managing team of all nationalities, in all locations where to find offshore oil, he decided to leave and create in 1995 a new business from the buy-out and merger of 4 small size companies: SOLEN incorporated in 1996.