OLIVIER LETESSIER WILL PRESENT THE ROLE OF HYDROGEN IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION DURING EIRMA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021

Olivier Letessier is the Vice President Research & Development at Air Liquide

He sets the strategic direction for the Group’s R&D and manages a global network of R&D centers in Asia, North America and Europe. More than 1000 researchers work on the development of innovative technologies for industry (energy, metallurgy, food-processing, chemistry, automotive, pharmaceutical, etc.) and health (hospitals and home-care).

Olivier began his career in 1999 at Air Liquide’s R&D in Japan, in Electronics. He continued in this field in Europe as Advanced Products & Services Manager. In 2005 he co-founded ALOHA, a high value-added product line targeting the Electronics global market players. After assuming the position of Strategic Partnerships Manager with Electronic’s Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) in the US, he was appointed US General Manager of ALOHA.

In 2011, Olivier joined Air Liquide Large Industries US as Director of Business Development and was then named Vice President of Operations Control for Air Liquide’s entities in the Americas Zone before he returned to the R&D as Group Vice-President.