His primary responsibility is to accelerate the time to market of existing R&D projects, strengthen the new product pipeline and foster a more visible innovation culture and external partnerships around new ideas and business models such as reducing the carbon footprint of the construction industry.

He has held roles within Holcim in management, research and development, product management, and trading as Head Offer Range Management (2016-), VP Marketing (2013-15), Business Unit Manager (2008-15), Trading Strategy Director (2007-08), and R&D Director, Cement Division (2002-07).

He studied Materials Science at the Polytech Paris UPMC (1991), now Polytech Sorbonne, and holds a PhD in Materials Science from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (1995).