Executive Committee

The GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz) Executive Committee is composed of :

PHILIPPE BERTEROTTIERE
Chairman of the board & CEO

Philippe Berterottière joined GTT in 2009. He has more than 35 years of experience in advanced technology sectors. Previously, he served in various senior positions with aerospace companies. At Airbus, he was a contract negotiator, before being appointed head of business development. He was sales director at Matra’s defence division and held various sales and marketing responsibilities at Arianespace, before becoming Sales and Marketing Director and an Executive Committee member. He is a graduate of the prestigious HEC business school (Hautes Etudes Commerciales) and of the IEP (Institut d’Etudes Politiques).

ERIC DEHOUCK
Deputy CEO

Eric Dehouck joined GTT on April 2020. He began his career with the Suez Group holding operational and then executive positions in several Group entities in the water treatment technologies, and more specifically membrane area. In 2016, he was promoted Vice President and Head of Research and Innovation of Suez Group. In 2018, Eric Dehouck founded his investment company, which invests in innovative companies. In September 2019, he joined the French General Secretariat for Investment (SGPI) assisting the French Prime Minister as Director of the “Industry and Services” program. Eric Dehouck is a graduate from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers and from HEC-Entrepreneurs. He is also a national IHEDN auditor (French Institute for Higher National Defence).

VIRGINIE AUBAGNAC
Special Advisor to the Chairman

Virginie Aubagnac, Special Advisor to the Chairman, joined GTT in April 2021. A graduate of HEC, she has nearly 20 years of experience in finance. She began her career in the Finance Department of Rallye, then became a project manager for the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the same company. She then joined the Casino Group’s Strategic Planning Department. In 2008, she took part in the foundation of GreenYellow, a company specialising in energy transition B2B solutions (particularly photovoltaics and energy efficiency), where she served as General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer, then as Chief.

JEAN-BAPTISTE BOUTILLIER
Innovation vice President

Jean-Baptiste Boutillier, Director of Innovation, joined GTT in January 2021. He has 17 years of experience in the world of maritime transportation and shipbuilding. He began his career at CMA CGM as a New Building Engineer, and then supervised the New Building, R&D and Retrofit teams as well as the IT department of the CMA ships subsidiary. He actively participated in the construction and delivery of more than 130 containers vessels from 1,700 TEUs to 23,000 TEUs, and in particular in the design, building and delivery of the Dual Fuel vessels using GTT technology for LNG tanks. He holds an engineering degree from École Polytechnique (X98) and ENSTA (2003 graduation), as well as an EMBA in 2012 (Euromed – Kedge Marseille).

KARIM CHAPOT

KARIM CHAPOT
Technical Vice President

Karim Chapot joined GTT as an engineer in 1999 and has worked in the maritime transportation industry for 22 years. In 2002, he became head of structural calculations and was then promoted to Development Director in 2007. Previously, he held various positions at the Cherbourg and Le Havre shipyards. He graduated in naval and offshore architecture from ENSTA Bretagne (École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne) and completed the Executive MBA program at HEC (Hautes Études Commerciales).

DAVID COLSON
Commercial Vice President

David Colson joined GTT in 2004 and has nearly 30 years of experience, gained primarily in the automotive industry and then with GTT. During his career with GTT, he was a shipyard project manager until 2008 and head of the business development department until 2010, when he was appointed Commercial Director. Previously, he held several positions at APV, ACOME and Valeo Filtration Systems. He graduated in mechanical engineering and business administration from the University of Birmingham (Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Commerce).

LÉLIA GHILINI
Secretary General

Lelia Ghilini joined GTT in 2014 as General Counsel, after a two-year experience at the Ministry of Economy and Finance as special advisor (European Affairs). Admitted to the bars of Paris and New York, she had previously worked for nearly 10 years as a lawyer in mergers and acquisitions at several prestigious international law firms. Lelia holds a DESS in business law and a business law master’s degree (DJCE diploma) from the University Paris II (Panthéon – Assas). She also holds an LL.M from the New York University School of Law. In 2019, Lélia Ghilini is appointed Secretary General.

MARC HAESTIER
Chief Financial Officer

Marc Haestier joined GTT in 2017. He holds a Degree in Applied Economics and a MBA from the University of Louvain and began his career holding various financial positions within Arjo Wiggins between 1985 and 1997, in Belgium and subsequently in the United Kingdom, before joining Alstom in Paris in 1997 as Director of Treasury and Financing. He then moved to Gaz de France in 2004 as Deputy CFO. Since 2010, Marc was CFO of the Infrastructures Business Line of Engie.

ANOUAR KIASSI
Digital & IT Vice President

Anouar Kiassi, Digital & IT Director, joined GTT in 2018. He has 12 years’ experience in Digitalisation and IT Systems. He previously held various positions in software engineering, and then digital programme management and consulting, before joining the ROUSSELET group where he performed various duties including the digital transformation of the business, project management, and department management. He holds a Software Engineering degree from Télécom ParisTech (Paris) and a Computer Science degree from École Polytechnique (Palaiseau).

SANDRINE VIBERT
Human Resources Vice President

Sandrine Vibert joined GTT in 2019 as Human Ressources Vice President, with over 23 years experience in the Oil and Gas and Transport Engineering sectors. She began her career in various HR positions within the Group Bouygues: Saur as HR Manager, Bouygues Offshore as Onshore Pipeline HR Manager for Europe and Central Asia and then joined Saipem, where she stayed in Italy,as Recruitment, HR Development and Training Director. Certified Coach and Co-development, Sandrine Vibert creates her change management consulting firm and then joined Systra as the HR Director for technical and project management functions at the Group level. She holds a Master in Business Strategy and Human Ressources Management and a Degree in Economic and Social Sciences, University François Rabelais of Tours.

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ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS

2020 Universal Registration Document