Executive Committee
The GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz) Executive Committee is composed of :
PHILIPPE BERTEROTTIERE
Chairman of the board & CEO
THIERRY HOCHOA
Chief Financial Officer
JEAN-BAPTISTE BOUTILLIER
Innovation vice President
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).
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).
Secretary General
Lelia Ghilini joined GTT in 2014 as General Counsel and secretary of the Board of Directors. 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, then at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (European Affairs). 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, in charge of legal, compliance, CSR, quality and HSE.
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).
YOUSSEF BOUNI
Human Resources Vice President
Youssef has an education in human resources development at the University Paris Sorbonne and the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers.
JEAN-BAPTISTE CHOIMET
Managing Director of ELOGEN
Jean-Baptiste Choimet has been Managing Director of Elogen since December 2020, following its acquisition by GTT. Jean-Baptiste Choimet began his career at EDF, where he participated in the development of the Dunkirk LNG terminal project. He then joined Société Générale to launch the liquefied natural gas trading desk.
In 2012, he moved to Technip to serve first as Business Development Manager and then as Project Manager for large natural gas liquefaction projects in Australia and Russia. In 2019, he became Head of Operations at Bouygues Construction, in charge of deploying telecom networks. Jean-Baptiste Choimet is a graduate of France’s Ecole Polytechnique and the University of Cambridge.
Consult the Board of Directors and Specialized Committees section.
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