Asia Society France's Trustees & Patrons are invited to join Mr. Jean-Baptiste Pernot of Automotive Cells Company (ACC) for a breakfast gathering and discussion on if and how France can be industrialized without working with China and Asia?

This after-work session is a part of our series for Asia Society France Patrons with experts and high-level speakers on Asia-related topics. 

Speaker

Jean-Baptiste Pernot

Jean-Baptiste Pernot is “Deputy CEO” of Automotive Cells Company (ACC), a Joint-Venture between Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz and TotalEnergies/Saft, European leader of battery for automotive.

His responsibilities cover the management of ACC strategy, sales & marketing, projects, sustainability, competitiveness programs and expertise.

Before occupying this position, he was Chief Operating Officer of ACC and worked also forTotalEnergies/Saft, Alstom, Areva, Sagem groups at various positions (vice-president Transformation & Operations, head of Business Unit, plants general manager, sales director…), having spent 10 years of his working life in China.

Jean-Baptiste Pernot is graduated from Centrale Paris engineering school as well as from ESSEC business school.