Jean-Philippe Puig

Jean-Philippe Puig
Born 1961
Education Chimie ParisTech
Occupation CEO of Avril

Jean-Philippe Puig (born in 1961) is a French businessman. He serves as Chief Executive Officer of Avril.

Biography

Education

Jean-Philippe Puig graduated from Chimie ParisTech in 1983.

Career

Puig started in the aluminum industry, serving at the Research and Development division of Pechiney (French Aluminum Company).

He occupied various positions at Pechiney: mining extraction, operations management, sales and international development, in different countries. He notably was plant manager in Delphi, Greece, and responsible for international development and financial control in Sydney, Australia.

In 2003, he managed upstream activities of Pechiney.

In 2008, he was appointed Rio Tinto Alcan Group’s chairman for Europe, Middle East and Africa, following the acquisition of Pechiney.[1]

Puig joined Sofiproteol in 2012 as CEO, taking the position after Philippe Tillous-Borde’s retirement.

He operated a series of changes aiming at transforming a federation of small and medium businesses into an integrated food and agriculture company. Among these, he changed the governance of the company into a limited partnership with share capital ("société en commandite par actions"), an operation which allowed the distinction between the financial and industrial activities, and establish the farmers (oleaginous producers) at the heart of the governance.[2][3]

The transformations came with a rebranding of the company: Sofiprotéol became Avril in January 2015.[4]

Jean-Philippe Puig is a vocal defender of biofuels, and especially French biodiesel (Diester).[5][6][7]

Other positions

Puig chairs the supervisory board of Agroinvest and CapAgro Innovation.

He is a member of “Cercle de l’industrie”.[8]

Personal life

Jean-Philippe Puig plays the flute (he received the prize of the Aix-en-Provence Conservatoire), enjoys baroque music and admires Julien Gracq. He is married to a French teacher and has two children.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Jean-Philippe Puig Iron Man de Sofiprotéol, LesEchos.fr. May 23, 2012
  2. ↑ Jean-Philippe Puig: «Avril a accompli la moitié du chemin», LeFigaro.fr. June 20, 2016
  3. ↑ La mutation juridique de Sofiprotéol, LesEchos.fr. January 26, 2015
  4. ↑ Sofiproteol revamps and renames in bid for growth, Just-Food.com. January 8, 2015
  5. ↑ Avril's sectoral approach to climate change, Cop 21 Climate Change. November 30, 2015
  6. ↑ Avril targets France's higher biodiesel blending needs with new plant, Reuters Africa. October 28, 2015
  7. ↑ Biofuels are being wrongly accused, ConBio. July 17, 2013
  8. ↑ Liste des membres du Cercle de l'Industrie, Asktheeu.org. January 2015
  9. ↑ Jean-Philippe Puig Iron Man de Sofiprotéol, LesEchos.fr. May 23, 2012
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