Benoît Potier is a French businessperson who has been at the head of 11 different companies. Mr. Potier holds the position of Chairman for Air Liquide SA, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer for Air Liquide International Corp., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Air Liquide International SA, Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer at Air Liquide Italia SpA, Chairman at Vitalaire Italia SpA and Chief Executive Officer of Air Liquide Tunisie SA (which are all subsidiaries of Air Liquide SA) and Member of European Round Table of Industrialists. Benoît Potier is also Member-France Board at INSEAD and Member of Observatoire Des Actionnaires D’Avenir and on the board of 6 other companies.

In his past career he occupied the position of Co-Chairman of The Hydrogen Council, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Air Liquide Advanced Technologies SA, Vice President for Etudes et Realisations de Travaux SAS and Member of Trilateral Commission European Group.

He received an undergraduate degree from École Centrale Paris.