Benoît Potier is a French businessperson who has been the head of 10 different companies. Currently, he occupies the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Air Liquide SA, Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer at Air Liquide Italia SpA, Chairman for Fondation d'entreprise Air Liquide, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer for Air Liquide International Corp. and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Air Liquide International SA (which are all subsidiaries of Air Liquide SA), Chairman of European Round Table of Industrialists and Co-Chairman for The Hydrogen Council.

He is also Chairman of Fondation d'entreprise Air Liquide, Member of Observatoire Des Actionnaires D’Avenir and Member-French Board at INSEAD and on the board of 9 other companies.

Benoît Potier previously occupied the position of Chairman for Air Liquide Tunisie SA, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Air Liquide Advanced Technologies SA, Vice President for Etudes et Realisations de Travaux and Member of Trilateral Commission European Group.

Mr. Potier received an undergraduate degree from École Centrale Paris.