Mr. Benoît Potier is a Chairman at European Round Table of Industrialists, a Chairman at Fondation d'entreprise Air Liquide, a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Air Liquide International, a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Air Liquide International Corp., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Air Liquide SA, a Chairman at Vitalaire Italia SpA, a Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer at Air Liquide Italia SpA, a Co-Chairman at The Hydrogen Council, a Member at Observatoire Des Actionnaires D’Avenir and a Member-French Board at INSEAD.

He is on the Board of Directors at Siemens AG, Air Liquide Foundation, American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc., Association Française des Entreprises Privées, Association Nationale des Sociétés par Actions, CentraleSupélec Exed SA, École Centrale Paris and The Hydrogen Co. SA. Mr. Potier was previously employed as a Vice President by Etudes et Realisations de Travaux SAS, an Independent Member-Supervisory Board by Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA, a Non-Independent Director by Danone SA, a Chairman by Air Liquide Tunisie SA, a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer by Air Liquide Advanced Technologies SA, and a Member by Trilateral Commission European Group.

He also served on the board at Fabrique de Lindustrie and Le Cercle de l'Industrie.

He received his undergraduate degree from École Centrale Paris.