Philippe Joubert

Philippe Joubert
Born Philippe Joubert
(1954-06-05) June 5, 1954
Saint-Étienne, France
Residence Paris France
Education ESSEC Business School
Occupation
  • 1976 Secretary, Chamber of Commerce Rio de Janeiro
  • 1997 Country President, GEC ALSTHOM Brazil
  • 2000 President Alstom Transmission & Distribution
  • 2004 President Alstom Power
  • 2011 Deputy CEO Alstom Group
  • Since 2012 Non-Executive Director and Senior Advisor on sustainable development

Philippe Joubert (born 5 June 1954, in Saint-Etienne, France), is a French Brazilian business executive focused on building sustainability into the heart of business strategies to enable long-term growth. According to him, "Business as usual is dead: a new business model is emerging".

Philippe Joubert is Senior Advisor and Special Envoy for Energy and Climate for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Chair of the Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group, and is on the Advisory Board of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership where he is a faculty member. He is also Executive Chairman of the Global Electricity Initiative at the World Energy Council (WEC). He acts as an advisor to the CEOs of several major global companies on sustainable development and sits on various boards and advisory boards as a Non-Executive Director.

Previously, Philippe was President of Alstom Power and Deputy-CEO of Alstom Group.

Early life and education

Philippe Joubert was born in Saint-Etienne in France.

Philippe graduated from ESSEC Business School where he majored in Finance and Economy, and served as Assistant to the Finance Professor. Thereafter, he took courses in New York University, the IMD (International Institute for Management Development), and Schumacher College.

After graduating from ESSEC Business School, Philippe Joubert began his career in 1976 as Secretary for the Chamber of Commerce in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Between 1977 and 1982, he held various positions in Brazilian bank BFB, part of Credit Lyonnais; in 1983, he moved to the USA where he was promoted to Commercial Vice-President of Credit Lyonnais USA.

Alstom

Philippe Joubert joined Alstom in 1986, as Finance Director of GEC ALSTHOM Mecanica Pesada in Brazil. In 1991, he was appointed President & CEO of GEC ALSTHOM Mecanica Pesada, and additionally, in 1992, General Delegate of GEC ALSTHOM in Brazil. In 1997, he became Country President, GEC ALSTHOM Brazil.

In 2000, he was appointed President of Alstom's Transmission & Distribution Sector (product and solutions for transmission and distribution networks, with 3.2bn € sales, 25 000 employees in 70 countries) and member of the Alstom Group Executive Committee in France. He ran this business until its divestment in January 2004.

In February 2004, he became Executive Vice-President of Alstom, Member of the Executive Committee, as well as President of Power Systems Sector. He also was in charge of Alstom’s International Network.

In March 2009, he was appointed President of the newly formed Alstom Power Sector, resulting from the merger of all the activities related to power generation regrouping Power Systems (integrated plants, equipments and retrofit) and Power Service (after-sales, from service to renovation and spare parts). Alstom Power, a world leader in turnkey power plants, equipments and services for all energy sources including thermal (gas, steam, nuclear) and renewable (hydro, wind, solar), represented 60% of Alstom Group's activities. With 47000 employees in 60 countries and €12 billion in sales, it was by far the biggest contributor to Group's cash and profits.[1]

On July 4, 2011, Philippe Joubert was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Alstom, and put in charge of Strategy & Development for the Group (covering its Power, Grid and Transport sectors), as well as of Environment & Sustainability. He was also responsible for Alstom's International Network of Country Presidents, as well as for the Group's Asian development.

During Philippe's tenure at Alstom as President for Alstom Power, he introduced and championed the Group's 'Clean Power Today' [2] strategy, focused on:
• Balancing the power generation portfolio by significantly increasing the share of CO2-free technologies
• Maximizing production efficiency and flexibility for both existing and new plants
• Applying Carbon Capture and Storage technologies to fossil fuel power production

On Feb 1st 2012, he resigned from his mandate, left Alstom's operations and became Advisor to the Chairman & CEO for Environment and sustainable development matters.

Senior Advisor in Sustainable Development

In May 2012, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) appointed Philippe Joubert as Senior Advisor.[3]

Today, Philippe Joubert is Senior Advisor and Special Envoy for Energy and Climate for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Chair of the Prince of Wales’s EU Corporate Leaders Group [4] on Climate Change in Brussels, and is on the Advisory Board of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership [5] where he is a faculty member. He is also Executive Chairman of the Global Electricity Initiative [6] at the World Energy Council (WEC). He acts as an advisor to the CEOs of several major global companies and sits on various boards and advisory boards as a Non-Executive Director.

For Philippe Joubert, "Business as usual is dead: A new business model is emerging". He states that we need to and can decarbonise power, accurately price and account for externalities, and put sustainability at the heart of business strategies. Business leaders need to take urgent action to help meet our growing power needs sustainably in a resource-constrained and water-stressed world.

In December 2014 - Philippe Joubert presented at United Nations Climate Change conference COP20 in Lima, Peru, the Global Electricity Initiative (GEI) report that identifies the untapped opportunities for electricity utilities to further deliver a low-carbon future. The study covers utilities from countries which together account for about 80% of the global installed generating capacity, providing fact-based information as a basis for leaders in politics, industry and civil society to take meaningful decisions. They also highlight the areas in which further action and commitment are needed to achieve the appropriate goals. In addition, the findings showcase the way forward to increase electricity access in a sustainable and affordable manner. The GEI, which is chaired by Philippe Joubert, will be spearheading and facilitating the electricity sector’s change to a new business model that is already on its way.

Non-Executive Director

He has been an Independent Director of Nexans Société Anonyme since May 2014. He serves as independent Director for Voltalia, Group belonging to the Mulliez family, since June 2014. Independent Director of Eneo, (Compagnie d'electricite du Cameroun). He is a Member of the Advisory Board of A4S (Accounting for Sustainability) and of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) of Cambridge University. He served as a Director of Alstom Bharat Forge Limited from June 22, 2010 to February 1, 2012.[7]

Honours

He has been awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour (Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur).

Personal life

Philippe Joubert is married and has three children.

References

External links

  1. ↑ "Il va falloir mettre le climat dans votre business model...". 26 October 2015.
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