Jean-Pierre Genevay

Chief executive officer

My career path

After obtaining my ITECH engineering diploma in 1980, I did my military service in Renault, in Abidjan and was in charge of the forming workers on the paint line. In 1982, I began work in BS Coatings, a manufacturer of « pipe coatings » and anticorrosion coatings, as head of the laboratory. I was recruited by Becker Industrie in 1989 equally as head of the laboratory then as person responsible for « Coil Coating » in 1998. I was named Managing Director in 2005, and CEO at the end of 2008.

« It is necessary to preserve R&D in order to better bounce back into the market »

My studies were in fact well-adapted to the needs of the industry in which I worked. Furthermore, I have made the clear observation that the ITECH engineers that we take on in internships or that we recruit are rapidly operational and know how to adapt to industrial evolution which is particularly fast in our domain.