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Jacques joins Accenta as Managing Director in September 2023.

A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique, Jacques was a member of the Executive Committee of Société Générale until 2013, then Chief Executive Officer of Banco Santander until 2017. Then, until 2022, Jacques was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Crédit Agricole Group, a major player in the international financing of the Energy Transition. He joined Eren Groupe as Managing Partner in September 2022.

Marine cofounded Accenta in 2016 and since then has held the position of Chief Operating Officer, in charge of the development and execution of energy projects equipped with Accenta’s Low Carbon and Smart Building technologies.

Prior to co-founding Accenta, Marine spent nearly 25 years with the Veolia Group holding management positions in Europe and Africa and worked for 4 years as an engineering consultant in the United States. This experience led her to manage projects for various local authorities and private clients in the fields of waste treatment, water, wastewater treatment and energy services.

Marine holds an engineering degree from AgroParisTech and an MBA from London Business School.

Philippe cofounded Accenta in 2016 and since then has held the position of Chief Technologyl Officer, in charge of the R&D team that develops Accenta’s Artificial Intelligence algorithms, Low Carbon and Smart Building technology software platforms.

Philippe has more than 25 years of experience in creating and managing IT R&D teams. He held senior positions at Atos Origin, Julhiet Sterwen and delamaison.fr where he worked alongside Pierre Trémolières as Information Systems Director.

Philippe is a graduate of Supinfo.

Jean-Philippe Besse is Chief Business Development Officer, in charge of Sales and Marketing & Communication. Jean-Philippe joined Accenta at the beginning of 2022.

Previously, from 2017 to 2022, Jean-Philippe was Managing Director – Head of Investor Relations Europe for Colony Capital Inc. Jean-Philippe was also a co-founding partner of La Française AM, an asset management company founded in 2000, which he left in 2013.

Jean-Philippe began his career as Marketing Manager at AXA Financial Products.

Jean-Philippe is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique.

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Alice joined Accenta in 2022 as Chief People & Culture Officer. Working to support the company’s corporate project, she is responsible for the development of the organization and its employees, and in particular for promoting Accenta’s hybrid identity and culture – digital, technological and operational.

Alice previously worked for the ENGIE Group, where she held various HR responsibilities. For the past 4 years, she has been Director of Human Resources and Communications for ENGIE Solar, the Group entity in charge of EPC for solar projects worldwide.

She began her career in 2000 in strategy consulting, first with Booz Allen Hamilton (now Strategy& with PWC) then with Oliver Wyman in the Leadership & Organization practice.

Alice is an alumnus of ENS Paris – Saclay (Human & Social Sciences department), she holds a degree in Social Sciences and she is a graduate of ENSAE and EHESS. Certified by the IFA, she is also a company administrator.

Antoine joined Accenta in 2021 as Director of Administrative and Financial Operations, in charge of accounting, management control, information systems, corporate finance, office management and CSR.

Antoine has 15 years’ experience in Finance, Accounting and Controlling.

In 2010, he founded and managed Europartner and Contexpert in Brazil for 4 years, specializing in local support for French companies setting up in Brazil and in accounting management. He then held various positions in finance and management control with French companies in Houston (US). He joined Vallourec as Controller for the North American region, before taking up the position of Corporate Controller in charge of the strategic plan when he returned to France in 2020.

Antoine is passionate about the energy transition and is a member of the Shift Project and a shareholder of Time For The Planet.

Antoine holds a Master’s degree in Marketing and Communication and an MBA in Finance and Project Management.