Olivier Kreiss

Biography

Olivier, after 35 years’ experience as international manager, has become a successful creator of new businesses. He is currently managing Eco-Carbone that he founded in 2000. Eco-Carbone has worked as a leading consulting firm on the exchange carbon market between China and Europe and is now investing, with the help of Novartis, in Africa in projects of trees plantation (2 million trees planted) and production of new varieties of agriculture such as soya and sunflower for the benefice of local farmers. Previously, after working for 10 years for Shell France and International, he has been managing, for more than 25 years, two International Engineering Groups, the Serete Group and later Degremont (the world leader in water treatment engineering) where he served for 14 years as Managing Director and then Chairman. Olivier holds an Engineering Degree from Ecole des Mines in Saint Etienne and has a Master in Economic Sciences from the University of Lyon.

Research Interest

Bioinformatics and system biology