Christophe Carrière

Christophe Carrière is a seasoned professional with more than 10 years of experience working in high-pressure and complex environments. He has a background in law and business and has held several executive positions, including Deputy General Counsel at Valeo and Managing Associate at Linklaters. Additionally, he was a co-founder and former Chief Operating Officer of KinectAir, a startup in the aviation and software industry.

Carrière's expertise lies in team organization, leadership, and transaction management, and he has been involved in multiple mergers and acquisitions in various countries, from multi-million Euro acquisitions to a +billion Euro LBO (Apollo/Verallia). He has a deep understanding of the automotive, mobility, and aeronautic industries and their paradigm shift and focuses his interest on the electrification of future means of transportation.

Christophe is currently a Fractional CEO/COO and is working with an OEM in the hydrogen aviation space. His primary responsibility is to organize the company, refine the value proposition and strategy, and execute it towards key milestones.

Carrière holds a Maîtrise en Sciences de Gestion from the Université Paris Dauphine and a Juriste d'affaires Master's degree in Business Law from the Université Paris Sud (Paris XI). He also studied Certificat d'Aptitude à la Profession d'Avocat (admittance to the Paris Bar) at Ecole de Formation du Barreau de Paris and The University of Edinburgh.

As a member of the Startup Community Way network, Carrière is the creator and moderator of the France Circle. He also referenced his company as a member of the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions of the Solar Impulse Foundation.