Prior to joining Deinove in January 2013, Emmanuel Petiot was Director of Sales at Novozymes North America Inc., the world leader in enzymes and microorganisms. For 9 years, he has had a successful career at this Danish industrial biotechnology leader, holding executive positions in marketing, sales and business development, both in Europe and the United States. He was also General Manager of the French subsidiary of Novozymes, covering European operations. Previously, he held senior marketing and sales positions at Dow Chemical (2000-2004) and Air Liquide (1996-2000).
His role in Deinove is to make sure that the company strikes the right technology and commercial partnerships as well as further strengthens its R&D and Operational structures to accelerate industrialization of its breakthrough bio-based solutions.
Emmanuel Petiot graduated from EDHEC Business School and the École Centrale de Paris (renowned engineering school).