Appointment of Jean-Baptiste Choimet to the position of Chief Executive Officer of GTT, as part of the implementation of its new governance - Seite 2

Jean-Baptiste Choimet, Managing Director of Elogen and future CEO of GTT, declared: “I thank the Board of Directors of GTT for the trust it places in me and take full responsibility for their decision to entrust me in this new role. I look forward to working with all the teams of the GTT group and to being supported in this great mission by Philippe Berterottière, with whom I have worked in trust for more than three years. I approach this new role with enthusiasm, at the head of a group which is today a leading global technological player in the maritime and energy world. I will be keen to mobilize the teams to continue and accelerate the evolution of the GTT group towards the technologies the world will need in the coming decades."

Biography of Jean-Baptiste Choimet

Jean-Baptiste Choimet joined the GTT group in 2020 and became Managing Director of Elogen, a subsidiary of the Group specializing in design and manufacturing of electrolysers to produce green hydrogen, in November of the same year, he began his career at EDF, where he contributed to the development of the Dunkirk LNG terminal project, before joining the Société Générale group to create the LNG trading desk. In 2012, he joined Technip, where he held commercial functions and worked on major LNG projects in Australia and Russia. In 2019, he joined the Bouygues Construction group, where he oversaw operations for the deployment of telecoms networks. Aged 42, Jean-Baptiste Choimet is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the University of Cambridge (Advanced Chemical Engineering Practice).

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About GTT

GTT is a technology and engineering group with expertise in the design and development of cryogenic membrane containment systems for use in the transport and storage of liquefied gases. Over the past 60 years, the GTT Group has designed and developed, to the highest standards of excellence, some of the most innovative technologies used in LNG carriers, floating terminals, onshore storage tanks and multi-gas carriers. As part of its commitment to building a sustainable world, GTT develops new solutions designed to support ship-owners and energy providers in their journey towards a decarbonised future. As such, the Group offers systems designed to enable commercial vessels to use LNG as fuel, develops cutting-edge digital solutions to enhance vessels’ economic and environmental performance, and actively pursues innovation in the field of zero-carbon solutions. Through its subsidiary, Elogen, which designs and manufactures proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers, GTT is also actively involved in the green hydrogen sector.