Valentin Schmitt, Alvest
Valentin Schmitt
President and Chief Executive Officer
Alvest

Valentin studied Civil Engineering at L'Ecole des Mines de Paris, majoring in the subject of Production and Supply Chain. He started his career as a management consultant at Oliver Wynman, covering projects both in France and South America. After gaining experience in the automotive industry, Valentin joined United Technology as Head of Operations for the EMEA region; this was followed by commercial responsibility for the oil and gas business. He subsequently joined TLD EMEAI (Europe, Middle East, Africa & India), as Regional CEO, in 2011. In 2017, Valentin had been promoted TLD Group COO and in 2019 TLD Group CEO.