PHILIPPE JOUBERT

Executive Vice President

President, Power Sector

• Born on 5 June 1954 in Saint-Etienne, France

• Nationalities: French and Brazilian.
• Graduate from Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC)

Philippe Joubert started his career in 1976 as Secretary for the Chamber of Commerce in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Between 1977 and 1982, he held various positions in Brazilian bank BFB, part of Credit Lyonnais; in 1983, he moved to the USA where he was promoted to Commercial Vice-President of Credit Lyonnais USA.

He joined Alstom in 1986, as Finance Director of GEC ALSTHOM Mecanica Pesada in Brazil. In 1991, he was appointed President & CEO of GEC ALSTHOM Mecanica Pesada, and additionally, in 1992, General Delegate of GEC ALSTHOM in Brazil. In 1997, he became Country President, GEC ALSTHOM Brazil, and also ran the Transport Unit as Managing Director of Alstom Transporte do Brasil Ltda.

In 2000, he was appointed President of Alstom's Transmission & Distribution Sector and member of the Executive Committee of the Alstom group, in France, which he ran until this business was divested at the beginning of January 2004.

In February 2004, he became Executive Vice-President of Alstom, Member of the Executive Committee, as well as President of Power Systems Sector. He also took the head of Alstom’s International Network.

Since 19 March 2009, he has been appointed President of the newly formed Alstom Power Sector, resulting from the merger in a single entity of all the activities related to power generation. Until now, those activities were managed by two Sectors: Power Systems (integrated plants, equipments and retrofit) and Power Service (after-sales, from service to renovation and spare parts).

Philippe Joubert is married and has three children.