Arnaud Cantin graduated from Ecole Centrale Paris (Innovation Engineering Manufacturing) and RWTH Aachen (Industrial Engineering) and joined the electrical and electronics sector after several years in automotive companies (lean manufacturing, logistics, project and R&D management). He spent 8 years at Chloride Industrial Systems, leading Tendering & Execution, Strategy and Sales and services of industrial-grade UPS systems, based in France and the UAE.

He joined Schneider Electric in 2011 to lead from Canada the Solar & Energy Storage business, including strategy, marketing, and R&D of a full balance of plants (LV, inverters, MV, grid connection substations, monitoring and control, and services) and has taken since 2018 the responsibility of the power management software & automation systems business globally.

Arnaud is a Senior Vice President at Schneider Electric and is responsible for the global Digital Power business, leading the digitization and decarbonization of electrical systems with a portfolio of Software, Systems, Intelligent Products, and Services including power metering, protection relays, RTUs, and controllers, power quality correction, power management software and automation systems, across all industry segments (Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Healthcare, Data Centers, Infrastructure, Heavy Industries, and Utilities).