Vincent Petit is Senior Vice President Global Thought Leadership at Schneider Electric, where he heads the external communications activity for the group. Mr. Petit began his career at Schneider Electric running international power projects. Later, he assumed a corporate role in the global Power business unit where he ran strategy and then development and offer management for software solutions. In 2011, Mr. Petit moved to Russia where he led the solutions business operations for the CIS zone, including Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Since 2015, he was Senior Vice President Energy Automation in charge of the global line of business, with a diverse team including marketing, research and development, and operations across the globe. He is the author of two publications: “The Energy Transition” and “The New World of Utilities” (Springer). He holds a Master of Science from French engineering school Supéléc and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
