Sébastien holds a Bsc in Chemical Engineering from Toulouse University (France), an Msc in Process Control from Natal University, and an MBA from the University of Cape Town.
He has been involved in the energy sector for over 8 years. Starting his career as a Process engineer at Saint Gobain, a leading industrial group, he developed energy efficient concepts for their operations and contributed to design and implement the group energy strategy. Moving to Cape Town in 2009 he participated in a number of entrepreneurial ventures in West Africa and then joined Energy Intelligence, a dynamic solutions driven company focused on integrating BI solutions to enhance energy performance management for business and residential customers.
Sebastien is in charge of Business Operations Management at Powertime, a division of Energy Intelligence and the leading Prepaid Electricity mobile merchant in South Africa. Powertime, which in 2010 received the award for best mobile application at the Mobile Web in Africa Conference, has a unique value proposition to offer the 7 million Prepaid Electricity users in South Africa the convenience of buying electricity on their mobile, whilst providing useful information on their energy usage and smart ways to contribute to more efficient use.
Married to a South African national and passionate about innovation and customer service, Sebastien strives to contribute to creating a more sustainable energy sector in South Africa.
