Benoît Potier is a French businessperson who has been at the helm of 9 different companies. Currently, he is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Air Liquide SA, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Air Liquide International SA, Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer at Air Liquide Italia SpA and Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Air Liquide International Corp. (which are all subsidiaries of Air Liquide SA) and Chairman at European Round Table of Industrialists. Benoît Potier is also Chairman of Fondation d'entreprise Air Liquide, Member of Observatoire Des Actionnaires D’Avenir and Member-French Board at INSEAD and on the board of 8 other companies.

In the past he held the position of Chairman for Air Liquide Tunisie SA, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Air Liquide Advanced Technologies SA, Vice President at Etudes et Realisations de Travaux and Member of Trilateral Commission European Group.

Mr. Potier received an undergraduate degree from École Centrale Paris.