Antoine Dubedout started his career in 1977 as a project engineer with the French petroleum company Total. In 1981, as the manager for system integration, he took part in the development of the Vulcain engine for the Ariane V launcher with Snecma. In 1988, he joined the Hutchinson Group as manager for product development in the Research Centre, and later took over as logistics manager in one of the Group’s factories. In 1993, he joined Electrolux in a series of senior management positions in Research and Development, primarily in Denmark and Sweden. In 2002, he became Director for Research and Development for powered two-wheelers at Peugeot, and in 2005 took over responsibility for the Quality for power-train programs at Peugeot Citroën Automobiles. Today, he runs his own company PROPENERG which offers consultancy services in R & D organisation and management.
Antoine Dubedout is a graduate from the French Ecole Polytechnique and a member of X-Mines-Consult, a professional network of management and engineering experts.