Lionel Arras

He is a graduate engineer from ENSIC Nancy and holds an MBA from the Lyon School of Management. Before joining Carbios, Lionel Arras was Technology and Project Director Europe at Elkem Silicones, director of strategic and industrial projects (capacity increase, improvement of efficiency) and in charge of managing the portfolio of current investments for the activities of production of large on-site intermediates with high productivity, cost and HSE challenges. He was also responsible for R&D projects and resources, in Chemistry and Processes Europe and for contracts with external development partners. He was heavily involved in the development of the global Technology and Projects organization between Europe, China and Norway.

Before that, Lionel Arras held positions as a process engineer and production manager in factories. He began his career in 1998 in the engineering and technology center of Rhône-Poulenc (Décines, France) after cooperating with Purdue University (Indiana, United States)