Laurent Guillot is the current Director at Safran. Laurent has also served as the CEO High Performance Solutions at Saint-Gobain from June 2002 to June 2021. Prior to that, they were the Conseiller Technique Mer et Voies Navigables puis Conseiller Budget, Finances et Industrie at the Cabinet du Ministre de l'Equipement, des Transports et du Logement from September 1999 to May 2002.
Before that, they were the Responsable politique d’aide aux pays d’Afrique Centrale at the Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances - Direction du Trésor from March 1998 to September 1999. Previously, they were the Responsable politique de l’énergie, grandes entreprises du secteur de l’énergie at the Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances - Direction de la Prévision from September 1996 to March 1998.
Guillot attended the Ecole Polytechnique, where they studied engineering. Laurent then went on to study at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, where they earned a degree in civil engineering. Finally, they studied macroeconomics at the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne, where they earned a DEA.