OUR TEAM
Director General
Russell Patten
Technical Director
Stefan Thie
Office Manager
Caroline Demeyere
Policy Manager
Manon Roussel
Senior Policy Advisor
Vincent de Badereau
Communications Manager
Monica Cardenas
Policy Advisor
Aya El Azhari
Policy Advisor & Project Coordinator
Tanguy Roig
Senior Policy Advisor
Juliane Barboni
Policy Assistant
Andrea Martin
Policy Assistant
Meike Schuld
OUR LEADERSHIP
/ EPEE Chair:

Andrea Vallejo

(Johnson Controls)

Andrea was appointed Vice President & General Manager of Johnson Controls’ Global Industrial Refrigeration in December 2019 and is a member of Johnson Controls Sustainability Leadership Committee. She joined Johnson Controls in 2008 and has held several Operational and General Management responsibilities in Europe & Africa and Latin America. She is member of the Steering Committee of EPEE since 2018.

/ EPEE Chair:

Andrea Vallejo

(Johnson Controls)

Andrea was appointed Vice President & General Manager of Johnson Controls’ Global Industrial Refrigeration in December 2019 and is a member of Johnson Controls Sustainability Leadership Committee. She joined Johnson Controls in 2008 and has held several Operational and General Management responsibilities in Europe & Africa and Latin America. She is member of the Steering Committee of EPEE since 2018.

/ EPEE Vice-Chair:

Rainer Grosse-Kracht

(Bitzer)

Rainer is the Vice Chairman of the Board of BITZER SE. He is responsible for all research and development departments at BITZER worldwide. Rainer has worked for 25 years with BITZER and even longer experience in the refrigeration and air-conditioning industry. Prior to his current position he had various positions in Application Engineering and Advanced Research Engineering. He has been a member of the EPEE Steering Committee since 2009.

/ EPEE Vice-Chair:

Rainer Grosse-Kracht

(Bitzer)

Rainer is the Vice Chairman of the Board of BITZER SE. He is responsible for all research and development departments at BITZER worldwide. Rainer has worked for 25 years with BITZER and even longer experience in the refrigeration and air-conditioning industry. Prior to his current position he had various positions in Application Engineering and Advanced Research Engineering. He has been a member of the EPEE Steering Committee since 2009.

/ EPEE treasurer:

Luc Dehon

(Climalife)

Luc joined Dehon Group in 2015 after 20 years spent at AccentureHe became Board Member and then Group General Manager and CEO of Climalife, the most important Business Unit of Dehon Group. Climalife is a European market leader for sustainable solutions in cooling fluids for refrigeration and air conditioning. He has been Member of EPEE’s Steering Committee since 2020.

/ EPEE treasurer:

Luc Dehon

(Climalife)

Luc joined Dehon Group in 2015 after 20 years spent at AccentureHe became Board Member and then Group General Manager and CEO of Climalife, the most important Business Unit of Dehon Group. Climalife is a European market leader for sustainable solutions in cooling fluids for refrigeration and air conditioning. He has been Member of EPEE’s Steering Committee since 2020.

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