Pierre-Etienne Franc is an entrepreneur and CEO of Hy24, an investment management company dedicated to low-carbon hydrogen energy.
Pierre-Etienne Franc is an entrepreneur, co-founder and Chairman of FiveT Hydrogen, co-founder of the Hydrogen Council and CEO of Hy24, an investment management company dedicated to low-carbon hydrogen energy. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Before co-founding and becoming CEO of Hy24, Pierre-Etienne Franc joined Air Liquide in 1996 [5] . He was Director of the Group’s business unit dedicated to Markets and Advanced Technologies, [6] [7] [8] where he headed industrial activities and investments linked to the energy transition [9] [10] [11] , and Director of Air Liquide's global hydrogen energy business [12] since 2010. [5]
From 2017 to 2021, he was co-secretary [13] of the Hydrogen Council, of which he is co-founder. [5]
In 2021, he co-founded Hy24, [14] [15] [16] an investment manager dedicated to low-carbon hydrogen, [17] joint venture created by Ardian and FiveT Hydrogen[14]. [18]