Pierre Emmanuel d'Huart

Director for Technology Development @ SAIPEM | Board Member (Director for Europe) @SPE | Energy, Engineering, Construction | HEC Paris

Paris, Île-de-France, France

About

➥ +18 years of XP in the management of high-end engineering & construction works: High technicity (at sea, 300km from shore, 2000m deep), High financial stakes (up to $1.7B projects) ➥ 4 years expat in Italy. Work experience in 15 countries on 4 continents. ➥ Doer, Problem solver, Team leader, Creative & Flexible; I love to face complex challenges ⚙ My drive: To gather and lead committed, efficient & autonomous teams. I always have succeeded in helping people blossom, take bold enterprises and perform at their best. ♛ My greatest professional achievements: I led a team of engineers towards the vertical pipelay tension world record, and I helped put in place the first-ever subsea drone operations contract worldwide. I am now directing a portfolio of technology development projects and managing a team of R&D professionals, which fits well with my appetite to learn, be curious, work hard and connect with industry peers to share knowledge. ➽ My passions: I am a visual arts lovers. Photography, Architecture, you name it. In my free time I enjoy any activity that blow wind into my face and lungs, from sailing, skiing to riding a bike. Not to mention cultural exchanges & Travel, and Italy, that holds a special place in my heart. Last but not least, I proudly engage in volunteering activities. I love to both learn (often the hard way) and share, disseminate my knowledge and experience. Strong believer in #inclusion and #diversity being the future of work.

Experience

  • Saipem (18 yrs 10 mos)
    • Head of Offshore Technology Development
      Jun 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

      𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 (𝘜𝘚𝘋 9𝘉 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴), 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨: - 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘛𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 & 𝘚𝘜𝘙𝘍, 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 & 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘠𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘴 - 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘍𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘋𝘦-𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯) 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 35 𝘙&𝘋 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 3 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘶𝘣𝘴 (𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴, 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘰, 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯), 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 (𝘙𝘪𝘰, 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯) Direction générale du développement technologique pour l'Offshore (CA: 9 Milliards EUR), couvrant : - Nouveaux produits pour les activités conventionnelles (Topsides & SURF), équipments et outils pour les chantiers et les navires de la flotte - Nouvelles technologies pour soutenir la transition énergétique : Éolien fixe et flottant, stockage d'énergie, énergies marines, décarbonation, transport de carbone et hydrogène À la tête d'un groupe de ~35 chefs de projet et ingénieurs R&D répartis sur 3 principaux hubs (Paris, Fano, Milan) + développement des activités dans les autres centres d'ingénierie de la société (Rio de Janeiro, Houston, Londres).

    • Life-of-Field Services Engineering Manager
      Mar 2018 - Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      𝘐𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧: - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦-𝘰𝘧-𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 (𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘔𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘈𝘐𝘗𝘌𝘔 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯) - 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 (𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 & 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘋𝘦-𝘖𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴) - 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 & 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘝𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘖𝘕𝘚𝘜𝘉, 𝘚𝘈𝘐𝘗𝘌𝘔'𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘶𝘣 𝘪𝘯 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺 - 𝘏𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦-𝘰𝘧-𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝑾𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕-𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. En charge: - Du Développement Commercial de nouveaux services de Maintien en Conditions Opérationnelles (évaluation du marché, cartographie des compétences d'ingénierie de SAIPEM à l'échelle mondiale, structuration des services, consolidation du Business Plan) - De l'industrialisation et de l'intégration sur le marché de véhicules sous-marins innovants. 100% électriques, 100% autonomes et résidents, en eaux profondes - Du Recrutement et développement des compétences d'ingénierie associées 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐝'𝐨𝐩é𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐬-𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬

    • Technical Project Manager - Asset development
      Jun 2017 - Feb 2018 · 9 mos

      Management of an internal strategic project to assess suitability and adaptation of existing Company asset (laybarge) to market trends. Reporting to Senior EVPs level. - Performed market analyses and cost projection studies to establish an industrial strategy - Led and motivated a team of 26 (incl. 9 direct reports) in a fast-paced initiative towards common target in a harsh context (industry downturn) - Handed-over to dedicated Vessel Performance Improvement team. Follow-up on target tenders, with positive conclusions on Saipem’s competiveness (identified savings of $10M, installation campaign performed in 1 season instead of 2, etc…)

  • Board member / Regional Director - Europe at Society of Petroleum Engineers International
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Director for not-for-profit | Administrateur de société à but non-lucratif Representing 130,000 members in 145 countries | Représentation de 130,000 membres dans 145 pays Legal registration | Forme légale: United States of America 501(c)(3) Compensation committee member | Membre du Comité des rémunérations, en charge de fixer la remuneration des dirigeants. Audit committee member | Membre du Comité des Comptes et de l'Audit

  • Chairman & Board Administrator at SPE France
    Jul 2017 - Present · 9 yrs

  • Visiting Lecturer and Jury Member at IFP School
    May 2016 - Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Course entitled "Offshore and Subsea Development from the Contractor's perspective"

  • Reserve Navy Officer at Marine Nationale
    Sep 2011 - Dec 2014 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Trained in leadership and warfare at Ecole Navale de Brest (French Navy School), Saint Mandrier (training center for commando divers), and onboard Aircraft Carrier « Charles de Gaulle »