Biography
Vincent Schachter is currently Head of Global Energy Services at ENEL X e-Mobility, in charge of Vehicle-Grid Integration. He also serves as CEO of ENEL X France.
From 2016 to 2018 he was Senior Vice-President, Energy Services at eMotorWerks, a Bay Area startup pioneer in the Vehicle-Grid integration space. eMotorWerks was acquired by Enel Group, the largest integrated utility in Europe, in October 2017.
As Senior Advisor & Entrepreneur in Residence at Engie in 2016-2017, he designed disruptive large scale business models in the Distributed Energy Resources + digital arena, which led to “Energy Communities” business model and initial offers.
As Vice President R&D at Total New Energies from 2009 to 2016, he built Total’s cleantech R&D from the ground up into a prominent international player in the fields of solar PV and industrial biotechnology.
Vincent received his PhD in Computer Science from Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. He is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and co-recipient of a US Presidential Green Chemistry Award.