Jean has been with DPA for 23 years, the past 16 of which he has led the business. He has worked in Europe, North America and Japan for some of the world’s leading organisations including GE, Toyota, Lloyds TSB, Sony, Intel, Nokia, Mars, Coca-Cola and Fujitsu.
Jean is passionate about helping leaders create organisations capable of fulfilling their potential, that are great to work for and worth the trust and custom of their customers. He maintains a strong focus on research and development of new ideas to increase the capacity and accountability of leadership teams.
Jean has fostered a culture of high quality and innovation at DPA and successfully launched The Energy Project Europe, a sister company in 2005. He is also Senior Vice-President for Strategy for The Energy Project worldwide.
Jean is co-author of “The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working”. The book explores why organisations need to make a paradigm shift from trying to get more out of their employees to investing more in them, so they are fuelled and motivated to bring the best of themselves to work every day.
Jean is chair of the charity HumanITy, which focuses on social exclusion and technology. He is also visiting Professor in Creativity and Organisational Innovation at the University College for the Creative Arts.