Sébastien Breteau
In 2015, following the Tianjin explosion which killed 159 people, he discussed with Les Echos that although industrial risk has remained high, it has not discouraged entrepreneurs from trying to profit from China’s economic growth.
| Sébastien Breteau | |
|---|---|
 Sébastien Breteau | |
| Born | September 5, 1971 |
| Nationality |
 France French |
| Occupation | CEO of AsiaInspection, French Foreign Trade Advisor |
| Awards | Best SME award 2006 from CCIFC |
Sébastien Breteau (born September 5, 1971, in Bordeaux, France) is an entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of AsiaInspection, a quality control service provider founded in Hong Kong,[1][2] and the Breteau Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides digital education tools to teachers and students in developing countries.[3] He is also a French Foreign Trade Advisor (CCE) for China.[4]
Early Life and Education
Sébastien Breteau was born in Bordeaux on September 5, 1971. He attended Arts et Métiers ParisTech, a French Engineering school and graduated in 1992. He also attended the HEC Business School in Paris and graduated in 1997.
Career
Early career
Sébastien Breteau started his career in the Safran group (ex-Sagem) in Hong Kong developing his experience in the Asian supply chain.[5] Following his graduation from HEC Paris in 1997 he founded SEBO in Hong Kong. Specialized in the conception and export of promotional products and packaging for French industrial groups, SEBO has opened offices in France, China, Bangladesh, the United Kingdom and Denmark. In 1997, he was the first to import tamagotchis from China to France.[6]
AsiaInspection
In 2002, he founded AsiaInspection, a quality control service provider specialized in consumer goods for western SME’s producing in China.[7] The company today has 1,000 employees[8] offering product inspections, audits and lab testing services in 19 countries throughout Asia.[9]
AsiaInspection received the Best SME award from Christine Lagarde, then Minister of Commerce and Industry of French Republic, on behalf of the French Chamber of Commerce in 2006[10] for the development of their proprietary quality control online platform.[11] In 2006, he sold SEBO and he focused on the development of AsiaInspection.
In 2011, he forged a joint venture between AsiaInspection and Silliker, a Mérieux NutriScience company, to perform food inspections in Asia.[12]
Community Involvement
In 2013, he founded the Breteau Foundation, which aims at promoting education for children in developing countries.[13] The Foundation develops and curates education materials and tools for the highest number of grade 1 to 5 children in emerging countries. These contents are then localised and a distributed through local web platforms in classrooms.
Other Work and Honours
- Sébastien Breteau is a recognized expert in outsourced manufacturing and the quality control services industry ([14] · [15] · [16] · [17] · [18] · [19]). The Wall Street Journal and Forbes quoted Sebastien Breteau on the increase in demand for social audits following the Rana Plaza and other tragic accidents which caused massive loss of life in the manufacturing industry in Asia during 2012 and 2013.[20][21] Following the revelation in July 2014 that Shanghai based Husi Food Co. was supplying major western food chains with expired meat products, he was interviewed by the Financial Times,[22] Bloomberg [23] and The Associated Press.[24] He has also discussed food safety in China with the New York Times and with Bloomberg's Rishaad Salamat.[25][26] In 2015, following the Tianjin explosion which killed 159 people, he discussed with Les Echos that although industrial risk has remained high, it has not discouraged entrepreneurs from trying to profit from China’s economic growth.[27]
- French Foreign Trade Advisor in China.[28]
- Angel investor.
- Sponsor of the Louvre Museum and patron of the Opéra Garnier and Royal Opera House.
References
- ↑ Actualide - AsiaInspection, su director de calidad por un día N°156
- ↑ Interview de M. Sébastien Breteau, candidat Divers Droite
- ↑
- ↑ French Foreign Trade Advisors (CCE's) organization
- ↑ Avis d’expert 3 : Sébastien Breteau, AsiaInspection
- ↑ Les Echos (August 2008)
- ↑ Hong Kong Echo (March 2011)
- ↑ AsiaInspection, About Us
- ↑ Shanghai Business Review (October 2011)
- ↑ Press Release (October 28, 2006)
- ↑ ChinePLus October 2011
- ↑ Press Release - AsiaFoodInspection December 2011
- ↑ Breteau Foundation site
- ↑ France Ô - Sinosphère (April 3, 2011)
- ↑ TF1 News (July 13, 2010)
- ↑ Envoyé Spécial (September 18, 2008)
- ↑ l'avis d'un expert du contrôle qualite en chine
- ↑ bourse.lci.fr
- ↑ Shanghai Business Review (October 2010)
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, January 2014
- ↑ Forbes (March 11 2014)
- ↑ Financial Times, July 25 2014
- ↑ Bloomberg July 25 2014
- ↑ The Associated Press July 31 2014
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Les Echo, Le risque industriel et économique en Chine ne décourage pas les entrepreneurs français En savoir plus sur http://videos.lesechos.fr/news/interviews/le-risque-industriel-et-economique-en-chine-ne-decourage-pas-les-entrepreneurs-francais-4457310612001.html?VO6z0WVDWgTroWP7.99
- ↑ French Foreign Trade Advisors (CCE's) organization