Eric Noziere
Eric is the US Desk Head at Alexander Hughes. He is based at the Global headquarters in Paris and travels regularly to the US
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Eric brings a wide expertise as a global executive with startup and corporate experience around the world. His core expertise is in Clean Tech, Energy, Industry and Services.
Prior to joining the firm, Eric has been more recently involved in multiple B2B and B2C Mobility-related ventures as a founding/investing partner. In 2014, he founded EnAdvance, a Saas technology platform specialized in fleet vehicle selection. Its IT team was based in Ukraine. In 2017, Eric introduced YusoFleet, a transport operators Saas dispatch technology company, in the US market. It was acquired later that year by the Renault Group. He then was involved as a kickoff officer and investor in the launch of Upflex, a B2B global people mobility platform. At the end of 2019, he joined Clip.bike – a Brooklyn-based startup, inventor of an affordable and portable propulsion device that will upgrade any bicycle to an e-bike, instantly – as CFO, where he led the fundraising rounds, reporting, HR, compliance, and helped select the contract manufacturer in India.
From the late 90’s until 2013, Eric had spent more than ten years with Nissan Motor Company in the USA, Canada and Japan, as well as five years with General Motors in the USA. where he held multiple positions in management, finance and operations. In his early career, Eric worked for Cegelec, an engineering firm that was part of the Alcatel-Alstom conglomerate. He managed multinational hydro-power plant projects, with assignments in France and Brazil.
Among his accomplishments, he has been fortunate enough to lead the launch of the 1st full electric vehicle the Nissan Leaf in the US in 2010/11. In 2011, the Leaf reached leadership in terms of mass-market EV sales in the US with more than 10,000 units sold.
Eric holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York City, and an MS of Engineering from CentraleSupelec in Paris.
Eric is involved in American and French economic and cultural activities in various networks in both NYC and Paris.
He is fluent in English and French, and conversant in Portuguese.
A few of his favorite movies: A Good Year, Chariots of Fire … a mix of sportsmanship, great visuals and landscapes, music and more. A recent amazing reading: The Path between the Seas …. about what men can accomplish.
