Office : 20, rue des Graviers,
92 200 Neuilly sur Seine France
Phone : +339 75 51 53 47
Fax : +331 46 24 16 74
Mobile +336 62 15 31 99
e mail : francois.vincotte@mines-paris.org

Since 1986 :

Has essentially worked for (and with) small and medium enterprises.
- As executive interim manager (3 midsize companies, 500 people each, manufacturing fittings and
devices for electrical and pharmaceutical industries),
- As auditor and consultant in strategy.
- As trading advisor and sales representative of Spanish companies.
(www.sgdlagranja.es, www.arruti.com)
Through acquisitions, has cofounded a holding company including a travel agency, a car rental
company and an aircraft rental company.
Has covered a few missions in Vietnam, when being appointed by ONUDI as an industrial expert.
Has fully participated to the foundation of two startup companies (building and phone industry).

From 1964 to 1985:

His major field was metallurgy.
This is why he began to work as metallurgist in an aluminum plant (now belonging to Alcan).
Then he was successively appointed plant manager of a copper alloy plant (wire, bar, sheets
and plates), and sales manager.
He was searched to be general manager and chairman of companies manufacturing both toughened
glass and composite insulators and metallic fittings.

Education:

Ecole des Mines de Paris (Ranks high in engineering, physics and mathematics.
Equivalent to a PhD. 200 years ago, this school was training for mining and civil engineering)
Master of Science degree (major : Physics of Solids) :
Berkeley, University of California, Scholarship from Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
CPA , Centre de perfectionnement aux Affaires (equivalent to MBA).

Miscellaneous :

Lieutenant, French Air Force.
Redactor in chief of an engineering review (monthly issue, 10000 subscribers)
Writer: two novels “Midi à Quatorze heures “, “La génétique du crime”.
One of his former company “Ansetolor “ (23 years old) is still in operation for any future project.