André Loesekrug-Pietri

Biography

André Loesekrug-Pietri has held positions of responsibility in private equity, in the ministerial office of the Minister of the Armed Forces, in industry at Airbus and as an entrepreneur. He is currently Chair of the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI), which aims for Europe to regain leadership in disruptive innovation. A graduate of HEC, the Harvard Kennedy School and an auditor at Sup’Aéro, he is a private pilot, hosts a “Science and Technology” column on Europe 1, and teaches the geopolitics of technology at SciencesPo. He is a member of the Innovation Security Board of the Munich Security Conference.