General counsel Asia Pacific | Engie
Julien Pochet
General counsel Asia Pacific | Engie
Chief legal officer, GBU thermal, supply and hydrogen | ENGIE
Julien Pochet’s 20 years of legal experience includes ten years accumulated at the ENGIE Group, which allows him to display unparalleled knowledge on the ENGIE Group’s history, experiences, aims, and objectives. After completing his academic training, which culminated in a Master in International Politics at the ULB in Brussels, he started his career as an M&A lawyer for top tier international law firms including Allen & Overy and renowned practitioners in Belgium. In 2007 he made the move to in-house legal work by joining the ENGIE Group starting as deputy chief legal officer for Engie Trading in Belgium, subsequently moving to the company’s Chile office in 2011 as general counsel of that country. In 2015, he left Chile for Thailand and assumed the position of regional general counsel and ethics officer of ENGIE Asia Pacific where he continues to achieve excellent results.