Denis DegouxSenior Partner, Global Managing Director, President and Managing Director China, Head of Asia, Roland Berger
Denis Depoux began his career in China 25 years ago with French energy giant EDF before entering the management consulting industry. In 2001, Depoux joined Roland Berger where he focuses on the energy and environmental sectors, sharing his strong consulting expertise and rich industry experience in the US, Europe and Asia.
Depoux has been actively supporting the firm's Greater China operations since 2007. Since moving to Shanghai three years ago as Deputy Head of Asia who steers Roland Berger Asia along with the Global CEO, he has contributed a lot to the transformation towards the new Roland Berger in this region. For Roland Berger Greater China, he has committedly oversees a wide variety of Competence Centers.
In the energy and utilities sector, Depoux has supported the transformation of major European players throughout the energy market's transition toward liberalization and increased competition. He has made extensive contributions in the areas of new products and services, the development of wholesale-market trading, risk management, the development of energy services, etc. He has also consulted on several major mergers of European energy players and supported the expansion of electricity and natural-gas players into Europe, the Americas and Asia. More recently, Depoux has supported European and Asian energy players in addressing challenges raised by the trends toward low-carbon energy, energy efficiency, decentralized energy generation and the Internet of energy.
Beyond the energy sector, Depoux has extensive experience in performance and operations improvement, operational and G&A cost reduction, purchasing process transformation, screening, commercial and strategic due diligence for acquisition targets, post-merger integration and organization and governance.
Depoux has been a key speaker at top-level forums in Asia, including the Boao Forum for Asia, World Knowledge Forum and China Development Forum. As one of the leading foreign experts working in China, he has also been invited to a New Year meeting with Chinese Premier to discuss the nation's development. Besides, Depoux has often shared his insight on trendy topics in and out of China by taking interviews and writing articles for mainstream media outlets, including People's Daily, CCTV and Caijing.
