Jerome Partos

Prior to setting up EET, from January 1990 to January 2004, Dr. Partos was a representative of the Denis Freres Group in Japan. He was General Manager of two companies, Sceti Co Ltd and Nichifutsu Boeki KK. Sceti Co Ltd imports and markets technical products in Japan in fields related to human health through biochemistry and biotechnologies. Nichifutsu Boeki KK imports and markets retail food items, mainly organic products, low chemical syrups and confectioneries.

Jérome also managed the business of Sun & Denis KK, a subsidiary to Sceti Co Ltd, retailing exclusive chocolates. He was responsible for the subsequent disposal of the business. He is also co-founder, and previous Chief Executive Officer of NetProtections KK, a company offering online services that secure online payments and goods deliveries. He served the company from its creation, in 1999, until its sale in 2001.

Prior to joining Denis Freres Group, Jerome was an R&D and project engineer at Degrémont , world leader in water treatment. He started at the French head office and moved to the Japanese subsidiary a few years later. Jérome's focus was mainly on the development of biological treatments for potable, process or waste water and their benchmarking through first generation references.

Jérome holds a PhD in Biochemistry-Microbiology from the University of Provence (France). He was awarded a special grant by the French Solar Energy Commission to carry out fundamental research on biological valorisation of agricultural by-products. He owns a diploma of Engineer in Agronomy, from the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA-PG; France), majoring in Applied Biology for Environmental Issues.

Today Jérome is Director of the French League for Bird Protection (Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux, LPO, the largest environmental association in France) and Director of AgroConsultants, the association of consultants agronomist engineers.