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Sébastien Breteau | |
|---|---|
 Sébastien Breteau | |
| Born | September 5, 1971 |
| Nationality |  France French |
| Occupation(s) | CEO of AsiaInspection, French Foreign Trade Advisor |
| Awards | Best SME award 2006 from CCIFC |
Sébastien Breteau (born September 5, 1971, in Bordeaux, France), is an entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of AsiaInspection, a quality control service provider founded in Hong Kong.[1][2] He is also a French Foreign Trade Advisor (CCE) for China.[3]
Early Life and Education
[edit]Sébastien Breteau was born in Bordeaux on September 5th, 1971. He attended Arts et Métiers ParisTech, a French Engineering school and graduated in 1992. He also attended the HEC Business School in Paris and graduated in 1997.
Career
[edit]Early Career
[edit]Sébastien Breteau started his career in the Sagem group in Hong Kong developing his experience in the Asian supply chain.[4] Following his graduation from HEC Paris in 1997 he founded SEBO in Hong Kong. Specialized in the conception and export of promotional products and packaging for French industrial groups, SEBO has opened offices in France, China, Bangladesh, the United Kingdom and Denmark. In 1997, he was the first to import tamagotchis from China to France.[5]
AsiaInspection
[edit]In 2002, he founded AsiaInspection, a quality control service provider specialized in consumer goods for western SME’s producing in China.[6] The company today has 650 employees[7] offering product inspections, audits and lab testing services in 19 countries throughout Asia.[8]
AsiaInspection received the Best SME award from Christine Lagarde, then Minister of Commerce and Industry of French Republic, on behalf of the French Chamber of Commerce in 2006[9] for the development of their proprietary quality control online platform.[10] In 2006, he sold SEBO and he focused on the development of AsiaInspection.
In 2011, he forged a joint venture between AsiaInspection and Silliker, a Mérieux NutriScience company, to perform food inspections in Asia.[11]
Community Involvement
[edit]In 2013, he founded the Breteau Foundation, which aims at promoting education for children in developing countries.[12] The Foundation develops and curates education materials and tools for the highest number of grade 1 to 5 children in emerging countries. These contents are then localised and a distributed through local web platforms in classrooms.
Other Work and Honours
[edit]- Sébastien Breteau is a recognized expert in outsourced manufacturing and the quality control services industry ([13] · [14] · [15] · [16] · [17] · [18]). The Wall Street Journal and Forbes quoted Sebastien Breteau on the increase in demand for social audits following the Rana Plaza and other tragic accidents which caused massive loss of life in the manufacturing industry in Asia during 2012 and 2013.[19] [20]
- French Foreign Trade Advisor in China.[21]
- Angel investor.
- Sponsor of the Louvre museum.
References
[edit]- ^ Actualide - AsiaInspection, su director de calidad por un día N°156
- ^ Interview de M. Sébastien Breteau, candidat Divers Droite
- ^ French Foreign Trade Advisors (CCE's) organization
- ^ Avis d’expert 3 : Sébastien Breteau, AsiaInspection
- ^ Les Echos (August 2008)
- ^ Hong Kong Echo (March 2011)
- ^ Successful stories in China series, French Chamber
- ^ Shanghai Business Review (October 2011)
- ^ Press Release (October 28, 2006)
- ^ ChinePLus October 2011
- ^ Press Release - AsiaFoodInspection December 2011
- ^ Breteau Foundation site
- ^ France Ô - Sinosphère (April 3, 2011)
- ^ TF1 News (July 13, 2010)
- ^ Envoyé Spécial (September 18, 2008)
- ^ l'avis d'un expert du contrôle qualite en chine
- ^ bourse.lci.fr
- ^ Shanghai Business Review (October 2010)
- ^ Wall Street Journal, January 2014
- ^ Forbes (March 11 2014)
- ^ French Foreign Trade Advisors (CCE's) organization
TF1-Enquêtes & Révélations (December 18, 2012)
External links
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Category:1971 births
Category:Living people
Category:French businesspeople