Caroline Ottmann is the Director of Strategy, Innovation and Corporate Affairs for the Pacific Zone in Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and industrial automation, providing digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability.

With a passion for energy transition and sustainability, Caroline leads Schneider’s sustainability commitments and new energy landscape strategy in the Pacific, or how energy management, energy efficiency and digital solutions can help organisations and communities to achieve Net Zero.

Caroline is also a board member of the Australian Energy Efficiency Council and has over ten years of international experience across technology and energy industries in a series of consulting, strategy, commercial, and transformation roles, helping companies shape their future and deliver on their business plans.

Jerome Fournand is the General Manager of the French-Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Graduated in Business Administration & Management from the Business School of Clermont-Ferrand. He started his career at Microsoft France and spent the following 5 years working as a Business Developer Manager for start-ups within the digital and social media industry.

Jérôme arrived in Australia in July 2013 and worked as the Key Account Manager for a marketing company where he developed with success a portfolio of hundreds of customers including large groups like Telstra, Sensis, LJ Hooker, BMW but also small & medium sized businesses.

Before to join FACCI, Jerome was the Head of Operations for GDR Group, a marketing and logistic group located in Sydney. As a member of the Executive team, he was responsible for setting the strategy for the effective operational performance of the group and for ensuring the timely and cost-effective execution of services to customers ($12M revenue).

Expert in business transformation as well as business unit development from scratch, Jerome understands the unique challenges businesses face when expanding and growing within the ANZ region.

Passionate about his work, Jerome believes in empathy, efficiency, reliability, trust, and transparency, which makes him the perfect partner to help businesses grow and expand with ease.