Title
Market Manager
Company
Gas Odorants North America
Bio
Olivier Griperay is the Market Manager for Arkema’s Gas Odorants business in North America since January 2013. Olivier is born in France where he graduated from Reims Business School and specialized in International Marketing and Strategic Alliances. In 1994 after his MBA, Olivier moved to Shanghai, China where he helped French companies expand their business locally for three years. In 1998, Olivier moved to the USA for the Invest in France Agency, first in Los Angeles then in New Work City as their VP, Life Sciences Markets. In 2005, Olivier was hired by the New York City Economic Development Agency as their VP of International Business Development, under the Bloomberg Administration. From 2008 to 2010, Olivier worked in the Medical Devices industry, first as COO of Medicrea in Hoboken (Spinal implants), NJ, and then as General Manager of Vygon Neuro (Brain implants) in Audubon, PA. In 2011, Olivier was hired by Arkema as their Global Market Manager for Ethyl Mercaptan, which among other things is used in propane odorization. Olivier now lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two children.