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Digitalization and AI: Driving Sustainable Competitiveness in the EU

Europe Jacques Delors and Brunswick Group welcome you to the seventh edition of our webinar series on how businesses can navigate the European Green Deal.

19 July 2024 | 10:30 - 11:30 CEST

Join us virtually for a discussion with Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director General of DG ENER (European Commission), and Gwenaelle Avice Huet, Executive Vice President, Europe Operations (Schneider Electric) on how digitalization and AI can drive sustainable competitiveness in the EU.

The discussion will be again hosted and moderated by Geneviève Pons, Director General of Europe Jacques Delors, and Pascal Lamy, Vice President of Europe Jacques Delors and Chair of Europe at Brunswick Group.

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Mechthild Wörsdörfer

Deputy Director General, DG ENER, European Commission

Mechthild has been appointed Deputy Director General of DG ENER in October 2021. Previously, she was Director for Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks at the International Energy Agency for three years. Before her time at the IEA, she held various positions at DG ENER (2010 – 2018) and DG GROWTH (2005 – 2010). From 1999 – 2004, she served in the Cabinet of Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise Policy and Information Society.

Before joining the European Commission, she was Deputy Head of the Brussels office of the German Industry Association (BDI).

Mechthild studied Economics at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Montpellier, and holds a master’s degree in European Economics from the Free University of Brussels. Mechthild Wörsdörfer

Deputy Director General, DG ENER, European Commission

Mechthild has been appointed Deputy Director General of DG ENER in October 2021. Previously, she was Director for Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks at the International Energy Agency for three years. Before her time at the IEA, she held various positions at DG ENER (2010 – 2018) and DG GROWTH (2005 – 2010). From 1999 – 2004, she served in the Cabinet of Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise Policy and Information Society.

Before joining the European Commission, she was Deputy Head of the Brussels office of the German Industry Association (BDI).

Mechthild studied Economics at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Montpellier, and holds a master’s degree in European Economics from the Free University of Brussels.

Gwenaelle Avice Huet

Executive Vice President, Europe Operations, Schneider Electric

Gwenaelle has been Schneider Electric’s EVP of Europe Operations since September 2023. She joined Schneider Electric in 2021 as Senior-Vice President of Corporate Strategy, before entering the Executive Committee as Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer.

Before joining Schneider Electric, Gwenaelle worked at ENGIE in various positions. In her last role, she was on the Executive Committee of ENGIE, serving as the CEO of ENGIE North America.

She holds a degree in Physics and Chemistry from the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, a post-graduate diploma in Molecular Chemistry from France’s Ecole Polytechnique and an engineering degree from the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées. She has also been nominated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.