Valentin Schmitt

Valentin Schmitt is Chief Operating Officer at TLD. He graduated from Ecole des Mines de Paris in 2000 and started his professional careers as consultant at Oliver Wynman in Europe and South America. After having consolidated his experience at Faurecia, a leading tier 1 automotive industry, Valentin joined a French office furniture manufacturer under chapter 11 for a successful turn-around as Chief Operations Officer. In 2008, Valentin joined United Technology (Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky…) in the Fire & Security division as Commercial Director World for the Oil & Gas activity. Schmitt became CEO of TLD Europe, Middle East & Africa in 2011, before becoming the Group Chief Operating Officer in 2017. TLD is a world leader for Ground Support Equipment with eight factories across three continents and 40 offices to support its customers all around the globe. As part of his role, Schmitt is supporting the TLD autonomous vehicle initiatives, launched in 2013 with the Aircraft Safe Docking system, now mounted on more than 1,000 units in the world. He is a qualified pilot (PPL-A) for land and seaplanes.