André LOESEKRUG-PIETRI

Bio

André Loesekrug-Pietri has held leadership positions in private equity, industry, entrepreneurship, and within ministerial offices. He is currently Chairman and Scientific Director of the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI), a forerunner of a European agency for advanced research projects (a European ARPA), with the mission of positioning Europe as a technological leader. JEDI launches "Moonshot" research programs and focuses on addressing the major societal challenges of our time (environment, health, digital, education, oceans, space) through innovation. JEDI acts for the common good, mobilizing over 7,000 technology and scientific leaders from academia, industry, and deeptech startups across 30 countries in Europe. A graduate of HEC, the Harvard Kennedy School, an auditor at Sup’Aéro and the IHEDN, he is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a Colonel (ret.) in the French Air and Space Force, a private pilot, and sits on the Innovation Board of the Munich Security Conference, as well as on the Board of the €3 billion transformation fund of the Saarland.