Patrick Maffeis

Patrick is a Senior Expert for DWDG focused on Mobility, Energy, Operational Efficiency and Transformation topics. He held C-Suite roles at Faurecia and GE

Patrick is an industrial executive with a career spanning aerospace and defense, automotive, heavy transport (rail and truck), and energy. He has led several major enterprise transformations and turnarounds across global manufacturing organizations.

He began his executive career at Faurecia (now Forvia), the global automotive Tier 1 supplier, from 2002 to 2007. He then led an international, privately-owned group specializing in car carriers, tramways, and railway rolling stock from 2007 to 2012.

Mafféïs subsequently joined General Electric, where he held a series of senior leadership roles across its industrial businesses in France, including President of GE Global Operations France, President of GE Gas Power France, and President of GE Healthcare Industrial France and GE Healthcare Technologies France. In his most prominent role, he led GE’s gas turbines business based in Belfort — a 2.5B€ operation spanning 40 sites worldwide with some 18,000 employees — steering the business through a period of major social and industrial restructuring.

He now operates as a board member and senior advisor, drawing on his cross-sector operational and turnaround experience to support industrial companies.

Patrick is an engineer and holds a Master’s Degree from École nationale supérieure de techniques avancées (ENSTA)