I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.

The low price of oil is a headwind to investments in alternative energy technologies, but it will not stop them.

When you want to turn around a company, you want to make sure that the solution is coming from inside.

Synergies are not only about cost reduction. Synergies can be access to markets, exchange of products, avoiding overlaps, exchange of best practices.

People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.

Business is tough; you need tough guys.

Commitment. This is my favorite word because in some way, people who are committed are always much more interesting and much more reliable, and much more, I would say, deep than people who are not.