June 30, 2020 - Pierre Marol, President of B2A Technology and Jean-Luc Thomé, Group General Manager, announce the appointment of Nicolas Breton as Chief Operating Officer effective June 30, 2020. In addition to the acquisition of New Zealand company specializing baggage and parcel handling systems, Glidepath at the start of the year, the appointment of Nicolas Breton is a strategic step in the development of B2A Technology. Nicolas Breton has two Masters of Engineering degrees from the French "École Polytechnique" and "École des Ponts et Chaussées", and a Masters of Science degree from Stanford University. He began his career in the world of specialized overhead cranes for aluminium plants at ECL, a subsidiary of Alcan.
He first managed the manufacturing control in France and was then nominated as the head of the Shanghai subsidiary, in charge of sales, installation and maintenance for the Chinese market. In 2008, Nicolas moved to the lifts industry joining Otis Elevators as General Manager for New Zealand and then onto Brussels as Managing Director for Belgium and Luxembourg. In 2015, he chose to fly to Sydney to take up successive positions as Service Director then Managing Director of Schindler Lifts Australia. Effective January 1 2021, Nicolas Breton will take the position of Chief Executive Officer of B2A Technology. Pierre Marol will remain involved in the development of the group as Chairman and Jean-Luc Thomé as a member of the Board.