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Pierre DECHAMPS

Dechamps, Pierre

Dr Pierre Dechamps holds an electro-mechanical engineering degree from Liège University, a Master of Science from Cranfield University and a PhD from Liège University. 

He worked for 5 years as an assistant in Liège University, in the power generation department. 

He then joined the industry, CMI, Cockerill Mechanical Industries, one of the world leading heat recovery boiler manufacturers for power stations, where he quickly became the Head of the R&D Engineering Department. 

Since 1998, he worked for 10 years for the European Commission Directorate General for Research as project officer for clean coal technologies and later on for CO2 capture and sequestration. 

In January 2008, he joined the Bureau of European Policy Advisers as adviser for energy and climate change.