Sebastien Breteau
Sebastien Breteau (born September 5, 1971 (40 years old), in Bordeaux, France), is a French entrepreneur. In 1997, he was the first to import tamagotchis from China to France. He founded AsiaInspection in 2002 and remains the CEO today.
Biography
Born in Bordeaux on September 5, 1971, he went to Arts et Métiers ParisTech, a French engineer school and graduated in 1992.
He started his career in the Sagem group in Hong Kong developing his experience in the Asian supply chain. Following his graduation from HEC Paris in 1997 he founded SEBO in Hong Kong. Specialized in the conception and export of promotional products and packaging for French industrial groups, SEBO has opened offices in France, China, Bangladesh, the United Kingdom and Denmark.
In 2002, he founded AsiaInspection, a quality control service provider specialized in consumer goods for western SME’s producing in China. The company today has 500 employees offering product inspections, audits and lab testing services in 19 countries throughout Asia.
AsiaInspection received the Best SME award from Christine Lagarde, then Minister of Commerce and Industry of French Republic, on behalf of the French Chamber of Commerce in 2006 for the development of their proprietary quality control online platform. In 2006, he sold SEBO and he focused on the development of AsiaInspection.
In 2011, he forged a joint venture between AsiaInspection and Silliker, a Mérieux NutriScience company, to perform food inspections in Asia.
Sebastien Breteau is a recognized expert in Chinese production and is regularly interviewed by French national and international press (TV{{,}}{{,}} and newspapers{{,}}{{,}}).
Other Occupations
- French Foreign Trade Advisor in China
- Angel investor
- Sponsor of the Louvre museum
References
TF1-Enquêtes & Révélations (December 18, 2012)