Pierre-Yves Panis

Pierre-Yves Panis is Chief Designer at Philips Lighting in Eindhoven/Netherlands. Prior to that, he headed the design teams of other large enterprises: as Vice President Design & User Experience at Orange in Paris, as Design Vice President and Art Director at Legrand in Limoges and as Head of Design at Moen in Cleveland/USA. Before starting his career in the business world, Pierre spent nine years in the south of Africa, where he set up the non-profit Design Co Operation (DCO) design-structure in Harare/Zimbabwe. He is an ICSID Board Member and on the DMI Board of Advisors.

(October 2015)