Mehdi
Batel

During his 12 years at Mistras, he expanded the group by achieving sustainable profitable growth through both organic and M&A initiatives, as well as innovative value proposition developments.

Prior to joining, Mehdi was Group Senior Vice-President at Mistras Group Inc. (NYSE: MG), in charge of full European operations. He is an experienced multi-P&L senior executive in technology-driven and service companies, specialized mainly in instrumentation, metrology, material testing, advanced non-destructive evaluation and microscopy, fracture mechanics, failure analysis and mechanical integrity. As a member of the Mistras executive committee, Mehdi was leading the operations, strategy and the development of the group’s international division, which operated mainly in Europe in various markets, including Aerospace & Defence, Oil & Gas, Power Generation and others. During his 12 years at Mistras, he expanded the group by achieving sustainable profitable growth through both organic and M&A initiatives, as well as innovative value proposition developments.

Prior to Mistras, Mehdi held various leadership roles in the USA and in Europe, at renowned test and measurement companies operating across the globe, including Polytec GmbH, leader in optics, photonics, spectroscopy and analytics, as well as Brüel & Kjaer, member of Spectris Technologies PLC (LSE: SXS), leader in precision instrumentation technologies.

Mehdi holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) with a thesis in Material Science and Acoustics that was funded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Carderock division). He also holds an Executive MBA from both University Paris-Dauphine-PSL (France) and University of Montreal (Canada). Mehdi published more than 20 scientific articles at international events and is a member of several professional engineering organizations.