Mr. Philippe Portalier is currently Senior Adviser at Orgalime, the European engineering industries association, which represents the interests of the largest industrial branch in the EU, with a turnover in the order of €1,779 billion in 2006, accounting for some 27% of the EU’s manufactured output and a third of manufactured exports. He is the Secretary of Orgalime’s Committee of the Electrical and Electronic Industries (CEEI).
Mr. Portalier has held roles of consultant in EU affairs for various public and private organisations in France, including the European Commission when he was Head of the Industry and Information Society department of the former Parisian information centre on Europe “Sources d’Europe” (1994-1996), and the former household appliance maker “Groupe Brand” (1997-1998).
Since then, he has applied his dual background in EU law and industrial property rights to various regulatory and compliance issues in the EU harmonised area and coordinates Orgalime advocacy on the application of the New Legislative Framework (NLF) for the marketing of products.
Mr. Portalier received his Bachelor of EU Legal Affairs from Paris I – La Sorbonne University (1986) and his Bachelor of Industrial Property Law from the Paris II – Assas University (1985).