Patrick Desforges has a Msc. in Civil Engineering and is certified as PMP®. Through his different assignments on major projects in France, Middle-East and Asia, Patrick Desforges gained an extensive experience on large multidisciplinary infrastructure Projects development for various industries: Railway, Airport, Roads, Telecommunication, Energy, and for all project phases: planning, design, procurement, implementation, execution and T&C. From 2016 to 2020, Patrick Desforges was responsible for setting up Systra local branch and developing business in Australia and New Zealand. During his tenure, he was particularly in charge of identifying and managing the acquisition of one rail engineering company and grow Systra activities in the Region. Since 2021, Patrick Desforges is Business Development Director for Systra in Asia comprising ASEAN countries, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Hong-Kong and mainland China.