
Olivier Marquette
President, AES Vietnam
Olivier Marquette currently serves as President of AES Vietnam. He is responsible for all aspects of AES’ business activities in Vietnam including the operation of the 1,242 MW Mong Duong 2 Power Plant, the development of the 2,250 MW Son My No. 2 (CCGT) power plant together with Son My LNG import terminal.
Olivier joined the AES group in 2006 in the North America Business Development team. He contributed to various early-stage projects in financial modeling, contract negotiation, permitting. In 2008, he transferred to AES Singapore office as Director, Business Development, and led development in Indonesia. In 2011, he joined AES Tiete S.A. as Vice-President of Business Development, in charge of the execution of AES Tiete's growth strategy based on natural gas and renewable generation. In 2013, he joined AES Dominicana to lead the development of growth projects leveraging AES existing platform. In 2015, he became President of AES Bulgaria, in charge of the financial performance of the business. In 2023, he expanded his scope of responsibilities and became also President of AES India, AES Jordan and AES Netherlands.
Prior to joining AES, Olivier held various positions at Electricite de France, first in Research and Development, then in Operations. Olivier was Operations Manager at a 500MW coal-fired power plant in Paris suburb, and was later promoted to the position of Plant Manager at the Saltillo 250MW combined cycle plant in Mexico.
Olivier is the president of Amcham Bulgaria Board of Directors since January 2019, and a co-chairman of the National Energy Chamber since March 2016.
Olivier holds an Engineer Degree from Ecole des Mines de Paris, France, a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University, and a Master of Business Administration Degree with Distinction from Harvard Business School.