Night of the CEO: On December 5, host Melanie Vogel had welcome Sylvie Villepontoux, Vice-President Central Europe Air Liquide. Sylvie has worked for more than 30 years at Air Liquide, one of the global market leaders in gases, technologies and services for industry and healthcare. With approximately 66,400 employees in 75 countries, Air Liquide serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Sylvie began her career in the 1990s as a sales manager in France and has since had an international career – including CEO of Air Liquide UK & Ireland and Vice President Europe for the Industrial Merchant Business Line based in Frankfurt.