Valéry was born on August 4th 1969 in Paris. His parents being French diplomats, he travelled the world with them: Panama, Brazil, India, the Philippines and Belgium.
Valéry studied Management and Management Control in France at the Paris Dauphine University and went to Singapore in 1993. There, a 16-month contract turned into a lifelong partnership with a company now known as Engie. We got married in 1996.