Appointed by decree of the President of the French Republic, for a period of 6 years as from 18 April 2006.
A Postgraduate degree from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
A PhD in Sociology A PhD in Economics
Career:
1996 - 2006 :
Chairman and CEO of Charbonnages de France
1996 - 2000 :
Chairman and CEO of the Société Nationale d'Electricité et de Thermique (SNET)
1995 :
Director of Charbonnages de France
1994 - 2004 :
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Coal Mines of the Centre and Midi Basins
1993 - 1994 :
Deputy Chief of Staff to Alain MADELIN's cabinet (the French Ministry of Corporate and Economic Development)
1988 - 1993 :
Official Representative in charge of industrial issues within the General Secretariat in charge of the Channel Tunnel
1986 - 1988 :
Technical Adviser within the Alain MADELIN's cabinet (the French Industry Minister)
1983 - 1986 :
Official Representative of DATAR
1977 - 1983 :
Commissioner in charge of industrializing the Ardennes region
1974 - 1977 :
Official Representative for the Medium-sized town Policy (Ministry of Equipment and DATAR)
Bruno
LECHEVIN
Born
27 January 1952
Special advisor to the Chairman
IEP de Paris - PEA Social Change Management
Career:
2000-2008 :
Commissioner - Commission de Régulation de l'Energie
1997-1999 :
Federal Secretary of the chemicals-energy workers' federation
1992-1999 :
Member of the public service high council
1988-1998 :
Member of the National Council of the CFDT workers' confederation
1988-1997 :
General Secretary of the CFDT gas-electricity workers' federation
1983-1988 :
Federal Secretary of the CFDT gas-electricity workers' federation
1979-1982 :
EDF-GDF officer at the Lyon Mixed Distribution Centre
1974-1978 :
National Chairman of a youth movement (IOC)
Patricia
de SUZZONI
Born
11 March 1956
Advisor to the Chairman
Ecole Polytechnique : 1976-1979
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications : 1979-1981 University of Paris-Dauphine – MBA International : 1980-1981
Career:
2004-2009 :
Director of Electricity and Gaz Markets - Commission de Regulation de l'Energie
2000-2003 :
Executive Vice President Business Development, Paris
2001 :
Vivendi Telecom International, Paris and Rabat
1996-2000 :
Chief Operating Officer of Noos - Suez Lyonnaise, Paris
1994-1996 :
Corporate Vice President Strategy & Business Development - Suez Lyonnaise, Paris
1991-1994 :
Managing Director Europe, Motorola UDS, Paris
1988-1991 :
Director of Worldwide Sales of France Câbles & Radio, Paris
1986-1988 :
Adviser to French Secretary of Department of Health - France Telecom, Paris
1982-1986 :
Engineering Manager, then Sales & Customer Service Manager, Northern Paris Region - France Telecom, Paris
1981-1982 :
Junior Consultant - Cegmark International Inc., New-York
Christine
LE BIHAN-GRAF
Born
17 January 1962
General Director
1996/1998 – Student at the École Nationale d’Administration (graduate of the Valmy Class of 1998)
1984 – Teaching certificate in Philosophy
Career:
2006-2008 :
Secretary-General to the French Ministry for Culture and Communication
2003-2006 :
Departments of the Prime Minister’s Office/Ministry for the Civil Service and State Reform: Director, Assistant to the Director-General.
1998-2003 :
Master of Requests at the State Council
1986-2003 :
Teaching:
- Lecturer at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris in Economics and Media Law and on Key issues of contemporary political, economic and social debate (1991-2000) - Professor of Philosophy to students preparing for entry examinations to the Grandes Ecoles (1986 – 1996)
Dominique
JAMME
Born
4 may 1964
Director of gas infrastructures and networks
Ecole Polytechnique - Promotion 83 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées - Promotion 89
Career:
2003-2006 :
Head Of Economics and Tariffs Department – Gas Directorate (CRE)
2001-2002 :
Head of Production Costs Department – (CRE)
1997-2000 :
Ministry of Industry – Head of Industrial Redeployment, analyst attached to the interministerial representative specializing in restructuring La Défense site
1993-1996 :
General Delegation to the Arms – Military Telecom Systems.
1990-1993 :
Giat Industries – Board Electronic Development Engineer – Leclerc tank
Florence
DUFOUR
Born
november 7th, 1968
Deputy Director of gas infrastructures and Networks
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce Extérieur - Paris- Promotion 89
Career:
BP France
2006-2007 :
Gas & Power country manager France
2004-2005 :
Gas Team Leader
2001-2003 :
Gas & Power Key account manager
1999-2000 :
Commerce and Industry Key account manager
1997-1998 :
Supply & Logistic Controlleur
Mobil oil Française
1995-1996 :
Fuels department Controlleur
1993-1995 :
Card Maketing Project manager
1989-1992 :
Fuels network : sales representative
Esther
Pivet
Born
28 février 1966
Director of Market Development
Ecole Polytechnique - Promotion 86 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées - Promotion 91
Career:
2003-2008 :
Commission de régulation de l’énergie – Head of the department for public service and regulated tariffs
1997-2003 :
Direction of Shipbuilding- Project Director on the M51 Weapon System, then industrial architect of the M51 deterrent programme
1991-1997 :
Direction of Shipbuilding in Brest - Engineer specialised in the deterrent weapon system of nuclear, missile-launching submarines - Engineer coordinating work on the weapon and equipment systems of unavailable submarines
Cécile
GEORGE
Born
23 January 1976
Director of Electric Grid Access
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris – Promotion 1995
Career:
2004-2006 :
Head Of Economics and Tariffs Department – Electric Grid Access Directorate (CRE)
2001-2004 :
Head of Industrial Development Division – Industry, Research and Development Directorate – Burgundy région and analyst attached to the regional prefect for economic affairs
Fadhel
LAKHOUA
Born
8 February 1971
Director of Finance and Wholesale Markets Surveillance
Ecole Polytechnique (promotion 90) Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (promotion 94) (national school for statistics and economic administration)
Career:
2004-2005 :
Trustee Savings Bank – Department of partnerships and external growth – project manager
001-2004 :
IXIS Asset Management Group – strategic planning and acquisitions-mergers
2000-2001 :
IXIS – Department of financing – responsible for matters, project financing
1994-2000 :
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations( Administrative department of the French government in charge of investing and lending public money)– quantitative economist then risk-country « Asia zone » economist.
Olivier
BEATRIX
Born
6 August 1972
Director of Legal Affairs
Graduate of Paris’s Institut d'Etudes Politiques, awarded a DEA in public commercial law, awarded the CAPA
Career:
Septembre 2009 à mai 2010 :
Advisor to Mr. Laurent Wauquiez, Secretary of State in charge of employment
Août 2008 à septembre 2009 :
Assistant Head of the cabinet of de Mr. Laurent Wauquiez, Secretary of State in charge of employment and advisor for reserved affairs
Mars 2008 à août 2008 :
Advisor in the cabinet of Mr. Luc Chatel, Government spokesperson
Juillet 2007 à mars 2008 :
Advisor in the cabinet of Mr. Laurent Wauquiez, Secretary of State, Government spokesperson
2004-2007 :
Legal advisor in the "Competition Law " service of EDF’s Legal Department and Lecturer in Law at Paris’s Institut d'Etudes politiques
Avril à Juin 2003 :
Interim Head of cabinet
2002 :
Head of the cabinet of the Secretary of State for Combating Precariousness and Social Exclusion, and technical advisor in charge of the support system for asylum seekers
1998-2002 :
"Competition and Public Law" Department of the De Pardieu Brocas Maffei et Leygonie cabinet
1999 :
Admitted to the Bar in Paris
1998-1999 :
Lawyer in the "Public Law" Department of the Gide Loyrette Nouel cabinet
Philippe
RAILLON
Born
03 june 1955
Director of International relations
Civil administrator
Law and the Post and Telecommunications Academy (TE)
Career:
1997-2002 :
Head of the “European Affairs” unit with the Telecommunications Regulating Authority
1992-1997 :
Assistant to the head of the international section in the Department of Energy and Raw Materials at the Ministry of Trade and Industry
1984-1992 :
Personnel manager for Regional Management offices belonging to the Department of Overseas Trade, recruitment of aid workers assigned to economic expansion positions abroad, followed by management of anti-dumping files in the Department for Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Economy and Finance
1982-1984 :
Litigation before civil tribunals at the Treasury Legal Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance
1975-1982 :
Personnel management in the Department of General Administration at the Ministry of Industry
Francis
HAUGUEL
Born
27 April 1947
Director
Masters in civil law
Career:
1997-2006 :
Legal director of Charbonnages de France
1986-1997 :
Secretary general of the Technical association of Coal Imports (Association Technique d’Importation Charbonnière -ATIC)
Nathalie
BRICNET
Born
26 december 1972
Director of Human Ressources
Institut de Préparation à l’Administration Générale de Nantes Honors degree in Public Law at the Nantes Faculty of Law
Career:
2009 :
Head of the cabinet of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries
2007-2009 :
Assistant head of the cabinet of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries
2006-2007 :
Head of the bureau des emplois, du recrutement et de la formation initiale des personnels de l’enseignement technique in the Direction Générale de l’Enseignement et de la Recherche
2004-2006 :
Head of the bureau des concours au Secrétariat général (Department of Human ressources) in the Ministry in charge of agriculture
2002-2004 :
Head assistant of the bureau des concours in the Ministry in charge of Agriculture
1999-2002 :
Head of human ressources at the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon, today AgroParisTech
Anne
MONTEIL
Born
6 march 1959
Director of Publics Affairs and Communication Department
Honors degree (maîtrise) in Law of International Affairs
Career:
2004-2007 :
Director of communications in Veolia Transport
2001-2004 :
Responsible for communications in Veolia Environnement
1996-2001 :
Head of the cabinet of the chairman general director of the Charbonnages de France group
1995-1996 :
Parliamentary attaché to the cabinet of the Ministry of Foreign affairs
1993-1995 :
Parliamentary attaché to the cabinet of the Ministry of Housing
1986-1988 :
Parliamentary attaché to the cabinet of the Minister of State for the fonction publique and the Plan