Biographies

Gérard Mestrallet

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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Jean-François Cirelli

Vice-Chairman and President

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Dirk Beeuwsaert

Executive Vice-President in charge of the Energy International Business line

Born on January 14, 1948.

Education

• Civil electromechanical engineer
• Graduate of CEDEP (European Center for Executive Development, Fontainebleau) 

Professional career

• 2003: SUEZ Executive Vice-President in charge of SUEZ Energy International.
• 2000: Leaves his role of General Manager for electricity generation at Electrabel to become CEO of Tractebel Electricity and Gas International and a member of Tractebel’s Management Committee.
• 1990: Joins Electrabel's head office at the time of Electrabel’s creation and becomes a member of the Management Committee, as well as Chairman of the Board of Laborelec and Recybel, and Director of several companies, including Synatom, Belgonucléaire, Twinerg (Luxembourg), Rosen and Alpenergie (Italy), and Electrabel Nederland (Netherlands).
• 1971-1991: Holds various management and control positions at the Baudour, Ruien, and Zwevegem power plants.
• 1971: Integrates Intercom, one of the three companies that would form Electrabel.
  

   

Other memberships and offices held

• Director of Tractebel Energia (Brazil).
• Director of Glow Energy (Thailand).
• Chairman of SUEZ Energy North America, Inc.
   

Valérie Bernis

Executive Vice-President, Communications and Marketing

Born on December 9, 1958. 

Education

• Graduate of the University of Limoges in Economics and of the Institut Supérieur de Gestion (Paris).

Professional career 

• 2001: Executive Vice-President of SUEZ, in charge of Communications and Sustainable Development and member of the Executive Committee.
• 1999-2004: Chief Executive Officer of cable channel Paris Première.
• 1997-2001: Senior Vice-President for Financial and Corporate Communications and Special Advisor to the President of Suez Lynonnaise des Eaux.
• 1995-1997: Communications Director at Compagnie de Suez.
• 1993-1995: Press and Communications Officer for Paris Representative Edouard Balladur.
• 1988-1991: Communications Director at Cerus.
• 1986-1988: Member of the office of the French Ministry of Economics, Finance and Privatization.
   

Other memberships and offices held

• Independant Director :
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Euro Disney. Member of the Audit Committee.
  • Member of the Board of BULL. Member of the Audit Committee.
• Other memberships held :
  • Director of SUEZ-Tractebel.
  • Director of Société Monégasque d’Electricité et de Gaz (SMEG).
  • Director of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT.
  • Director of SUEZ Energy Resources NA (SERNA).

Jean-Louis Chaussade

Executive Vice-President, Executive Vice-President of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT

Born on December 2, 1951.

Education

• Degree in Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Economics.
• Graduate of Institut des Sciences Politiques de Paris and the Harvard Business School’s Advance Management Program.  

Professional career

• 2004: Executive Vice-President of SUEZ in charge of SUEZ Environnement and member of the SUEZ Executive Committee. 
• 2000: CEO of Degrémont, where he served as Chairman since 2004.
• 1997: CEO of all SUEZ interests in South America.
• 1992: Special adviser to Dumez Copisa Spain.
• 1989: Director of Operations for Degrémont Spain in Bilbao.
• 1978: Joins Degrémont France.
   

Other memberships and offices held

• Director of Aguas de Barcelona, United Water, Lyonnaise des Eaux, Degrémont, Terralys, Société des Eaux de Marseille, and SITA France.

Jean-Marie Dauger

Executive Vice-President in charge of the Global Gas & LNG Business Line

Born April 27, 1952.

University career

• Graduate of the HEC business school.

Professional career

• Since 2008: Director of Electrabel.
• 2007-2008: Chief Operating Officer of Gaz de France and Head of the Global Gas & LNG Business Line of Gaz de France.
• 2004-2007: Executive Vice President of Gaz de France responsible for energy procurement, production and trading for the Group and for International development.
• 2000-2004: Executive Vice President of Gaz de France.
• 1995-2000: Head of the Strategy and Management Division of Gaz de France.
• 1991-1995: Head of the Gas Supply Division of Gaz de France.
• 1985: joined the Gas Supply Division of Gaz de France.
• 1978-1985: Production and Transmission Division of Gaz de France.

Jean-Marie Dauger began his career in different positions at Péchiney, Trad Bank (Lebanon) and in the Finance Division of EDF.

Jean-Claude Depail
Executive Vice-President in charge of the Infrastructures Business line

Born in 1949.

University career

• Degree in Engineering at ENSEM in Nancy (France’s elite school of electricity and mechanics).
• Master’s degree in physical sciences.
• Master’s degree in Economics.

Professional career

• 2007 – 2010 : Chief Operating Officer of the Global Gas & LNG Business Line.
• 2003 – 2007 : Head of the France Négoce in charge of gas supplies, responsible for optimizing natural gas management and for sales to major clients in Europe.
• 2000 – 2003 : Head of Sales and Marketing for France Négoce.
• 1999 – 2000 : Head of Key Accounts for Gaz de France.
• 1998 – 1999 : prepares the sales organization of Gaz de France for major accounts following the adoption of the first gas directive.
• 1993 – 1998 : joins the Sales Division, in charge of relations with major industrial accounts.
• 1990 – 1993 : Head of the Normandy Region of the Transportation Production Division of Gaz de France.
• 1986 – 1990 : Regional Delegate to Angoulême for the Compagnie Française du Méthane, a subsidiary of Elf, Total and Gaz de France.
• 1983 – 1986 : Head of the Research Department in charge of designing the transportation network.
• 1978 – 1983 : joins the Transportation Production Division of Gaz de France.
• 1973 – 1978 : joined the Economic Research Department of the Economic and Commercial Division of Gaz de France.

Other memberships and offices held

• President of the European Association of Infrastructure Operators.

Henri Ducré

Executive Vice-President in charge of GDF SUEZ Energy France

Born on April 14, 1956.    

Education

• Graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers.

Professional career

• 2007: Vice-President of the Gaz de France Energy France Branch.
• 2004: Director of EDF Gaz de France Distribution.
• 2002: Director of Distribution and Sales of EDF’s Americas Division.
• 2001: General Manager of Edenor (an EDF subsidiary in Argentina).
• 1979: Joins the Distribution Division for EDF and Gaz de France. Holds various responsibilities within EDF GDF Services, the joint distribution division for the two companies, particularly as Director of the Pyrénées Gascogne Center and as Director of the Group Mediterranean Centers.

Isabelle Kocher

Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer

Born on December 9, 1966.

University career :

• Graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Rue d’Ulm, Paris, France; Engineer of the Corps des Mines; DEA (postgraduate degree) in quantum optics and aggregation in Physics

Professional career :

• 2009 – 2011 : Managing Director of Lyonnaise des Eaux, in charge of the development of activities in Europe
• 2007 – 2009 : Executive Vice President of Lyonnaise des Eaux
• 2005 – 2007 : Suez Group Senior Vice President in charge of performance and reorganization programs of the Suez Group
• 2002 – 2005 : In charge of the strategic overview of the Suez Group and the strategic monitoring of Suez Environnement
• 1999 – 2002 : Industrial Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of France
• 1997 – 1998 : Manager of the postal and telecommunications budgets, followed by the defense budget at the Budget Department of France
• 1994 – 1997 : Manager of the industrial inspection and certification department at the DRIRE for the Ile-de-France region of France
• 1992 – 1993 : Merger and acquisitions department at the Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild
• 1991 – 1992 : Project manager for the optimization and restructuring of production workshops at the Société Européenne de Propulsion.

Other memberships and offices held

• Non-Executive Director of International Power plc

Jérôme Tolot

Executive Vice-President in charge of the Energy Services Business line

Born on January 4, 1952.

Education

• Graduate of INSEAD and l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.
• Holds a DESS in Economics.

Professional career

• 2005: Executive Vice-President of SUEZ Energy Services.
• 2002: Executive Vice-President of SUEZ and member of the Executive Committee.
• 1982: joins Lyonnaise des Eaux after working as a consultant with McKinsey. Serves successively as Senior Vice President of Degrémont, Senior Executive Vice President of GTM Group, then Vinci. Chairman and CEO of SITA.

Other memberships and offices held

• Director of Société Monégasque d’Electricité et de Gaz (SMEG).
• Director of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT.
• Director of GDF SUEZ University.
• Director of GTI, Ineo, Axima Services and Fabricom.