Biographies
Members of the Management Committee
Jean-François Cirelli
Vice-Chairman and President, in charge of the Energy Europe Business Line
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 in charge of Communications, Marketing and Sustainable Development
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, in charge of Environment Business Line
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 Gaz & LNG Business Line
Born April 27, 1952.
Education
- Graduate of the HEC business school
Professional career
- Since 2011: Chairman of the Board of Directors of GDF SUEZ E&P International
- Since 2008: Director of Electrabel
- Since 2004: Chairman of the Board of Directors of GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS
- 2007-2008: Chief Operating Officer of Gaz de France and Head of the Global Gas & LNG Business Line of Gaz de France
- 2000-2007: Executive Vice President of Gaz de France in charge of energy supply, production and trading for the Group and of International development
- 1995-2000: Head of the Strategy and Control 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.
Other memberships and offices held
- President of the France-Algeria Council of Chief Executives – MEDEF International
Jean-Claude Depail
Executive Vice-President, in charge of the Infrastructures Business Line
Born in 1949.
Education
- 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 Group Human Resources
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.
Education
- 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