Chairman of the Board of Directors
Member of the key contracts Committee
First appointed

25 November 2010 (as Member of the Supervisory Board)
End of term

Annual general meeting approving the financial statements for the 2023 fiscal year
Biography

Luc POYER was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors at the General Meeting of June 17, 2021.

Previously, Luc POYER was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board at the OGM of 25 November 2010, then as a member of the Board of Directors at the Board of Directors meeting of 21 May 2015, and as Chairman at the Board of Directors’ meeting of June 17, 2021. His appointment will expire at the annual general meeting held to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2023.
As a graduate of ESSEC business school, the Paris Institute of Political Studies and civil service school ENA, Mr. POYER has spent the majority of his career in the energy sector. Luc POYER started his career in the Court of Audit (Cour des Comptes) where he led industrial firm audit missions between 1994 and 1998. He then joined Elf Aquitaine in the Refinery Division, before embarking on several missions in the Total group, including the post of Director General of Gas Andes in Chile (2001-2003) and head of the integrated GNL Qatargas II project (2004-2005).
From 2006 to 2008, he was Chief Operating Officer of Poweo and created the subsidiary Poweo Production, dedicated to electricity production from renewable energies and natural gas. From 2009 to 2019, he managed the activities of the E.ON group – now UNIPER – in France, an electricity producer and electricity and gas marketer. In 2020, he took over the activities of France Nouvelles Energies, a company specialized in reducing the carbon footprint of companies. He is a Senior Advisor to Energy Impact Partners (EIP).

Other positions and corporate offices held

Chairman of France Nouvelles Energies SAS,
Member of the Supervisory Board of the Coriance Group,
Member of the Board of Directors of the Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Permanent representative of Chart Industries, Inc.
Chart Industries, Inc.: 3055 Torrington Drive, Ball Ground, Georgia, USA 30107
First appointed

December, 2021
End of term

General Assembly ruling on the accounts for the year ended December 31, 2023
Biography

Chart Industries has been appointed at the General Meeting of Shareholders of 7 January, 2020 and will expire at the General Assembly ruling on the accounts for the year ended 2023. Its permanent representative is Mr Peter GERSTL since December 2021.

Peter Gerstl joined Chart Industries in 2020 and took over the role Director of Hydrogen Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Prior to his role with Chart Industries, Peter had several positions within Linde Engineering. Between 2018 and 2020, Peter was leading the product management team, from 2013 to 2018 he was heading the sales team, and from 2005 to 2013 Peter worked as a sales manager in the international business with cryogenic plant components. Before his time with Linde Engineering, Peter had several roles within Wacker Chemie GmbH, where he worked between 1999 and 2004. Between 1997 and 1999 and after his studies, Peter started out as a scientific assistant at the Technical University Munich in the field of numeric process simulation.

Peter holds a diploma in Process Engineering from the Technical University Munich and an MBA from the FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management.

Eric Bruguière is a partner in the Ciclad investment fund, which supports French SMEs and ETIs in their management transfer and growth. He has structured and participated in the governance of numerous companies, and has extensive experience of industry, the energy sector and high-growth situations.
Prior to joining Ciclad, Eric spent 5 years as a strategy consultant at CVA, where he specialized in the energy, utilities and commodities sectors.

Eric Bruguière is a graduate of ESSEC business school.

Independent director

Co-opted on February, 08, 2022. Nomination to be proposed during the next annual general meeting
Biography

Jean-Marc LECHENE brings forty years of international industrial experience, both from a strategic and operational point of view, with a strong expertise in the field of renewable energy.

In his last operational role as Chief Operating Officer of Vestas, the world’s leading wind turbine manufacturer, he was in charge of manufacturing, purchasing, safety, quality and environment for eight years within a global footprint covering Europe, North America, China, India and Brazil. Previously, he was responsible for large operating entities in China, North America and Europe for Lafarge and Michelin, following five years with McKinsey.

Jean-Marc LECHENE is a civil engineer from Mines de Paris and holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Other positions and corporate offices held

Jean-Marc LECHENE also brings more than six years of experience as a director, being:

Chairman of the Board of Norican A/S and Tresu A/S,
Independent Director of Velux A/S and Lamprell plc,
and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Baettr GmbH.

Independent director
Chair of the appointments and remuneration Committee
Member of the key contracts Committee
First appointed

21 May 2015
End of term

Annual general meeting approving the financial statements for the 2022 fiscal year
Biography

Mrs. Myriam MAESTRONI was appointed as a director at the OGM of 21 May 2015. Her appointment will expire at the annual general meeting held to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2022.
The energy sector has provided a passion and a varied career. When appointed as Managing Director of Dyneff/Agip specializing in downstream and distribution of petroleum products in Spain, she participated in the deregulation of the national market. In 1996, she joined the Primagaz group to open its Iberian subsidiary. She was also Managing Director of Primagaz Spain until 2002, before pursuing her international career with SHV Holdings in the Netherlands. In 2003, she was appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at Primagaz France, where she became the Chief Executive in 2005. She initiated the energy advisory approach, aiming to transform the company into a “Designer and supplier of sustainable energy solutions”.
In 2011 she created the start-up Economie d’Energie, SA, to promote energy efficiency for individuals and companies through digital platforms. After a successful scale up (from 8 to 350 people and from 0 to 150 mlns € of turnover), in 2021, she sold the company to the La Poste group.
Since 2011, she is the founder and President of the E5T Endowment Fund (www.e5t.fr) specialized in the Energy Transition.
In 2012, Myriam collected the Tribune Award in the Green Business category and was nominated as “Femme d’Or de l’Environnement” in December 2014. Mrs. MAESTRONI also won the VoxFemina award for Energy, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change in February 2015. She has received an Order of Merit and Legion of Honor in respect of her professional career. In 2019 she received the BNP Paribas International Woman Entrepreneur Award.
She has authored three works: “Emotional Intelligence, Services and Growth”, “Energy Mutations” and “Learning to understand the world of energy 2.0”.

Other positions and corporate offices held

President of the e5t Endowment Fund (Action think tank “Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Savings and Territories: www.e5t.fr),
President of the investment company UMA, SAS,
Independent director of Boostheat,
Independent director of EkWateur,
Co-President of the MENE (www.mene.org),
Vice-President of ANVIE (National Association for the Interdisciplinary Valorization of Research in the Human and Social Sciences for Business).

Permanent representative of Bpifrance Investissement
Bpifrance Investissement: 27/31, avenue du Général Leclerc, 94170 Maisons-Alfort Cedex
Member of the audit Committee
Member of the appointments and remuneration Committee
First appointed

27 July 2017
End of term

Annual general meeting approving the financial statements for the 2023 fiscal year
Biography

Laure MICHEL, permanent representative of Bpifrance Investissement was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors at the OGM of 20 December 2010, then as a member of the Board of Directors at the Board of Directors meeting of 21 May 2015. Her appointment will expire at the annual general meeting held to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2023.
With degrees from the Pierre and Marie Curie university and Aix-Marseille graduate school of management, Laure MICHEL has gained 21 years of experience in private equity. Mrs. MICHEL started as a specialized Analyst in biotech start-ups. In 2000, she joined CDC Entreprises, where for 12 years she fulfilled several investor positions aiming to structure and bolster the French capital investment market. In 2004, Mrs. MICHEL was appointed as the CEO of the Sécant start-up investment fund, which she succeeded in restructuring and selling on the following year. In 2012, Laure MICHEL joined the innovation team of Bpifrance Investissement specializing in eco-technologies, as the Director of Investment.
Other positions and corporate offices held

Director of Techniwood International S.A. (Permanent representative of Bpifrance Investissement),
Director of Apix Analytics S.A. (Permanent representative of Bpifrance Investissement),
Director of Elichens S.A. (Permanent representative of Bpifrance Investissement),
Director of Dcbrain S.A.S. (Permanent representative of Bpifrance Investissement),
Director of Nawa Technologies S.A. (Permanent representative of Bpifrance Investissement).

Permanent representative of EDF Pulse Croissance Holding
EDF Nouveaux Business: 45 rue Kléber, 92300 LEVALLOIS-PERRET
Member of the appointments and remuneration Committee
First appointed

26 June 2018
End of term

Annual general meeting approving the financial statements for the 2023 fiscal year
Biography

Mrs. Christelle ROUILLÉ was appointed as a director at the mixed shareholder general meeting of 26 June 2018. Her appointment will expire at the annual general meeting held to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2023.
As a graduate of the ESSEC business school in Angers and Vienna University of Economics and Business (Wirtschaftsuniversität), Christelle ROUILLÉ has worked in the EDF group for over 20 years. She started out in the International Division and joined the Sales division as a Key Account Manager.
In 2009, she joined EDF Energies Nouvelles, EDF group subsidiary responsible for renewable energies, where she first was Director of Partnerships then Director of Business Development Europe and Asia, for the Operation & Maintenance subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles.
In September 2017, Mrs. ROUILLÉ joined the newly created “Nouveau Business” entity of the EDF group, responsible for developing the group’s future and new activities, to transform them into growth drivers. She currently holds the position of Director of Strategy and Business coordination.
In April 2019, the EDF Group created Hynamics, a new subsidiary intended to deliver efficient low carbon hydrogen solutions for industry and mobility, appointing Christelle ROUILLÉ as its CEO.

Director
Member of the audit Committee
First appointed

26 June 2018
End of term

Annual general meeting approving the financial statements for the 2023 fiscal year
Biography

Mrs. Emmanuelle Salles was appointed as a director at the mixed shareholder general meeting of 26 June 2018. Her appointment will expire at the annual general meeting held to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2023.
A graduate of Paris Descartes university (Paris V), and the HEC business school (Master’s degree in law and international management), Emmanuelle SALLES has worked within the EDF Group legal department for almost 15 years.
She started out as a legal advisor in securities law in 2004.
In 2014, she was appointed as project manager to the Group Legal Counsel.
Since 2016 she has headed up the corporate and securities law department of the EDF Group.
Other positions and corporate offices held

Director of EDF subsidiary Safidi, providing funding support for industrial development,
Director of Edev, the company holding the French holdings of the EDF Group.