Jean-Paul George | |
---|---|
Born | March 22, 1944 |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | École Polytechnique, CentraleSupélec |
Occupation | Co-Founder and Chairman of Altergaz (2003–12) : €1,6bn in 2012 |
Jean-Paul George (born March 22, 1944) is a French Chairman and CEO of the energy sector. He is known as co-founder and Chairman of Altergaz, the first French independent natural gas company, created in 2003. [1] [2]
Jean-Paul George graduated from École Polytechnique (1964) and CentraleSupélec (1967-69). [3]
Jean-Paul George entered in EDF-GDF group in the 70's, he was sales manager of Gaz de France and he is known as founder of the first Gaz de France's subsidiary: Cofathec, [4] today renamed ENGIE Cofely (€2,2bn of turnover in 2018). [5] He was CEO of Cofathec group from 1994 to 2000 before being appointed Delegate-General of Gaz de France's e-company. [6]
After retirement, he cofounded in 2003 with Robert Delbos (former Treasurer, CFO of EDF-GDF and CEO of Solfea bank) and the investor Georges Cohen (founder of Transiciel) [7] the first French independent natural gas company : Altergaz (turnover in 2012 : €1,6 billion). [8] Delbos was the CEO and George the Chairman of Altergaz between 2003 and 2012.
After years of collaboration, Eni, the Italian multinational Oil & Gas company, acquired Altergaz, that was renamed Eni Gas & Power France [9] with 1,5 million of customers in France. [10] [11]
George has been decorated with the National Order of the Legion of Honour. [12]
The Corps des mines is the foremost technical Grand Corps of the French State. It is composed of the state industrial engineers. The Corps is attached to the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. Its purpose is to entice French students in mathematics and physics to serve the government and train them for executive careers in France.
Électricité de France S.A., commonly known as EDF, is a French multinational electric utility company, largely owned by the French state. Headquartered in Paris, with €71.2 billion in revenues in 2016, EDF operates a diverse portfolio of at least 120 gigawatts of generation capacity in Europe, South America, North America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Levallois-Perret is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies some 6 km (3.7 mi) from the centre of Paris in the north-western suburbs of the French capital. It is the most densely populated town in Europe and, together with neighbouring Neuilly-sur-Seine, one of the most expensive suburbs of Paris.
Suez S.A., known from 1997 to 2001 as Suez-Lyonnaise des eaux, was a leading French multinational corporation headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, with operations primarily in water, electricity and natural gas supply, and waste management. Suez was the result of a 1997 merger between the Compagnie de Suez and Lyonnaise des Eaux, a leading French water company. In the early 2000s Suez also owned some media and telecommunications assets, but has since divested these. According to the Masons Water Yearbook 2004/5, Suez served 117.4 million people around the world. The company conducted a merger of equals with fellow utility company Gaz de France on 22 July 2008 to form GDF Suez. The water and waste assets of Suez were spun off into a separate publicly traded company, Suez Environnement.
Gérard Mestrallet is a French manager who served as chairman of the board of directors of Engie and as CEO from 2008 to 2016. He is also the chairman of Suez.
Clichy is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located on the Seine, 6.4 km (4.0 mi) from the centre of Paris. In 2017, it had a population of 61,070.
Gaz de France (GDF) was a French company which produced, transported and sold natural gas around the world, especially in France, its main market. The company was also particularly active in Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other European countries. Through its part-owned Belgian subsidiary SPE it was also involved in nuclear power generation. The company conducted a merger of equals with fellow utility company Suez on 22 July 2008 to form GDF Suez. Its head office was located in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Engie SA is a French multinational utility company, headquartered in La Défense, Courbevoie, which operates in the fields of energy transition, electricity generation and distribution, natural gas, nuclear, renewable energy and petroleum.
An établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial is, in France, a category of public undertaking. It includes state-controlled entities of an industrial or commercial nature, including some research institutes and infrastructure operators. Some former French colonies, such as Algeria and Burkina Faso, also use this term for such agencies.
Patrick Balkany is a French politician.
Tractebel is an international company, of Belgian origin, which provides consultancy and engineering services in energy, water, nuclear, and infrastructure for the ENGIE group as well as for national and international institutions and customers in the public and private markets. With a presence in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, thefirm expects a turnover of € 581 million in 2020.
Atelier LWD was an architecture studio led by Guy Lagneau, Jean Dimitrijevic and Michel Weill that was active from 1952 to 1985. It later took the name of "Atelier d'Etudes Architecturales" (ATEA) with the addition of Paul Cordoliani, Henri Coulomb (1927–2006), Renzo Moro and Ivan Seifert (1926–2008). The studio originated many public buildings in France and Africa.
Eurogas is an association representing the European gas wholesale, retail and distribution sectors towards the EU institutions. The association aims to strengthen the role of gas in the energy mix by establishing an ongoing dialogue with European industry players, global gas producers and relevant institutions. Eurogas was founded in 1990, with its members currently including 44 companies and associations from 22 countries.
The EDF-GDF tower is an office building built in 1974 in the heart of the new town of Cergy, France, in the Cergy Prefecture business and administrative district.
Agence des participations de l'État, created in 2004 under the government of Jean-Pierre Raffarin, is a French national public administration. The agency exercises, while ensuring the patrimonial interests of the State, the mission of the State shareholder in the companies and organizations controlled or owned, majority or not, directly or indirectly, by the State.
Jean-Michel Carboni is a French Chief Executive Officer, senior official and senior executive in the energy sector, for EDF-GDF, Gaz de France and Engie groups. Member of the management committee he is Deputy CEO of Engie in 2013.
Engie IT or Engie Information & Technologies is the IT subsidiary of Engie energy group launched in 2010 by senior executive Jean-Michel Carboni. Engie IT's revenue in 2013 amounted to €600 million.
Robert Delbos is a French Chairman and CEO within the energy sector. He is known as co-founder and CEO of Altergaz, the first French independent natural gas company in 2003.
Altergaz was the first French independent natural gas company in France, based in Paris and founded by Taoufik Tahar, Robert Delbos and Jean-Paul George in 2003. In 2012, Eni, the Italian Oil & Gas multinational acquired Altergaz.
Albingia is a French insurance company specialized in Risk management, and based in Levallois-Perret.
{{cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires |journal=
(help)