Electrify Europe 2018

Jean- Marc Leroy
Senior Vice President for External Relations
Engie


Since 1 January 2016, Jean-Marc Leroy is Managing Director for Gas Chain at ENGIE. Prior to that, between January 2009 and July 2015 he was Chief Executive Officer of Storengy, the underground gas storage operator of ENGIE. Jean-Marc started his career in 1980 at EDF-GDF Services. Between 1997 and 2004, he held several key positions at Gaz de France : President’s Chief of Staff, Secretary of the Board, Deputy Vice President for Strategy, Vice President for External Relations and Internal Communication. Between 2005 and 2009 he was in charge of underground gas storage and LNG regasification terminals at Gaz de France and subsequently GDF SUEZ. Since November 2015, he is President of Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), now in its second mandate. Previously, between 2008 and 2013, he held the position of the President of Gas Storage Europe (GSE), the storage column of GIE. In December 2015, he became Board member of Global Gas Centre within the framework of the World Energy Council. Jean-Marc Leroy is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of GRDF, the French distribution network operator and subsidiary of ENGIE, the largest in Europe in terms of the network extension. Moreover, Jean-Marc Leroy is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ENSEEIHT, an engineering school of Toulouse’s University gathering 1200 students and focusing on energy, environment and IT.

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