Lévy
Non-Voting Director
Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2021-2025
Biography
A French national, Jean-Bernard Lévy is a graduate of France’s École polytechnique and Télécom Paris Tech. From 1978 to 1986, he worked as an engineer at France Télécom. From 1986 to 1988, he was technical advisor to the Cabinet of Gérard Longuet, then Deputy Minister for the Postal and Telecommunications Service. In 1988, he joined Matra Marconi Space as Head of Telecommunication Satellites, a position he held until 1993. From 1993 to 1994, he was appointed Director of the Cabinet of Gérard Longuet, at the time French Minister for Industry, Postal and Telecommunications Service and Foreign Trade. He subsequently held the positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Matra Communication from 1995 to 1998. From 1998 to 2002, he was Chief Executive Officer and later Managing Partner responsible for Corporate Finance at Oddo et Cie. He joined Vivendi in August 2002 as Chief Executive Officer. He chaired Vivendi’s Management Board from 2005 to 2012. He was both Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thalès from December 2012 until November 2014. Since 2014 to November 2022, he has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EDF.
Other mandates held in French listed companies
Director: Forvia (formerly Faurecia SA) (since 2021).
Other mandates held in French unlisted companies
Chairman: JBL Consulting & Investment (since January 2023).
Director: Tehtris (since January 2023).
Other offices and positions held in other companies in the past five years
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Edison S.p.A* (Italy) (from 2014 to 2019).
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: EDF* (from 2014 to 2022).
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Framatome* (from 2018 to 2022).
Director: Dalkia* (from 2014 to 2022), EDF Renouvelables* (from 2015 to 2022), Edison S.p.A* (Italy) (from 2019 to 2022), EDF Energy Holdings* (United Kingdom) (from 2017 to 2022).
*EDF Group
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