Anne Lauvergeon

Overview

Anne Lauvergeon joined the Board in November 2005 and is a member of the Audit Committee. She is Chief Executive Officer of AREVA group, the leading French energy company, having been appointed to that role in July 2001. She started her professional career in 1983 in the iron and steel industry and in 1990 she was named Adviser for Economic International Affairs at the French Presidency and Deputy Chief of its Staff in 1991. In 1995, she became a Partner of Lazard Freres & Cie, subsequently joining Alcatel Telecom as Senior Executive Vice President in March 1997. She was responsible for international activities and the group's industrial shareholdings in the energy and nuclear fields. In 1999, she was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of COGEMA. Anne is currently also Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Safran and a non-executive director of Total and Suez.