At the head of Electricité de France from 1998 to 2004, he had initiated the international development of the group.
MO12345lemonde with AFP
He directed Electricité de France (EDF) from 1998 to 2004. François Roussely died at the age of 78 from a long illness, we learned Thursday evening from the French energy maker . In a press release, EDF, which specifies having learned his death on Wednesday, expressed his “immense sadness”, addressing “his warmest thoughts and sincere condolences to his family, his loved ones and all those who worked alongside him” .
Born January 9, 1945 in Belvès, in Dordogne, François Roussely, former pupil of the ENA (promotion 1976), was notably a listener then referendum advisor at the Court of Auditors in 1982. The victory of François Mitterrand in 1981 will modify his life. Entering the cabinet of Gaston Defferre, Minister of the Interior, he became friends with his successor, Pierre Joxe, who made him his chief of staff, then in 1989 the director general of the national police. In 1991, he was appointed secretary general of the armies, a position he held under Pierre Joxe but also under François Léotard and Charles Millon.
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Appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EDF in 1998, he started the group’s international development, especially in Europe with the acquisition of the British London Electricity and Eastern Electricity, the acquisition of participation in ENBW in Germany and the rise in the capital of Montedison in Italy.
He also reorganizes the EDF group, which abandons its status as an industrial and commercial establishment for the benefit of that of anonymous company, and sets up the rapid electricity intervention force, the Fire, following The 1999 storm, also accelerating the burial of electrical networks. After six years at the head of EDF, he gives way to Pierre Gadonneix.
He then became CEO of Credit Suisse in France and Vice-President of Credit Suisse in Europe. In 2010, he was entrusted by Nicolas Sarkozy the drafting of a report on the future of the French nuclear sector by 2030, after which the government announced the reorganization of the sector by entrusting a central role in EDF And by bringing him closer to his enemy brother Areva. In 2015, Mr. Roussely joined the business bank Messier Maris as an association.