Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
As a driven energy professional with a robust technical background and extensive international experience, I have been active in leading teams and managing high-impact industrial projects under tight deadlines. Currently, I serve as the Executive Director of the International Institute of Nuclear Energy. My journey began at EDF (Electricité de France) in 2009, where I have held several roles: Director of the Materials Aging Institute, VP of EDF Inc's Innovation Lab in California, and Director of Nuclear Export Technologies in Paris. Prior to EDF, I dedicated 19 years to Mines-ParisTech as Deputy Director, team leader, and associate professor, where I specialized in environmental chemistry and hydrodynamic modeling. With a passion for innovation and a track record of leadership, I continue to drive progress in the energy sector.
The International Institute of Nuclear Energy (I2EN) serves the entire nuclear sector by providing scientific, technical, and professional training based on the extensive French educational network. In essence, I2EN acts as a one-stop-shop for providing nuclear training by French experts, and in particular for foreign personnel. To this end, we handle foreign training requests: I2EN receives and analyses training requests from foreign countries. Its trainings are based on the expertise of its network of partners and associates, as well as its deep understanding of the French educational system.
As EDF's Director of Nuclear Export Technologies, my role consisted in defining and overseeing the development of EDF's nuclear reactors for export purposes. To this end, the technology must correspond to the customer's regulatory requirements and fit the country's specific energy needs in terms of flexibility, environmental constraints and customer needs. EDF's key mission is to contribute to reducing carbon emissions globally through the development of nuclear electricity generation. I'm also in charge of innovation initiatives for the direction.
Head of EDF Innovation Lab, a team of innovation experts and numerous interns based in Los Altos, California. We worked in partnership with universities, incubators, accelerators, startups, investors and US energy institutions such as EPRI. EDF Innovation Lab pioneered microgrid business models, electric mobility solutions, blockchain based energy services, district energy systems, small off-grid solar systems and smart-city technologies.
In 2014, I created on behalf of EDF an R&D center in the heart of the Silicon Valley, with the goal to harvest, foster and develop innovative technologies and new business opportunities for EDF Group, it's affiliates in the US as well as in France and elsewhere in the world. This became EDF Innovation Lab, a full team of innovation experts, highly skilled interns, working in partnership with universities, incubators, accelerators, startups, investors and US energy institutions such as EPRI. EDF Innovation Lab pioneered microgrid business models, electric mobility solutions, blockchain based energy services, district energy systems, small off-grid solar systems and smart-city technologies.