Electricite de France

Graduate of the "Ecole Polytechnique" [College of Technology], Chief Mining Engineer. Having started out with the Ministere de l'Industrie (Department of Trade and Industry), Bernard Dupraz jointed EDF in 1986 where he has held various positions within production management, namely Executive Vice President of the nuclear electricity power plant in Cattenom (Moselle), then from 1994 to 1998, Operations Director for all 58 nuclear power plants. Appointed Executive Vice President for Engineering and Services in 1999, his main responsibility was the development of the EPR nuclear reactor. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer for the production engineering division in 2002. He has held the position of Senior Executive Vice President, Generation, since 2004.

Pierre Lederer, 60 years of age and qualified in Mathematics, joined EDF in 1974 and held several responsibilities within the general economic studies department, the energy control department and the thermal production department. Chief of the general economic studies department in 1993, he was appointed EDF Director of Strategy in 1996 and then Director of "Strategy-Exploitation-Optimisation" within the Group's Industry Division in 1999.