Clearly leaving adolescence to adulthoodThe exchanges were extraordinarily rewardingSo in Ovalie all is not well in the best worldsFear of new social plansIt is a big questionIn compliance with Community rules of course This trilogy does not resolve the difficulty60 dollar as in spring 2008 and was on a return to 1The crisis has certainly stretched budgetsHowever the France 2010 budget to devote that 0SavignysurOrge glue perfectly to our conceptThe calendar specifies to the estate of Pierre Gadonneix head of EDF. Yesterday morning, the CEO of the Habs electrician met with the Minister of ecology and energy Jean-Louis Borloo. No information was communicated to the outcome of this meeting, officially presented as a non-event, but everything suggests that the subject has been discussed: Pierre Gadonneix mandate ends in November 22. It is now that his estate is preparing.
The EDF Board was to meet on September 10, but this meeting has been extended to September 23. It is this date that the new directors representing the shareholder will be selected by the Council to be elected at a general meeting scheduled on November 5. Texts in fact impose a forty-five day period between the meeting of the Council and the holding of the Assembly. The name of the future CEO will appear on the list.
The small world of energy bruisse of rumours about potential candidates. The name which is the most often is that of Henri Proglio, Chairman of Veolia, who had refused the position in 2004. Already a member of the Board of Directors, he has the support of the CGT. It has its entries in the Elysee Palace. Remains whether it is ready to leave Veolia company to which it is particularly attached.
A possible extension
The name of Patrick Kron also circulates. The pattern of Alstom is close to the President of the Republic. (Temporary) failure of its planned merger with Areva could decide to consider a future outside of Alstom, even if it has a good chance to put his hands on a part of T & D, a subsidiary of the French nuclear specialist. But Patrick Kron said regularly that he does not want to work for a public company, still less for paid less a priori pretensions. Anne Lauvergeon, the patron saint of Areva, has been mentioned in the past, but its relations with the State shareholder are complex. In short, the captains of industry who meet the necessary conditions - legitimacy, political support and motivation - are not Legion. Among politicians, Henri Guaino, Special Adviser to the Elysee Palace, still nurtured ambitions in this direction, but his appointment could be badly perceived by the markets. Former Prime Minister Alain Juppe or Anne-Marie Idrac, Secretary of State responsible for foreign trade, are also mentioned.
Jean-François Cirelli could also emerge as a serious candidate, even if it is not part of the intimate of Nicolas Sarkozy. The transfer of a pattern of SFM to EDF already seen with Pierre Gadonneix in 2004. But since then, the gas public group merged with Suez and is a front-end competitor for the electrician, which could pose difficulties. Remains Pierre Gadonneix, whose star seriously faded this summer with the controversy over tariffs and the Greenpeace espionage case in which the Group has to be indicted. Its extension is still an alternative.
According to the statutes of the company, the pattern may be renewed up to the eve of his sixty-nine years, early 2012. The State could maintain the bar, not what would be a few months, history to find a successor to the height. Certainty: Pierre Gadonneix likes his position and it is not the type to give up, even after the criticism he received this summer. Its motto: "as long as the ball has not rebounded twice, I continues."
