1. Isabelle Kocher was the chief executive officer of Engie until February 2020.
20 Facts About Isabelle Kocher
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Isabelle Kocher graduated from the Ecole normale superieure in Paris in 1987 and Mines ParisTech engineering school.
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Isabelle Kocher holds a master's degree in quantum optics and a postgraduate certificate in physics.
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From 1997 to 1999, Kocher was director of the postal and telecommunication budgets, followed by the defense budget at the French Budget Department.
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Isabelle Kocher joined the Suez company in 2002 and held functional and operational positions.
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Isabelle Kocher was running its French water operations when it became GDF Suez in 2008.
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Isabelle Kocher was then elevated to finance director and operations director.
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Isabelle Kocher was appointed in 2011 as chief financial officer of GDF Suez.
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On 3 May 2016 Isabelle Kocher was appointed CEO of Engie, replacing Gerard Mestrallet.
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Isabelle Kocher became the only woman CEO in the CAC 40 index.
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Since assuming her position as CEO, Isabelle Kocher has clarified and redefined Engie's strategy, and undertook major transformations to position Engie as "a forerunner" and "a major player" on the energy market for the decades to come.
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Isabelle Kocher stated that as a world leading energy player, Engie had to "take its responsibility" against climate change and consider it not as a threat, but as a lever for radical change.
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Isabelle Kocher believes the sector must face a revolution in order to meet the challenge and move towards a world that is decarbonised, partly decentralised and digitalised and where energy is available to all, including developing countries.
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Isabelle Kocher campaigned in 2018 to take on the chairman's role when Mestrallet retired, but lost out after the government supported Jean-Pierre Clamadieu instead.
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Isabelle Kocher's plan is to specialize in high value-added services and in renewable energies.
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Isabelle Kocher announced her intention to leave 20 of the 70 countries where Engie is active, and focus the group's activities on 20 countries and 30 metropolitan areas, mainly in Southeast Asia and Africa.
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Isabelle Kocher subsequently failed to get state backing to serve another term.
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Isabelle Kocher is member of the board of Suez, Axa, International Power and Investor AB.
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Isabelle Kocher is chairman of Terrawatt Initiative, a global non profit-organization designed to implement a new global energy mix along 3 axes:.
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Isabelle Kocher is a knight of the Legion of Honor and a knight of the French National Order of Merit.