Henri Proglio is a French business man, the Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board

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 and CEO of Electricité de France

Électricité de France

Électricité de France S.A. is the second largest French utility company. Headquartered in Paris, France, with €65.2 billion in revenues in 2010, EDF operates a diverse portfolio of 120,000+ megawatts of generation capacity in Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.EDF is one of...

 and Veolia Environnement.

Biography

Of Italian

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 origin, Henri Proglio was born in Antibes

Antibes

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. He is a graduate of HEC Paris.

In 1972, he started working for Compagnie Générale des Eaux

Compagnie Générale des Eaux

Compagnie Générale des Eaux was a French multinational company which gave birth to three world's leaders in their respective fields: VINCI, Veolia Environnement and Vivendi....

, and he became the Chairman and CEO in 1990. In 1999, he was appointed Vice-President of Vivendi Universal and Chairman and CEO of Vivendi Water. In 2000, he became Chairman of Veolia Environnement and three years later he also became its CEO.

He serves as non-executive director of CNP Assurances

CNP Assurances

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, Dassault Aviation

Dassault Aviation

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 and Natixis

Natixis

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. He was appointed as Chairman and CEO of Electricité de France

Électricité de France

Électricité de France S.A. is the second largest French utility company. Headquartered in Paris, France, with €65.2 billion in revenues in 2010, EDF operates a diverse portfolio of 120,000+ megawatts of generation capacity in Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.EDF is one of...

 in November 2009. He is a member of the Association Française des Entreprises Privées.

Proglio also serves on the advisory board for the Pictet Water Fund.
He was decorated Commander of the National Order of Merit of the Legion of Honour.