Engie appoints Deputy CFO and Strategy DIrector

Sergio Val has been appointed Deputy Chief Financial Officer of ENGIE, in charge of Investor Relations, Mergers and Acquisitions and Market Capitals, reporting to Judith Hartmann, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Antoine de La Faire has been appointed ENGIE Director of Strategy. He replaces Edouard Sauvage, CEO of GRDF from 1 January 2016. The Group Strategy Department reports to Didier Holleaux, ENGIE Executive VicePresident in charge of Métiers, Operational Functions and Tractebel Engineering.

Spanish citizen, Sergio Val holds a Master’s degree in Economics from University of Saragossa in Spain and a Master’s degree in International Finance from the United Kingdom’s University of Nottingham. In 1999, he joined the Group where he occupied several positions within the Group’s finance function, particularly as head of Treasury, Finance and M&A at Aguas de Barcelona in 2008. Since 2010, he served as Senior Vice President in charge of Corporate Finance, Treasury and Insurance, as well as Mergers and Acquisitions since 2013.

Antoine de La Faire is a graduate of Ecole Centrale Paris and holds a Master Degree in Energy (DEA). He has joined the Group in 1993 and has then hold different positions within the Research department, commercial teams, as Chief of Staff of the Chairman and CEO of Gaz de France and at the Gas Supply Division, in particular for the Russian long-term gas contrats. Since April 2015, he has been Deputy Director of Optimization & Prompt of the ENGIE Global Energy Management BU, notably in charge of optimizing physical assets portfolio of the Group in Europe.