Background
He was born on the same day as Michael Geoghegan, another important chief executive.
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Vincent Rivaz
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He studied engineering at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d"Hydraulique et de Mécanique de Grenoble, part of the Grenoble Institute of Technology in the Rhône-Alpes region.
Career
Électricité de France
He joined Électricité de France in 1977 as a hydraulic engineer From 1991-1994 he was the Managing Director of the Hydropower Department. He became Head of the United Kingdom operations in 2002.
EDF Energy
He has been Chief Executive of EDF Energy since 2003.
He is paid £1.2 million per year. EDF Energy generates around 10% of the United Kingdom"s electricity.
He met Bill Coley, the former chief executive of British Energy, in 2005 to discuss a take-over of British Energy.
