Marianne Laigneau

Marianne Laigneau, Chairwoman of the Management Board of Enedis since February 2020, will bring to the Board her expertise as a Director of France’s biggest operator in power distribution, a key sector in view of the major energy transition issues and the challenges it represents. Ms Laigneau, a French national aged 56, is a former student of the ENS (École normale supérieure) Sèvres with a higher diploma in classics, and the Paris Institute of Political Studies, and holds a post-graduate diploma in French literature. She joined the Council of State when she left the ENA (École nationale d’administration). She joined the EDF Group in 2005, where she successively held the positions of Legal Director, member of the Executive Committee, General Secretary, Director of Human Resources then International Director before joining Enedis. She is a former President of the Elles Bougent association, which aims to attract female sixth form college and university students into engineering careers.