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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Members and functioning of the Board of Directors
MAURICE GOURDAULT-MONTAGNE 63 YEARS OLD
A graduate of the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Paris Institute of Political Studies) and of the INALCO (National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisations), Maurice Gourdault-Montagne holds a master’s degree in law and a two-year undergraduate degree (DEUG) in German. He joined the French Foreign Affairs Ministry in 1978. He served in various diplomatic posts in India and in Germany, as well as in the headquarters of the French Foreign Affairs Ministry as a deputy spokesperson for the Foreign Affairs Ministry and as a Deputy Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Juppé. He later became Prime Minister Juppé’s Principal Private Secretary. He was appointed France’s Ambassador to Japan in 1998 and became Senior Diplomatic Counsellor to French President Jacques Chirac in 2008 as well as a French sherpa to the G8. From 2002 to 2007, he was responsible for the Franco-Indian and Franco-Chinese strategic dialogue as the personal representative of the French President. He was subsequently appointed France’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom in December 2007, France’s Ambassador to Berlin in February 2011, and France’s Ambassador to China in August 2014. On 22 June 2017, the French Council of Ministers appointed Maurice Gourdault-Montagne as Secretary General of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs effective 1 August 2017.
Position held within the Company Director appointed by the Shareholders’ Meeting on recommendation
from the French State Date of appointment to the Board 20 September 2017 (1) Expiry of current term Shareholders’ Meeting
called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year closing 31 December 2018 Other position(s) Member of the Strategy
Offices and positions held during 2017 Principal position held outside the Company Secretary General of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs ■
Committee Shares held 0 Nationality French
Office/Position
Name
Country
Director
Orano
France
France
Director
Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés (French national agency of secure shares) Commissariat à l’Energy atomique (Atomic Energy Commission) Commission de Récolement des Dépôts d’Œuvres d’Art (Commission for the Verification of the Registration of Works of Art) École Nationale d’Administration (ENA)
Director
France
France
Director
Director
France
Director
France Médias Monde
France
Director
Renault Foundation
France
Director
Institut Français
France
Director
French office for the protection of refugees and stateless persons
France
G: EDF group company – C: listed company.
Expired offices held outside the Company over the past five years France None ■
Mr. Gourdault-Montagnes’ appointment will be submitted to the shareholders for ratification at the Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for 15 May 2018. (1)
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EDF I Reference Document 2017
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