Michèle Bellon
Nationality France
OccupationPresident of the ERDF Board of Directors until January 24, 2014 (Électricité Réseau Distribution France)

Michèle Bellon, born Carlier on January 22, 1949 in Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, is a French business leader. Since March 2010,[1] she served as President of the Directorate ERDF (Électricité Réseau Distribution France). She was the woman[2] at the head of the largest French company in terms of number of employees (35,000),[3] until 2014.

Biography

Early life and family

She is the daughter of Jeanine Carlier, a nursery school principal, and André Carlier, agricultural equipment trader, Michèle Bellon grew up in the town of Bapaume.[4] She studied at the Gambetta School in Arras in 1961, then completed her final year at the Fénelon School in Lille in 1965.

She has been married since July 29, 1972.[5] She has two children and is a grandmother.[6]

Education

Bellon trained at École Centrale Paris,[4][5] now CentraleSupélec. She continued her studies in the United States where she obtained a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering from Northwestern University.

Career at EDF

In 1974, Michèle Bellon joined EDF as Principal Engineer and then deputy to the Head of Service in the Equipment Department during the seventeen years she spent there.

In 1991, she became the first woman[2] appointed deputy director, responsible for the Engineering Studies Department of the National Center for Thermal Equipment. She then developed several international power plant projects.[7]

In 1995, Michèle Bellon joined the Personnel and Social Relations Department of EDF-GDF (180,000 employees) as Project Director and then Deputy Director. In these functions, she was responsible for social negotiations within EDF (employment, working time, training, salaries, integration of the handicap, etc.)[7] in the context of the 1995 strikes.[6]

From 1999 to 2000, she was Deputy Director, in the clientele division of the Presidency and General Management of EDF. She then participated in the international development of the company (EDF Energy, EnBW, and EDF Trading).[7] In mid-2000, Michèle Bellon was appointed Director of the Fuel Division of EDF Pôle Industrie.

Managing Dalkia

As part of her functions within the clientele division, Michèle Bellon ensured EDF's acquisition of capital of the energy division of Veolia: Dalkia.[6]

In 2001, she joined the Veolia Group, at the request of EDF,[8] as Deputy Director-General of Veolia Energy (Dalkia) and Director General of Dalkia International. As the main contact for local authorities, she is also responsible for negotiating with industrial partners.[7]

Director of ERDF

In March 2010, she was appointed Chairman of the Board of ERDF[9] after the departure of Michel Francony.[10] She sees ERDF as "a company that rests on two feet: Men and women, skills, with real expertise, real dedication, a real commitment to public service. And the technologies, the technologies of cables and transformers, but also the tomorrow of smart meters."[11]

Another project she is working on is improving relations with the FNCCR, the national federation of authorities granting electricity distribution networks.[12] For this, the regional organization of ERDF was reviewed[13] under her supervision in order to facilitate contacts between ERDF managers and local elected officials.[14][15] Michèle Bellon has also undertaken dialogue[16][17] directly with the granting authorities, to sign several charters with representatives of local authorities (FNCCR,[18] AMRF[19] ...). Involved in the field of disability integration, the ERDF manager also signed[20] with Éric Besson, Minister of Industry, a cooperation agreement[21] in September 2011, to reduce the “digital divide” suffered by the most vulnerable people. On the place of women in the business world, Michèle Bellon admits that "we are not very numerous as business owners" and that within ERDF its objective is to reach 20% of women in the company by 2015 (18% mid-2012).[22]

In order to modernize the electricity distribution network, Michèle Bellon is involved[23] in the development of smart electricity networks, in particular through the smart meter "Linky,"[24] to ensure the integration into the network of renewable energy[25] and the development of the electric car.[26] At the onset[6] of the Grid4EU project,[27] the director of ERDF works to coordinate the different European initiatives in the field of smart grids.[28][29] At the national level, this desire is reflected in the multiplication of experiments with these new types of networks (NiceGrid, GreenLys…). In November 2012, the chairman of the ERDF management board accompanied Delphine Batho, Minister of Ecology, on a visit to the Landis+Gyr plant in Montluçon where the Linky smart meters produced by this company are assembled.[30]

Since the arrival of Michèle Bellon, the average power outage time has fallen by 39% between 2010 and 2011.[31] This improvement is explained by much more favorable weather than the previous year. The increase in ERDF investments to nearly 3 billion euros per year could have a stabilizing effect in the long term,[32] while improving the financial situation[33] of the company. During Cyclone Joachim, Michèle Bellon intervened[34] in the management of the crisis unit and the rapid intervention force for electricity[35] mobilized by ERDF in the event of large-scale power cuts.

Her first term ended in December 2012, Michèle Bellon was re-elected on January 11, 2013 as the head of ERDF.[36]

On January 24, 2014, she left the position of chairman of the ERDF management board to Philippe Monloubou, as she turned 65 and reached the age limit set in ERDF's statutes.[37]

Other career

Since 2014, Michèle Bellon has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Danish company Athena Investments and RATP. She has also been a member of the Board of HF Company since 2016. She was a director of l’Institut Pasteur de Shanghai.

Decorations

References

  1. ↑ « Nomination de Michèle Bellon à la présidence du directoire d’ERDF » [archive], Communiqué de presse ERDF, le 22 mars 2010
  2. 1 2 A.M., Une nouvelle dynamique pour ERDF, le journal des grandes écoles, le 20 septembre 2011
  3. ↑ Natacha Monhoven, Michèle Bellon présidente d'ErDF : "Essentiel de maintenir les efforts dans la durée", La Nouvelle République, le 26 juin 2012
  4. 1 2 « Depuis mars 2010, une enfant de Bapaume est aux manettes d’une filiale d’EDF », La Voix du Nord, le 9 janvier 2011
  5. 1 2 Thibaut Madelin, Michèle Bellon Une femme à poigne chez ERDF, Les Echos, le 29 mars 2010, p. 12
  6. 1 2 3 4 Carole Bellemare, « ERDF : Michèle Bellon, la ‘dame de l’électricité’, en première ligne », Le Figaro, le 22 novembre 2011
  7. 1 2 3 4 Proglio choisit Michèle Bellon pour présider ERDF, Enviro2B, le 17 mars 2010, consulté le 26 septembre 2012
  8. ↑ Domitille Arrivet, "État-major d'ERDF"(archive)« Copie archivée » (version du 6 août 2018 sur l'Internet Archive), Le Point, le 30 août 2012, p. 16
  9. ↑ "Nomination de Michèle Bellon à la présidence du directoire d’ERDF" [archive], Communiqué de presse ERDF, le 22 mars 2010
  10. ↑ Ana Lutzky, "Michèle Bellon prend la tête d’ERDF", L’Usine Nouvelle, le 18 mars 2010
  11. ↑ Intervention Michèle Bellon colloque UFE 28 novembre 2012, Youtube, le 9 décembre 2012, consulté le 7 février 2013
  12. ↑ Véronique Le Billon, Tarifs, investissements : les chantiers d'ERDF pour 2013, Les Echos, le 7 janvier 2013, consulté le 7 février 2013
  13. ↑ M.L., "L’interview de Michèle Bellon, ERDF : '230 M€ d’investissements en Midi-Pyrénées et une nouvelle organisation'" [archive], ObjectifNews.com, le 4 juillet 2012
  14. ↑ ERDF soigne les collectivités locales, La Lettre A, le 4 février 2011
  15. ↑ Rencontres régionales d'ERDF : les élus constatent une amélioration des relations, Youtube, le 27 novembre 2012, consulté le 7 février 2013
  16. ↑ Serge Marshall, "ERDF hier à Rennes : le courant est passé", Phares et Balises, le 1er février 2012
  17. ↑ Yannick Boucher, "La patronne d’ERDF livre à Lille sa vision de la transition énergétique en France", La Voix du Nord, le 2 juillet 2012
  18. ↑ Energie2007, "Signature FNCCR ERDF 11 mai 2011", Dailymotion, le 19 mai 2011
  19. ↑ Communiqué de presse AMRF, "Distribution d’électricité au service de l’aménagement du territoire" [archive], La fonderie agence numérique Île-de-France, le 31 mai 2012
  20. ↑ J.E.N.B Productions, "Noisy-le-Sec : La lutte contre la fracture numérique renaît des cendres d’un E.S.A.T. en présence d’Eric Besson (reportage vidéo)" [archive], site de J.E.N.B Productions, le 8 septembre 2011
  21. ↑ "ERDF s’engage dans la lutte contre la fracture numérique", Weka, le 15 septembre 2011
  22. ↑ Club Media RH [archive], BFM Business, le 10 novembre 2012, consulté le 19 novembre 2012
  23. ↑ Dominique Baillard, "Smart grids : En Californie, la fée Électricité devient intelligente", Radio France Internationale, le 25 novembre 2011
  24. ↑ "Smart meters 101: France's Linky electricity meters". Smart Energy International. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  25. ↑ "Audition de Michèle Bellon par la commission d’enquête sénatoriale dur le coût de l’électricité", site du Sénat, le 21 mars 2012
  26. ↑ Claire Garnier, "Rouen, laboratoire du véhicule électrique", La Tribune, le 28 mars 2011
  27. ↑ Philippe Collet, "Smart grids : lancement de l’initiative Grid4EU réunissant six des principaux distributeurs européens", Actu-Environnement.com, le 22 novembre 2011
  28. ↑ Enjeux électriques, "La construction de l’Europe des réseaux intelligents en marche avec GRID4EU" [archive], Le Post, le 23 novembre 2011
  29. ↑ Frédérique Jourdaa, "10 000 emplois pour les compteurs", Ouest France-Entreprises.fr, le 1er juillet 2012
  30. ↑ Après un an de coupure, le gouvernement réenclenche le compteur Linky [archive], AFP, le 15 novembre 2012, consulté le 19 novembre 2012
  31. ↑ Communiqué de presse ERDF, "Qualité de la distribution de l'électricité en France" [archive] « Copie archivée » (version du 6 août 2018 sur l'Internet Archive), le 19 janvier 2011
  32. ↑ "Demain la voiture électrique" [archive], L'Union, le 11 septembre 2012
  33. ↑ "Résultats financiers 2011" [archive] « Copie archivée » (version du 6 août 2018 sur l'Internet Archive), site ERDF
  34. ↑ "RTL 2012 accueille Michelle Bellon, présidente d'ERDF", RTL, le 17 décembre 2011
  35. ↑ Communiqué de presse d'ERDF, Tempête : ERDF aura rétabli ce soir près de 2/3 des 600 000 clients privés d’électricité [archive], le 16 décembre 2011
  36. ↑ Michèle Bellon reste à la tête d'ERDF, site du Figaro, le 11 janvier 2013, consulté le 7 février 2013
  37. ↑ Lefigaro.fr avec AFP, « Philippe Monloubou prend la tête d'ERDF jeudi », Le Figaro, 20 janvier 2014 (lire en ligne [archive], consulté le 11 septembre 2020).
  38. 1 2 "Décret du 14 mai 2014 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance.
  39. ↑ Décret du 13 juillet 2010 portant promotion et nomination aux différents grades de la Légion d'Honneur, Journal officiel, le 14 juillet 2010
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