Everything about Anne Lauvergeon totally explained
Anne Lauvergeon (born
August 2 1959 in
Dijon,
Côte-d'Or,
France), is a French
businesswoman, and president of
Areva. In 2006, she was ranked by the magazine
Forbes as the eighth-most powerful woman in the world, second-most in
Europe and most powerful in France.
Biography
In 1978 she enrolled in the
École Normale Supérieure, taking the
Agrégation in
physics before joining the
Corps de Mines. In 1983 she enrolled in her first training course with the Corps de Mines, in the iron and steel industry, at
Usinor. A second training course, in 1984, took place with the
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique, where she studied chemical safety in
Europe. From 1985 to 1988, she was with the l'Inspection générale des carrières (IGC). In 1990, she was placed in charge of the mission for the international economy and foreign trade by French President
François Mitterrand. The following year, she became assistant secretary general. She was then named “
sherpa”, for example personal representative to the president, and charged with preparing international meetings such as the
G7 summit. In 1995, she joined the
banking sector, and became a managing partner of
Lazard. In March 1997, she was named general director of
Alcatel, before becoming part of the group's executive committee.
Leadership in nuclear power
In June 1999, she was named
CEO of the group
Cogema, succeeding
Jean Syrota, who resigned under pressure from the
The Greens. In July 2001, she merged Cogema,
Framatome and other companies to create
Areva. Taking the head of the new company, she entered the small circle of women directing international corporations. The 2006
Fortune Global 500, published by the American magazine
Fortune, ranked her as the 2
nd most powerful women in Europe, behind
Patricia Russo, future president of
Alcatel-
Lucent. In 2006, she remains as the woman directing the most employees in the world.
In 2001,
Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg chose her to chair the "national contest of assistance the creation of companies of innovating technologies".
In September of
2002 she became the subject of a controversy: the daily economic newspaper
Les Échos uncovered a report from the French court of auditors, criticizing her compensation (salary of €305,000 with bonus of €122,000), considered to be substantially higher than that of leaders of other public companies, and especially her
golden parachute of two years' wages. In spite of rumours of resignation, Anne Lauvergeon kept her position.
Towards the end of 2006, Areva encountered difficulties with its new
European Pressurized Reactor, and expected a delay of 18 months to 3 years according to the French daily newspaper
La Tribune for the delivery of the first of its kind in
Finland. The delay may cost €700 million.
Anne Lauvergeon is also President of the board of directors of
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy and is a director or board member of
Suez,
Total S.A.,
Safran S.A. and
Vodafone.
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