title: Vincent de Rivaz
text: # Vincent de Rivaz
  
  Vincent de Rivaz (born 4 October 1953, in Paris) is the former chief executive (CEO) of EDF Energy plc, a British subsidiary of Électricité de France.
  
  ## Early life
  
  He studied engineering at the École 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 1991-94 he was the managing director of the hydropower department.
  
  He became head of the UK operations in 2002.
  
  ### EDF Energy
  
  He was CEO of EDF Energy between 2003 - 2017.
  
  He met Bill Coley, the former chief executive of British Energy, in 2005 to discuss a take-over of British Energy.
  
  In November 2017 he stepped down as CEO and was replaced with Simone Rossi.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  He married Anne de Valence de Minardière in 1980. They have three sons. He was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour, the Melchett Medal in 2006, and an honorary Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012.
  
  