He will become President and CEO of the gas company in 1996

Enarque or public servant, he has worked with nine Ministers of industry, of right and left, of Michel Stadium to Alain Madelin, passing by Jean-Pierre Chevenement. Born in New York, a graduate of Polytechnique and Harvard, Pierre Gadonneix, sixty-three years, is the head of one of the largest companies of France, with 160,000 employees.

The secret of this man, perhaps his "effective discretion", as says Alain Madelin. "I strive to always be serious without take me seriously, explains Pierre Gadonneix.". It is important to listen to and from each other, and I strive to here where I am going to create a team spirit and ensure that everyone feels that its views are heard.

Pierre Gadonneix has always been "fascinated by the French industry". This is the reason why he refused the position of teacher at Harvard that offers him and returned to France. After taking his talents, for 11 years, the Ministry of industry, where he is facing the crisis of the steel industry, it is powered by Alain Madelin in 1987 at the direction of gas of France. He will become President and CEO of the gas company in 1996. "I have always had the passion to be business manager but also the concern of the public thing." I therefore took the opportunities to perform managerial responsibilities while having to deal with issues important to the community.

When he arrives at the head of the electrician, in 2004, the company is in poor financial health. Pierre Gadonneix invites its teams to improve productivity, yield of assets in Latin America... And then there was the opening of the capital, "an incredible success", which gave the company on track. But for Pierre Gadonneix, the State must remain shareholders at 70 of the electrician, as provided in the Act: "it is desirable that the State remains majority at EDF, the control of the nuclear sector is one of the reasons that justify the presence of the State.

The renationalization of EDF, promised by the PS, the President of the electrician the scans in a few sentences: "I do not think that the renationalisation is a relevant subject." The important thing is that the company has the means of its development. The opening of the capital was the way for the company to finance its development. If there is a penny of euro to spend, it is better invest to develop the security of supply for the country that redeem shares. "Liberal, Pierre Gadonneix does not reject for any intervention. "I believe in the market economy." I think that it is the only way to ensure that the allocation of scarce resources to be optimized and therefore that it is the general interest. But policy makers, public authorities have a regulatory role to play in mitigating the effects of some of the excesses of the market economy. Market economy and regulation are two sides of a same balance.

While arose the Suez-GDF reconciliation project and that EDF is on course to become one of the issues of the electoral battle for the presidential election, its President sent this message to the authorities: "Do not forget that EDF is a chance for the France." In a world where energy becomes a concern for security of supply, at a time when the European energy market becomes a reality with the deadline of July 1, 2007, clearly the France has chance with EDF to both security of supply and industrial leadership at European level, including through its success in nuclear.

Find the full interview at 12 and 16 hours on BFM in "Saga of power" of Hedwige Chevrillon.