People: GDF Suez SA (GSZ.PA)

Ms. Isabelle Kocher has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Management Committee and Executive Committee of GDF Suez SA since October 1, 2011. She is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Superieure and an Engineer of the Corps des Mines. She also holds DEA (postgraduate degree) in quantum optics and aggregation in Physics. She previously served as Managing Director of Lyonnaise des Eaux, in charge of the development of activities in Europe from 2009 to 2011; Executive Vice President of Lyonnaise des Eaux from 2007 to 2009; Senior Vice President in charge of performance and reorganization programs of the Suez Group from 2005 to 2007; and in charge of the strategic overview of the Suez Group and the strategic monitoring of Suez Environnement from 2002 to 2005. Prior to that, she also served as Industrial Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of France from 1999 to 2002; Manager of the postal and telecommunications budgets, followed by the defense budget at the Budget Department of France from 1997 to 1998; and Manager of the industrial inspection and certification department at the DRIRE for the Ile-de-France region of France from 1994 to 1997. Between 1992 and 1993, she worked in the merger and acquisitions department at the Compagnie Financiere Edmond de Rothschild' and from 1991 to 1992, she was a Project manager for the optimization and restructuring of production workshops at the Societe Europeenne de Propulsion.