Jean-François Cirelli
Vice Chairman & President, GDF SUEZ
Biography
Jean-François Cirelli was born on July 9, 1958, in Chambéry (France). He is a graduate of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (1983-1985). He also has a degree in law.
He began his professional career in 1985 when he went to work for the Treasury division of the French Ministry of the Economy and Finances. He was successively in charge of housing policy, the General Secretariat of the Paris Club (rescheduling of sovereign debt) and the regulation of financial markets. He was also an alternate director for France at the IMF.
In 1995, he was named economic counselor to the President of the French Republic (Jacques Chirac), a position he held until 2002.
In 2002, Jean-François Cirelli was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff to the French Prime Minister (Jean-Pierre Raffarin). He was primarily in charge of economic, industrial and labor issues.
In 2004, Jean-François Cirelli was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gaz de France on September 15, 2004.
Since July 22, 2008, Jean-François Cirelli is Vice Chairman and President of GDF SUEZ.
He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Electrabel, Board Member of SUEZ Environnement and Supervisory Board Member of Vallourec.
He is President of Eurogas association since June 11, 2010.
Jean-François Cirelli is married and the father of two children.
He is a ‘Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur’
