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Milestone moment at Somerset powerhouse
Hinkley Point C takes another step forward as its second nuclear reactor arrives in Somerset
Heysham 2 takes top UK nuclear generation title
EDF's Sunday Saver returns in January
Heysham apprentice wins top award
EDF is gifting customers free electricity to help households enjoy the festivities
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Simone Rossi
Chief Executive Officer
Simone Rossi is the Chief Executive Officer of EDF Energy and a member of the Executive Committee of EDF Group.
Simone has been CEO since 1 November 2017. He was the EDF Group Senior Executive Vice President in charge of the International Division from 2015 to 2017, and Chief Financial Officer at EDF Energy from April 2011.
He started his career in 1993 in the Treasury Department of De Agostini in Novara (Italy), moved to Management Consulting with KPMG Corporate Finance and from 1996 in McKinsey&Co, Milan (Italy), where he served various Financial Institutions, Industrial and Energy clients. In 2004 he joined Edison SpA in Milan (Italy) as Head of Strategy, and in 2009, he moved to Constellation Energy Nuclear Group in Baltimore (USA) as Chief Financial Officer.
Simone Rossi enjoys playing instruments and has a Degree in Clarinet from Istituto Puccini.
Stuart Crooks
Managing Director, Hinkley Point C
Stuart started his career as an apprentice aged 16 and progressed through various technical and engineering roles in Stations including Dungeness, Hartlepool and Heysham.
After five years as Chief Technical Officer, he was appointed Managing Director of Generation and led the safe operation of EDF Energy’s UK fleet of nuclear, coal, gas and renewables.
Stuart is now the Managing Director of Hinkley Point C, and has held this post since 2017. Stuart’s vision and commitment has seen HPC, one of Europe’s largest construction sites, make significant progress on schedule and to the exacting quality and safety standards required.
Passionate about skills and diversity, Stuart is a champion for apprentices, women in nuclear and working parents. In 2019, Stuart was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to Nuclear Energy.
Philippe Commaret
Managing Director, Customers
Philippe has held the position of Managing Director of Customers for EDF in the UK since January 2020. This role oversees EDF’s entire residential and business customer and wholesale optimisation activities in the UK.
Philippe joined EDF Group in 2000, and prior to this, he was a Consultant. He has held various roles within the Customers division in France and was appointed Marketing Director for the Business to Business market in 2008.
In 2014, he moved to Strasbourg and was appointed Managing Director of ES (Energies Strasbourg), a subsidiary of EDF Group in the East of France. In 2018, he became Director of Sales, East of France, EDF Group before joining the UK customers team.
Philippe is passionate about employee wellbeing and is the Executive Sponsor of the Disability and Carers Network.
Mark Hartley
Managing Director, Nuclear Operations
Dr Mark Hartley was appointed Managing Director, Nuclear Operations, in April 2023.
Mark joined the industry in 1997 and has since held several executive positions within the UK Nuclear Operations business, such as the Engineering Director and Chief Nuclear Officer, responsible for all operations in half the UK’s existing nuclear fleet before joining Hinkley Point C as Technical Director.
In 2020, Mark established the Technical Client Organisation as Managing Director, alongside his role at Hinkley Point C, to bring together the technical and licensing capability across the nuclear life cycle. In December 2022, Mark was appointed Interim Managing Director of Sizewell C and led the team in taking a more integrated approach to delivering our EPR programme before becoming Managing Director of Nuclear Operations.
A strong advocate of Women’s rights, Mark is the executive sponsor of EDF’s employee Women’s Network.
Rob Guyler
Chief Financial Officer
Rob Guyler is Chief Financial Officer of EDF Energy. He has been with British Energy and, subsequently, EDF Energy for 25 years. A chartered accountant, having qualified with Coca-Cola Schweppes and Mars Confectionery. Before joining EDF Energy, Rob spent several years in Management Consultancy with Price Waterhouse.
Rob has undertaken a number of finance management roles, both operational and corporate, including that of Group Financial Controller for British Energy Group plc. and Finance, Commercial and IT Director of EDF Energy Generation.
Rob is a strong supporter of LGBTQ+ network and takes an active role being the executive sponsor, promoting this both in EDF and the Energy Industry as a whole.
Carol McArthur
Chief People Officer
Carol has been the Chief People Officer and a member of the Executive Team of EDF since December 2017. Responsible for the EDF HR Strategy and organisation in the UK as well as corporate Health & Safety and Property & Facilities. She has worked in the energy industry for over 30 years, beginning at Torness Nuclear Power Station in the late 1980s.
She was the Corporate HR Director with British Energy, becoming part of EDF Energy upon the acquisition of British Energy in 2009. Carol is also a Non-Executive Director of the New Nuclear Build (NNB) Generation Company (Hinkley Point C) Limited Board.
Carol’s passions include improving diversity and inclusion within EDF and psychological well-being. Her simple aim is to ensure that everyone feels welcome in an environment that enables them and the business to succeed.
Joe Souto
Chief Legal Officer
Joe Souto is the Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of EDF and a member of the EDF Executive Team and the Customers Executive Team.
Appointed as CLO in April 2019, Joe joined the energy sector in 1997 as a graduate with SEEBOARD plc. In 2002, he was appointed to create and lead the first legal function for the retail division of the newly formed EDF UK Group. He then progressed across a number of roles within the EDF UK Legal Division before joining the EDF Customers Executive Team in 2017 and later the central EDF Executive Team in 2019.
Joe is a qualified practising UK solicitor, admitted to the roll of Solicitors in November 1999 and holds the dubious record of being the longest-ever serving EDF lawyer, with over 26 years of UK energy sector experience.
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