Governance

Meet our Executive Team

The Executive Team, under the leadership of the Chief Executive Officer operating under the authority of the Board, direct and manage all matters connected with the day to day running of EDF other than those which have been reserved by the Board for decision and/or approval.

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.

Stuart Crooks

Managing Director, Hinkley Point C

Philippe Commaret

Managing Director, Customers
 

Mark Hartley

Managing Director, Nuclear Operations

Rob Guyler

Chief Financial Officer

Carol McArthur

Chief People Officer

Joe Souto

Chief Legal Officer

EDF Board of directors

The overriding objective of the Board is to provide a management framework in which EDF operates to the highest ethical and health and safety standards and its investments are preserved and enhanced through establishing a culture of zero harm and zero tolerance to bribery and fraud.

The purpose of the Board is to provide proper stewardship of EDF, providing vision and leadership to supervise the management of EDF's business, to grow value responsibly in a sustainable manner, ensuring that EDF's fiscal and statutory obligations are met and that shareholder value is preserved and enhanced.

Sir Alex Chisholm KCB

Non-Executive Chair

Sir Alex has over 20 years’ experience running organisations, ranging from entrepreneurial ventures to regulatory bodies and government departments. He left his most recent role as Chief Operating Officer for the UK Civil Service and Permanent Secretary in the Cabinet Office in April 2024. Prior to this he spent 13 years leading public sector bodies in the UK and Ireland.  Before his government roles he worked for 12 years in business, in the media, technology, ecommerce and retail sectors.

Sir Alex Chisholm

Executive Directors

  • Chief Executive Officer: Simone Rossi
  • Chief Financial Officer: Rob Guyler

Non-Executive Directors

  • Sir Alex Chisholm (Chair)
  • Etienne Dutheil
  • Sylvie Jehanno
  • Veronique Lacour
  • Xavier Ursat
  • Nicolas Machtou
  • Claude Laruelle
  • Elisabeth Terrail

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EDF group

EDF is proud to be a part of the EDF Group, the world's largest electricity generator, with over 170,000 employees across the world and over 40 million customers worldwide. 

Corporate policies and statements

Corporate Governance & S.172 Directors Duties Statements

In accordance with the Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018 (the Regulations) a number of companies within the EDF Energy Group (EDF Energy) are required to publish a statement providing details of their corporate governance arrangements (Corporate Governance Statement) and/or a statement explaining how the Directors of that company have given due regard to their duties to promote the success of the company in accordance to section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 (S.172 Directors Duties Statement).

These statements together set out the key governance structures of those companies subject to the Regulations and articulates the work of the Boards of those companies along with their committees and management in upholding good governance and engaging with stakeholders when taking decisions. 

Following approval of each company as part of the Annual Report & Financial Statements process, the following statements can be found here:

  1. EDF Energy Holdings Limited – S.172 Directors Duties Statement (2024)
  2. EDF Energy Limited - Corporate Governance Statement & S.172 Directors Duties Statement (including Workforce & Stakeholder Engagement Statements) (2024)
  3. EDF Energy Customers Limited - Corporate Governance Statement & S.172 Directors Duties Statement (including Workforce & Stakeholder Engagement Statements) (2024)
  4. EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Limited - Corporate Governance Statement & S.172 Directors Duties Statement (including Workforce & Stakeholder Engagement Statements) (2024)
  5. EDF (Thermal Generation) Limited – S.172 Directors Duties Statement (2024)
  6. EDF Energy (UK) Limited - S.172 Directors Duties Statement (2024)
  7. EDF Energy Lake Limited - S.172 Directors Duties Statement (2024)
  8. EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Group Limited - S.172 Directors Duties Statement (2024)
  9. Lake Acquisitions Limited - S.172 Directors Duties Statement (2024)

EDF Energy has a robust corporate governance framework and is committed to upholding good governance and ensuring good governance practices are maintained. As a result, the approved statements demonstrate EDF Energy’s continued commitment to fostering a framework of good governance and how the directors have regard to the matters set out in s.172 Companies Act 2006 when performing their duties.