Brief Biography
Marianne Laigneau, Chairwoman of the Enedis Management Board since February 2020, brings to the Board her expertise as a Director of France’s biggest operator in power distribution, a key sector in view of the major energy transition issues and the challenges it represents. Ms Laigneau, a French national aged 59, is a former student at the ENS (École normale supérieure) Sèvres with a higher diploma in classics, and the Paris Institute of Political Studies, and holds a post-graduate diploma in French literature. She joined the Council of State after ENA (École nationale d’administration). She joined the EDF Group in 2005, where she successively held the positions of Legal Director, then member of the Executive Committee, Corporate Secretary, Director of Human Resources and International Director before moving to Enedis. She was honorary Chairwoman of the Elles Bougent association, which aims to attract female sixth form college and university students into engineering careers.
