Henri Proglio (born 29 June 1949) is a French businessman, the former

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and

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of Electricité de France and former CEO of

Veolia Environnement Veolia Environnement S.A., branded as Veolia, is a French Multinational corporation, transnational company with activities in three main service and utility areas traditionally managed by public authorities – water resource management, water m ...

Life and career

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origin, Henri Proglio was born in

Antibes Antibes (, also , ; oc, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal, Antíbol) is a coastal city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department of southeastern France, on the French Riviera, Côte d'Azur between Cannes and Nice. The town of ...

. He is a graduate of

HEC Paris HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...

(class of 1971). In 1972, he started working for

Compagnie Générale des Eaux Vivendi SE is a French mass media holding company headquartered in Paris. Widely known as the owner of Gameloft, Groupe Canal+, Havas, Editis, Prisma Media, Vivendi Village and Dailymotion, the company has activities in television, film, video ...

, and he became the chairman and CEO in 1990. In 1999, he was appointed vice-president of

Vivendi Universal Vivendi SE is a French mass media holding company headquartered in Paris. Widely known as the owner of Gameloft, Groupe Canal+, Havas, Editis, Prisma Media, Vivendi Village and Dailymotion, the company has activities in television, film, video ...

, and chairman and CEO of Vivendi Water. In 2000, he became chairman of

; three years later he also became its CEO. He serves as non-executive director of

CNP Assurances CNP Assurances S.A. is a major French insurance corporation. CNP stands for ''Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance''. It is listed on the Fortune Global 500. The company was formed in 1959 as a subsidiary of Caisse des dépôts et consignations, whic ...

Dassault Aviation Dassault Aviation SA () is a French Aerospace manufacturer, manufacturer of military aircraft and business jets. It was founded in 1929 by Marcel Dassault, Marcel Bloch as Société des Avions Marcel Bloch or "MB". After World War II, Marc ...

and

Natixis Natixis is a French corporate and investment bank created in November 2006 from the merger of the asset management and investment banking operations of ''Natexis Banques Populaires'' (Banque Populaire group) and ''IXIS'' (Groupe Caisse d'Epargne ...

. He was appointed as chairman and CEO of Electricité de France in November 2009. He is a member of the

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. Proglio also serves on the advisory board for the Pictet Water Fund. He was decorated commander of the National Order of Merit of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

. In December 2014 Proglio was appointed second-in-command and chairman of

Thales Group Thales Group () is a French multinational company that designs, develops and manufactures electrical systems as well as devices and equipment for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security sectors. The company is headquartered in Paris' ...

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, - 1949 births Living people People from Antibes HEC Paris alumni French chief executives Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur French people of Italian descent Électricité de France people {{France-business-bio-stub