Robert Delbos (born January 10, 1943) is a French

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and

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within the energy sector. He is known as co-founder and CEO of

Altergaz Altergaz was the first French independent natural gas company in France, based in Paris and founded by Taoufik Tahar, Robert Delbos and Jean-Paul George in 2003. In 2012, Eni, the Italian Oil & Gas multinational acquired Altergaz. History Alt ...

, the first French independent natural gas company in 2003.

Early life

In 1967 Delbos graduated in Finance from French business school

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 ...

(The École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris).

Career

Delbos entered in EDF-GDF group in 1969 and worked in Treasury department before becoming Chief of Treasury in 1987. Delbos managed, in collaboration with

Jean-Michel Carboni Jean-Michel Carboni (born 23 July 1955) is a French Chief Executive Officer, senior official and senior executive in the energy sector, for EDF-GDF, Gaz de France and Engie (€65 billion in 2017) groups. Member of the management committee (Top 15 ...

, his successor as Treasurer of the group, the "second biggest Swaps portfolio right after the World Bank" and "at that time, GDF was considered as pioneer in raising funds". In 1991 Chairman-CEO of Petrofigaz, a credit bank dedicated to loans for energy investments (cogeneration facilities, energy retrofit, etc.). Today Petrofigaz is known as Solfea bank.

Altergaz

After retirement in 2003, he cofounded with Jean-Paul George (former number 2 of Gaz de France and founder of Engie Cofely) and the investor Georges Cohen (founder of Transiciel) the first French independent natural gas company :

, with a turnover of €1,6 billion in 2012. Delbos was CEO and then Chairman of Altergaz between 2003 and 2012. After years of collaboration,

Eni Eni S.p.A. () is an Italian multinational energy company headquartered in Rome. Considered one of the seven "supermajor" oil companies in the world, it has operations in 69 countries with a market capitalization of US$54.08 billion, as of 11 Ap ...

, the Italian multinational Oil & Gas company, acquired

, that was renamed Eni Gas & Power France with 1,5 million of customers in France.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Delbos, Robert 1943 births Living people HEC Paris alumni French businesspeople