Éric Molinié (30 November 1960 – 21 December 2022) was a French businessman. He served as secretary-general of

Dalkia Dalkia is an energy service company, subsidiary of the EDF Group. Its two main businesses consist in making the most of local renewables and unlocking energy savings. Dalkia develops alternative renewables, such as biomass, geothermal, biogas ...

, an energy company and subsidiary of

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(EDF).

Biography

Disabled from birth, Molinié studied at the Lycée Hoche in

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where he received his

Baccalauréat The ''baccalauréat'' (; ), often known in France colloquially as the ''bac'', is a French national academic qualification that students can obtain at the completion of their secondary education (at the end of the ''lycée'') by meeting certain ...

and was later admitted to

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 1982). He then became an advisor to EDF's chairman on disability, then economic issues, and was later director of sustainable development. He also served as vice-president, then president of the

French Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination Commission The French Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination Commission (French ''Haute autorité de lutte contre les discriminations et pour l'égalité'' or HALDE) is a French "independent administrative authority" which "has the right to judge all ...

from April 2010 to April 2011, vice-president of the ''Association des paralysés de France'', and president of the '. Molinié twice served as a member of the social affairs section of the

French Economic, Social and Environmental Council The Economic, Social and Environmental Council ( French: ''Conseil économique, social et environnemental''), known as the Economic and Social Council before the constitutional law of 23 July 2008, is a consultative assembly in France. It does ...

and a rapporteur for a study on French public hospitals. In 2005, he received the Prix Guy Crescent for his actions in support of people with disabilities. Molinié was president of the

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Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

from 12 October 2011 to 7 October 2013. On 4 May 2016, his memoir, titled ''Vivant !'', was published by the . In 2016, he became a member of the board of directors of the

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France. In 2018, he became secretary-general of Dalkia and was one of the few people in France to hold a senior corporate position. Molinié died on 21 December 2022, at the age of 62.

Decorations

*Knight 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, ...

*Officer of the

Ordre national du Mérite The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's esta ...

(2011)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Molinie, Eric 1960 births 2022 deaths French businesspeople Lycée Hoche alumni HEC Paris alumni Businesspeople from Paris Électricité de France people Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite