Governance
The RTE Managing Board
A limited company with an executive board and an supervisory council, RTE has specific features pertaining to its role as France’s transmission system operator (TSO). Its articles of association and its modes of governance ensure that it remains autonomous, independent and neutral.

Its executive board has the broadest powers to act on the company’s behalf in all circumstances, within the limit of the prerogatives devolved to the Shareholders' Meeting and the Supervisory Council. It is solely authorised to implement actions pertaining directly to the operation, maintenance and development of the public transmission system within the scope of the responsibilities assigned to the company.
Further to the opinion issued by France’s Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), its members are appointed by the Supervisory Council.
On September 1st, 2020, Xavier Piechaczyk became President of the Managing Board.
Further to the favourable decision issued by the French Energy Regulation Commission (CRE), the Supervisory Board was able to proceed with the appointments, on 30 October 2020, of four new members to the company’s Executive Board:
- Thérèse Boussard, Member of the Managing Board, Managing Director of the Infrastructure Management Division,
- Clotilde Levillain, Member of the Managing Board, Managing Director of the Customers · Market & System Division,
- Thomas Veyrenc, Member of the Managing Board, Managing Director of the Finance, Purchasing and Risks Division (starting October 1st, 2023),
- Sophie Moreau-Follenfant, Member of the Managing Board, Managing Director of the Transformation and Employees Workplace Division.
These appointments are effective as of Monday 2 November 2020.
Composition of the Executive Board

Xavier Piechaczyk, President of the Managing Board
Xavier Piechaczyk became a member of the Managing Board in 2015. He held the position of Deputy managing director in charge of RTE’s Grids, Customers and Regions department.

Thérèse Boussard, Member of the Managing Board, Managing Director of the Infrastructure Management Division

Clotilde Levillain, Member of the Managing Board, Managing Director of the Customers · Market & System Division

Sophie Moreau-Follenfant, Member of the Managing Board, Managing Director of the Transformation and Employees Workplace Division

Thomas Veyrenc, Managing Director of the Finance, Purchasing and Risks Division
The Executive Committee handles all RTE affairs that require coordination and decision-making in the orientation, contracting, implementation and monitoring phases.
The Committee consists of the following persons:
The President of the Managing Board
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![]() | Xavier Piechaczyk, President of the Managing Board |
Managing Directors of Divisions, members of the Managing Board
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![]() | Thérèse Boussard, Member of the Managing Board, Managing Director of the Infrastructure Management Division |
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![]() | Clotilde Levillain, Member of the Managing Board, Managing Director of the Customers · Market & System Division |
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![]() | Thomas Veyrenc, Member of the Managing Board, Managing Director of the Finance, Purchasing and Risks Division (Starting October 1st, 2023) |
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![]() | Sophie Moreau-Follenfant, Member of the Managing Board, Managing Director of the Transformation and Employees Workplace Division |
Executive directors in charge of a Division
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![]() | Yasmine-Eva Farès-Emery, Executive Director in charge of the Communications Division |
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![]() | Séverine Larere, Secretary General, Executive Director in charge of the General Secretariat Division |
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![]() | Thomas Veyrenc, Executive Director in charge of the Strategy, Foresight and Evaluation Division |
Executive Directors
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![]() | Khalid Abdallaoui, Executive Director in charge of the Development and Engineering Department |
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![]() | Jean-Philippe Bonnet, Deputy to the Executive Director in charge of the Strategy, Foresight and Evaluation Division |
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![]() | Sébastien Henry,Deputy to the Managing Director of the Customers – Market and System Division, Executive Director in charge of R&D, Design and Operation of Digital and Information Systems |
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![]() | Jean-Paul Roubin, Deputy to the Managing Director of the Customers – Market and System Division, Executive Director in charge of Customers and Electricity System Operation |
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![]() | Régis Boigegrain, Executive Director in charge of Interconnections & At Sea Network |
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![]() | Claire Grandet, Executive Director in charge of the Maintenance Department |
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![]() | Maurice Dierick, Executive Director in charge of the European Affairs Department |
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![]() | Vincent Thouvenin, Executive director in charge of International affairs |
The appointment of the members of the Executive Committee is effective as of November 30, 2020.
Le président du Directoire
Image ![]() | Xavier Piechaczyk , Président du Directoire |
Directeurs généraux de pôle, membres du Directoire
Image ![]() | Thérèse Boussard , membre du Directoire de RTE, Directrice Générale du Pôle Gestion de l’Infrastructure |
Image ![]() | Clotilde Levillain , membre du Directoire de RTE, Directrice Générale du Pôle Clients, Conception & Opérations des Systèmes |
Image ![]() | Thomas Veyrenc , membre du Directoire de RTE, Directeur Général du Pôle Finances Achats et Risques (depuis le 1er octobre 2023) |
Image ![]() | Sophie Moreau-Follenfant , membre du Directoire de RTE, Directrice Générale du Pôle Transformation - Environnement Salariés, Directrice des Ressources Humaines |
Directeurs exécutifs, responsables de pôle
Image ![]() | Yasmine-Eva Farès-Emery , Directrice Exécutive en charge du pôle Communication |
Image ![]() | Séverine Larere , Secrétaire générale, Directrice exécutive en charge du pôle Secrétariat général |
Image ![]() | Thomas Veyrenc , Directeur Exécutif en charge du pôle Stratégie, Prospective et Evaluation |
Directeurs exécutifs
Image ![]() | Khalid Abdallaoui , Adjoint à la Directrice Générale de Pôle en charge du Pôle Gestion de l’Infrastructure, Directeur Exécutif en charge de la Direction MOA Réseaux |
Image ![]() | Jean-Philippe Bonnet , Adjoint au Directeur Exécutif en charge du pôle Stratégie, Prospective et Evaluation |
Image ![]() | Sébastien Henry , Adjoint à la Directrice Générale de Pôle en charge du Pôle Clients – Conception et Opération des Systèmes, Directeur Exécutif en charge du périmètre R&D, Conception et Opération des Systèmes numériques et informatiques |
Image ![]() | Jean-Paul Roubin , Adjoint à la Directrice Générale de Pôle en charge du Pôle Clients – Conception et Opération des Systèmes, Directeur Exécutif en charge du périmètre Clients et Opération du Système électrique |
Image ![]() | Régis Boigegrain , Directeur Exécutif interconnexions et réseau en mer |
Image ![]() | Claire Grandet , Directrice Exécutive en charge de la Direction Maintenance |
Image ![]() | Maurice Dierick , Directeur exécutif en charge de la Direction des affaires européennes |
Image ![]() | Vincent Thouvenin , Directeur Exécutif en charge des affaires Internationales |
Les nominations des membres du Comité exécutif sont effectives depuis le 30 novembre 2020.
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The Supervisory Council reviews and issues its opinion on decisions pertaining to the company’s major strategic, economic, financial or technological policies, subject to the Managing Board’s sole authority regarding decisions about grid operations and activities pertaining to the preparation and implementation of the ten-year network development plan. It oversees the Executive Board’s governance of RTE in accordance with the provisions of the energy code. It is supported by two specialist committees: the Economic Oversight and Audit Committee (CSEA) and the Compensation Review Committee.
Economic Oversight and Audit Committee (CSEA)
In preparation for the meetings of the Supervisory Council, this committee reviews all the company’s financial data pertaining to the budget, to the economic and financial outlook, to annual statements and six-monthly results, to risk-assessment and risk-management policy (informed by the risk-mapping process), as well as the audit programme, audit results, timely completion of the action plan and internal oversight.
Compensation review committee
This committee issues opinions on the determination of all types of compensation that may be awarded to managing agents for the discharge of their duties.
Composition of the Oversight Council
The Supervisory Council is composed of the following:
- 6 members representing the shareholder, CTE;
- The State, a legal person and a State administrator, appointed under articles 4 and 6 of order 2014-948 of the 20 August 2014 pertaining to governance and transactions involving the capital of corporations with government participation;
- 4 members representing the workforce.
Certain members of the Supervisory Council have to meet specific requirements that are verified by France’s Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) prior to their appointment, in order to maintain a higher level of independence regarding the governance of the transmission system than that pertaining to supply and generation structures (1).
The supervisory council members :
- Xavier Girre, Group Senior Executive Vice President, Finance, EDF,
- Grégory Trannoy, Director of the EDF Management University, EDF,
- Louise Vilain, Pulse Ventures Director, EDF,
- Catherine Mayenobe, General Secretary, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations Group,
- Virginie Chapron-Du Jeu, Finance Director, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations Group,
- Philippe Bajou, General Secretary and Deputy CEO, La Poste Group,
- Arthur Faust, Deputy head of Shareholdings for Energy, Government Shareholding Agency - French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Recovery,
- Florence Brillaud-Claveranne, General Inspector, The General Council for Environment and Sustainable Development (CGEDD), French Ministry of Ecology,
- Christophe Aime, Elected Employee Representative (sponsored by the GCT trade union)
- Paul Alfontes, Elected Employee Representative (sponsored by the CFE-CGC trade union)
- Philippe Clavel, Elected Employee Representative (sponsored by the CFDT trade union)
- Laurence Holderle, Elected Employee Representative (sponsored by the CGT trade union).
(1) The list of all mandates and functions exercised by each managing agent, regulated agreements and any capital increases are detailed in the report on corporate governance.
Compliance accountability
European regulations and the energy code call for the appointment of a compliance officer. Subject to the powers assigned to the CRE in its own right, the compliance officer’s role is to ensure that RTE’s practices comply with requirements pertaining to its independence with regard to the corporation’s other vertically integrated companies.
Hervé MIGNON is head of the Compliance Accountability office. He may attend all General Meetings, Oversight Council meetings and specialist committee meetings, as well as any meetings deemed necessary for the discharge of his duties.
For the duration of his mandate, he has the broadest powers of investigation with access to both documentary and physical evidence. Subject to the information he has to submit to the CRE, he is bound by professional secrecy with regard to commercially sensitive information gathered for purposes of discharging his duties.
Le Comité de supervision économique et de l’audit (CSEA)
Il étudie, en préparation des séances du Conseil de Surveillance, l’ensemble des éléments financiers de la Société, notamment sur le budget et les perspectives économiques et financières, sur les comptes annuels et les résultats semestriels, sur la politique de suivi et de gestion des risques, notamment par leur cartographie, ainsi que le programme d’audits, leurs résultats, le suivi des plans d’action et le contrôle interne.
Le Comité des rémunérations
Il donne son avis sur la fixation des rémunérations de toutes natures susceptibles d’être allouées aux mandataires sociaux pour l’exercice de leur mandat.
La Composition du Conseil de Surveillance
Le Conseil de Surveillance est composé comme suit :
- 6 membres représentant l’actionnaire CTE ;
- L’État, personne morale, et un administrateur d’État nommés en vertu des articles 4 et 6 de l’ordonnance n°2014-948 du 20 août 2014 relative à la gouvernance et aux opérations sur le capital des sociétés à participation publique ;
- 4 membres représentant les salariés.
Certains membres du Conseil de Surveillance doivent remplir des critères spécifiques vérifiés par la CRE en amont de leur nomination, afin d’assurer une indépendance renforcée de la gestion du réseau par rapport aux structures de fourniture et de production(1).
Les membres du conseil de surveillance :
- Xavier Girre, Directeur Exécutif Groupe en charge de la Direction Financière, EDF,
- Grégory Trannoy, Directeur de l'Université Groupe EDF du Management, EDF,
- Louise Vilain, Directrice Pulse Ventures, Incubation et grands projets innovants, EDF,
- Catherine Mayenobe, Secrétaire Générale, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations,
- Virginie Chapron-Du Jeu, Directrice des Finances, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignation,
- Philippe Bajou, Secrétaire Général et Directeur Général Adjoint, Groupe La Poste,
- Arthur Faust, Directeur de participations adjoint Energie, Agence des Participations de l’État - Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et de la Relance,
- Florence Brillaud-Claveranne, Inspectrice générale de l’environnement et du développement durable, IGEDD – Ministère de l’Environnement,
- Christophe Aime, Représentant élu par les salariés (parrainé par la CGT),
- Paul Alfontes, Représentant élu par les salariés (parrainé par la CFE-CGC),
- Philippe Clavel, Représentant élu par les salariés (parrainé par la CFDT),
- Laurence Holderle, Représentante élue par les salariés (parrainée par la CGT).
(1) La liste de l’ensemble des mandats et fonctions exercées par chaque mandataire social, les conventions règlementées et les éventuelles augmentations de capital sont détaillées dans le rapport sur le gouvernement d’entreprise.
Responsabilité de la conformité
Conformément à la réglementation européenne et au code de l’énergie, un responsable de la conformité est désigné. Sous réserve des compétences attribuées en propre à la CRE, il est chargé de veiller à la conformité des pratiques de RTE aux obligations d’indépendance qui s’imposent vis-à-vis des autres sociétés de l’entreprise verticalement intégrées.
Hervé MIGNON est à la tête du Contrôle Général de la conformité. Il a accès aux Assemblées Générales, aux réunions du Conseil de Surveillance, aux réunions des comités spécialisés, ainsi qu’à toutes les réunions utiles à l’accomplissement de ses missions.
Dans l’exercice de ses missions, il a tous pouvoirs d’investigation sur pièces et sur place. Sous réserve des informations qu’il doit transmettre à la CRE, il est tenu à une obligation de discrétion professionnelle quant aux informations commercialement sensibles recueillies dans le cadre de ses fonctions.