MoneyEtienne Davignon resigns from his mandate as an advisor to the French energy company Engie. Engie Electrabel’s parent company reports this in a press release.
Etienne Davignon has decided that the time has come to step down from his position as an advisor to the Chairman and CEO of Engie, in consultation with the latter. Davignon, 90, was himself a member of Engie’s board of directors in the past.
Chairman Jean-Pierre Clamadieu thanks Davignon “for his daily commitment to the company for 35 years”. “This close collaboration has been marked by numerous events, many of which have contributed to the history of the group.” He personally thanks Davignon for the “quality of our conversations and for the mutual trust that has grown between us”.
CEO Catherine MacGregor adds a thank you to “one of the main actors of the Belgian economy and a great connoisseur of the Belgian and European institutions”. “The Group was very fortunate to be able to count on his advice during these important years of evolution for Engie.”
In May, Davignon made the news when he stated in the French-language press that technically nothing stands in the way of extending the nuclear reactors by the winter of 2025. Engie subsequently publicly distanced herself from the statements of the advisor of the Engie top.
Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open Vld) and energy minister Tinne Van der Straeten (Green) have been negotiating with Engie for some time about keeping the two youngest nuclear power stations open for ten years longer, Doel 4 and Tihange 3.
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