Philippe van Troeye

Background

About Philippe van Troeye

I graduated from the Faculté Polytechnique de Mons (Polytech Mons) and hold a degree in Electrical Civil Engineering with a specialisation in Automation. I also took a specific training course in Health & Safety Advisor Level 2 (1992-1993) as well as the General Management programme at CEDEP/INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France I started my professional career at Philips. In 1988, I joined the GDF SUEZ Group, where I have held various positions in Generation at Electrabel. Successively I was Executive Vice-President Conventional Generation Belgium-Luxembourg (2003-2004), Manager of Generation (2004-2006) and General Manager of Generation in Belgium (2006-2011). At the start of 2014, I was appointed CEO of Electrabel. At the same time, I remained in charge of all of the GDF SUEZ Energy Europe Business Line’s generation activities, for which I had been responsible since January 2012. On January 1, 2016, I became the new CEO of the ENGIE Benelux Business Unit. And on May1, 2021, CEO of Tractebel. My personal passions focus on people and engineering : bringing people, ideas, knowledge, technologies, tools, methods, financial resources together to take UP new challenges for the future. My areas of expertise include : Senior executive management of large organizations. People development. Change management. Quality management. Project Management. Electricity & Gas Markets. Power Generation. Renewable Energy. Operations & Maintenance Management. Process Control.