Henry Laborde Milaa (Chairman from 1937 to 1947)

SGE

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Born in 1886, Henri Laborde Milaa graduated from Polytechnique in the Ponts et Chaussées corps. Incorporated as an army engineer, he fought at Verdun, where he was badly wounded. He joined SGE in August 1919 as works manager and was noticed by Alexandre Giros, who appointed him General Manager in 1925. Henri Laborde Milaa played a key role in the company's recovery. Appointed deputy director in 1933, he was particularly interested in electricity and established himself as Alexandre Giros's successor. He was appointed Chairman of SGE on 29 September 1937 and it fell to him to manage the company with caution and perspicacity during the war. He gave up his functions in 1947 to Jean Matheron.