Raymond Soulas (Chairman from december 1979 to july 1980)
SGE
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Raymond Soulas, born in Paris on 18 October 1918, was educated at the Lycée Saint-Louis and the Ecole Polytechnique. During the occupation he was deported to Buchenwald. In 1943 he joined SGE as chief engineer and in 1960 was made Managing Director of Tramarance, the company responsible for civil engineering at the La Rance tidal power plant (1960-1967). In 1971, he was named Executive Vice-President and in 1977 Board member and Managing Director of SGE. He was Chairman and CEO of SGE from December 1979 to July 1980. He was Chairman and CEO of Sea Tank Co. from its inception and held the same positions at SGE-TPI. Instrumental in the Sainrapt et Brice merger, he became its Vice-Chairman and CEO in 1979. A year later he was appointed Vice-Chairman and CEO of SGE. Following the acquisition by Saint-Gobain, he remained on the board but retired from all his other positions in 1988.