Yves Meignié
Chief Operating Officer, VINCI Energies
Yves Meignié, born in 1956 and a graduate of the ENSEGP – INP Grenoble engineering school, began his career at Compagnie Générale de Géophysique (CGG), where he held a number of operating positions, notably in Asia and South America, and subsequently became Chairman of CGG Marine. He joined VINCI Energies in 2000 as GTIE Northern Europe Development Director. In 2001, he was named Deputy Managing Director and in early 2002 Managing Director of the VINCI Energies International division. In 2005, he became Deputy Managing Director of VINCI Energies and joined the VINCI Coordinating Committee. His responsibilities were broadened in 2006 to include supervision of the VINCI Energies Central & Eastern Europe division, the chairmanship of the AXIANS brand and in 2009 supervision of the Ile de France and Fire Safety, France divisions. In 2009, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of VINCI Energies. Following the arrival of Cegelec in 2010 and the creation of the Energy business line, he became Deputy Managing Director, Energy business line and Managing Director of the VINCI Energies & Cegelec International division. In November 2011, he also became Managing Director of the Cegelec GSS division. Following his appointment as Chief Operating Officer of the Energy business line, he joined the VINCI Executive Committee in December 2011.