Philippe Knoche

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Biography

Mr. Philippe Knoche serves as Board Member & Member of Audit & Risks Committee at Schneider Electric (Electrical Equipment). Mr. Knoche served as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Orano. He serves as a Board Member & Head of the Governance and Compensation Committee at Thales Group. Born on 14 February 1969 in Strasbourg (France), he graduated from the École Polytechnique, with a degree in materials science, and also from the École des Mines. He began his career as a Case handler for the European Commission's anti-dumping department. He later joined the Consortium de Realisation as Assistant to the Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He joined AREVA Group in 2000. After being Senior Vice President in charge of the Group Corporate Strategy, he was appointed in 2004 as Executive Vice President of the back-end business unit. He became OL3 project Director in 2006. In January 2010, he was Senior Executive Vice President of the Reactors and Services Business Group and became a member of AREVA's Executive Committee. He has been appointed Executive Board member and Chief Operating Officer on July 1st, 2011. On 8 January 2015, he was the Chief executive officer of AREVA.