Colette Lewiner
Manager | France | COWIN
Dr Colette Lewiner has graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure (a leading French higher education University) and has a PhD in physics. In November 1979, after around 10 years spent as a physics researcher, she joined Electricité de France(EDF), she headed the Fuel Procurement division (purchasing fuel oil, gas, coal and mainly nuclear fuel)and then she became in 1989 EDF’s first woman Executive Vice Presidentin charge of the Commercial division that she created. Colette Lewiner was appointed Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, of SGNon March 1992. When she took SGN leadership, this engineering Company revenue was only in the nuclear sector and at 90% for its main shareholder Cogema. She expanded this 9 000 persons top class engineering and services Company internationally and added a Chemical branch. In 1998, SGN revenues had grown (despite its decreasein France ) and non-French clients(US, Japan..)accounted for 30% of the revenues. In 1998, Colette Lewiner joined Capgemini and created the Utilities Global Market Unit. In May 2000, following the merger of Cap Gemini and Ernst & Young,Colette was nominated Executive Vice President and Global Leader of the Energy, Utilities and ChemicalsSector. In 2011, with 1bn€ revenue this global Unit represented 11% of Capgemini’s revenue (compared to 4% in 1998) had more than 11 000 collaborators. After having lead during 14 years the “Energy, Utilities and Chemicals” sector, Colette became on July 1st2012, Senior Energy advisor to Capgemini Chairman. In addition, Colette was TDF chairwoman (from September 2010 to April 2015). She is presently independent Board Directorat EDF (Electricité de France), Bouygues Group, Nexans, GETLINK (formerly Eurotunnel), and CGG.
