The Board of Directors of Engie has decided to appoint Catherine MacGregor as Chief Executive Officer effective January 1st 2021. Aged 48 and a graduate of École Centrale Paris, Catherine MacGregor began her career at Schlumberger in 1995, where she spent 23 years.
Since 2007, she held multiple senior management including global positions as Group HR Director or head of strategic activities for the company. From 2013 to 2016, she also served as President Europe & Africa at Schlumberger, before being promoted in 2017 to President of the Drilling business. In the summer of 2019, she chose to pursue her career in the energy industry by joining the Executive Committee of the TechnipFMC Group to lead its onshore and offshore engineering and construction activities, Technip Energies. Her main mission was to prepare for the spin-off and IPO of this entity, with energy transition at the heart of the strategy.