Gaspard was also Chief of Staff of Paul Ramadier, Secretary of State for Public Works between June 1936 and January 1938, and then Director of Electricity at the Ministry of Industrial Production.
Gaspard represented the government at the Committee for the Organization of Electric Power between 1942 and 1946.
A member of the French Resistance, Gaspard was arrested and imprisoned for hiding copper from the German authorities.
After the liberation of France and the nationalization of the electricity sector, Gaspard began a career at Électricité de France (EDF) and became a deputy director general in 1946, director general from 1947 to 1962, and then chairman from 1962 to 1964.
[1] At the same time, he was vice-chair of the Compagnie nationale du Rhône from 1946 to 1962 and Chair of Schneider Electric from 1966 to 1969.