Vincent de Rivaz (born 4 October 1953,[1] in Paris) is a French businessman who is the former chief executive (CEO) of EDF Energy plc, a British subsidiary of Électricité de France.
He studied engineering at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Hydraulique et de Mécanique de Grenoble, part of the Grenoble Institute of Technology in the Rhône-Alpes region.
[2] He joined Électricité de France in 1977 as a hydraulic engineer.
In November 2017 he stepped down as CEO and was replaced with Simone Rossi.
He was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour, the Melchett Medal in 2006, and an honorary Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012.