CIGRE President
Michel Augonnet is President of MVAconnect an energy consulting company since 01/01/2016.
Prior to this role he was Senior Vice President for Alstom Grid Commercial Solutions (now GE) in charge of the Regional Sales and Project organization.
Graduate Engineer from SUPELEC in Power Electronics in 1973 he held various positions in the Power Generation Industry (Nuclear, Hydro, Thermal) and Grid Transmission from Project Manager to Senior Executive in companies such as Cegelec, ABBAlstom Power, Areva T&D, Alstom Grid.
He was 7 years Chairman of the French CIGRE National Committee and member of CIGRE Steering Committee. He has been elected Vice-President Finance of CIGRE in 2016.