Simone Rossi (born October 1968) is an Italian businessman, and the CEO of

EDF Energy EDF Energy is a British integrated energy company, wholly owned by the French state-owned EDF (Électricité de France), with operations spanning electricity generation and the sale of natural gas and electricity to homes and businesses thro ...

, having succeeded

Vincent de Rivaz Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh ...

in November 2017. Simone Rossi was born in October 1968. He has a degree in Business Administration from

Bocconi University Bocconi University ( it, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, ) is a private university in Milan, Italy. Bocconi provides education in the fields of economics, finance, law, management, political science, public administration and comput ...

, Milan, and a degree in clarinet from Istituto Puccini,

Gallarate Gallarate (; Lombard: ''Galaraa'') is a city and ''comune'' of Alto Milanese of Lombardy and of Milan metropolitan area, northern Italy, in the Province of Varese. It has a population of some 54,000 people. It is the junction of railways to ...

. Rossi has worked for EDF since 2004. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Rossi was head of EDF Group's international division since 2015, and a former EDF Energy's chief financial officer. Rossi is married, with two daughters.

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