Matthieu Poisson is the CEO of the newly created joint venture between Electricité de France (EDF) and Amundi in energy transition financing. Previously, Poisson was working for EDF, the world’s largest electrical company. He first acted as Head of international operations under EDF’s CFO, and in that capacity was the group’s representative in a number of foreign operations such as the Taishan Nuclear project (TNPJVC) and Constellation Energy Nuclear Group. He was then appointed in 2012 CEO of EDEV, the holding company of EDF for renewable operations and corporate venture. Among his assignments, he was in charge of the group investment committee for mid-sized energy assets. Before joining EDF, Poisson had spent ten years at Lazard in equity capital markets, and merger & acquisitions.
Poisson graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Paris) and holds a Master in Corporate Finance.