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We are pleased to inform our EMC Members that Centrale Alumni UK is planning to organize a dinner debate with Yves Brachet (Centrale Paris 75).

Yves is the EMEA President and member of the Board of Directors of Westinghouse Electric Company, AREVA's U.S. competitor. He will share with the guests his experience of over 30 years in the nuclear industry and some of the issues faced by the industry, such as the financing of projects, including the new plants, and the share of nuclear power in the future energy portfolio.

Practical details:

The dinner debate is planned for the evening of Wednesday 24th April in a central London restaurant (to be defined). The anticipated cost of £55 per person will be confirmed based upon the final number of participants.
Thank you to first notify your interest to participate in the dinner debate to: [email protected] (please indicate your company and year of graduation if you are a Centrale or ESCP Europe Alumnus). Once the organisers have a minimum number of participants, they will arrange an online registration and payment system for which the link will be distributed later.

Biography of Yves Brachet

From the beginning of his career until 2000, he held various positions at AREVA, culminating as the Executive Vice President of the nuclear transportation subsidiary. From 2000 to 2004 he was Director of the nuclear activities and Managing Director of Endel (a subsidiary of GDF Suez). He joined Westinghouse in 2004 as Regional Vice President for France and is now EMEA President and member of the Board of Directors.