With the exception of a Director who did not take part in the vote, the Board co-opted unanimously Isabelle Kocher as a Director and Board Member and appointed her as Deputy CEO of GDF SUEZ, replacing Jean-Francois Cirelli. These decisions will become effective on 12 November 2014. Gerard Mestrallet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GDF SUEZ, also appointed Isabelle Kocher as Chief Operating Officer.

The five business line Executive Vice Presidents will report to her as well as three divisions: Major Projects, Action Plan and Group Performance, and Research & Technologies. Gerard Mestrallet also appointed Dirk Beeuwsaert, Executive Director and Vice Chairman of the Board of Electrabel, as Executive Vice President in charge of the Energy Europe business line. Isabelle Kocher initiates her industrial experience between 1991 and 1997 by becoming Project Manager for the reorganisation of production workshops within the Societe Europeenne de Propulsion.

From 1997 to 1999, Isabelle Kocher became Director of the postal and telecommunication budgets, followed by the defense budget at the French Budget Department. Isabelle Kocher joined the SUEZ Group in 2002, then GDF SUEZ, within which she holds, since 12 years, functional and operational positions.