Press Release

Successor of Corporate Secretary appointedAfter 25 years with Romande Energie Group, Corporate Secretary Olivier Rapin will retire in 2013. He will be succeeded by Pierre Oberson, head of the Group’s legal department.

Morges, 30 August 2011

At its meeting on 29 August 2011, the Board of Directors of Romande Energie Holding SA appointed Pierre Oberson as the successor of Olivier Rapin, Board Secretary and Corporate Secretary of the Group. Mr Oberson, currently Mr Rapin’s deputy, will take up his duties in September 2012.

Pierre Oberson, aged 40, studied law at the Universities of Fribourg and Leipzig. Admitted to the Bar, he became legal adviser to a member of the Fribourg Cantonal Government in 1999 before joining the KPMG global network of audit and consultancy firms in 2003. He has headed the legal department at Romande Energie Group since 2008. In this capacity, he is a director or board secretary of several Group subsidiaries. Mr Oberson also sits on the Legal Affairs Committee and the Regulation Committee of the Swiss Electricity Companies Association (AES).

Olivier Rapin, who will retire on 30 April 2013, began his career at Compagnie Vaudoise d’Electricité in 1986 as head of general services. When this company merged with Société Romande d’Electricité, he was promoted to corporate secretary of the new entity, a position which included acting as secretary to the boards of directors of the holding company and certain subsidiaries.

The Board of Directors and the Executive Board of Romande Energie Group wish to express their sincere thanks to Mr Rapin for his excellent work and the services he has rendered to the Group. They would also like to congratulate Pierre Oberson on his appointment and wish him every success in his future role.

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