Gérard Mestrallet

Gérard Mestrallet (born 1 April 1949) is a French business executive.

Mestrallet graduated from Sciences Po Toulouse, the French Civil Aviation University, École Polytechnique and the École nationale d’administration. In 1984 he joined the energy supplier GDF Suez, serving as special adviser to the chairman and then senior vice-president for industrial affairs. In February 1991 he was appointed CEO of Société Générale de Belgique. In July 1995 he became chairman and CEO of Compagnie de Suez, and in June 1997 chairman of the board of Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux. From 2001 to 2016 he was CEO, and until 2018 chairman of the board, of GDF Suez (renamed Engie in 2015).

In 2018, President Emmanuel Macron appointed Mestrallet executive chairman of the Al-Ula Development Authority in Saudi Arabia, responsible for tourism and cultural projects in partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.