Our Talents | EDF Invest, Paris

Alexandre Pieyre

Alexandre joined EDF Invest in 2019 as an Investment Director in Infrastructure, and he is the Head of EDF Invest since March 2023.

He has a c.20 year background in finance, developed out of London and Paris.

He worked many years at Crédit Agricole as an adviser or debt structurer for infrastructure assets transactions, and additionally as Global Relationship Manager for French blue chip companies. He also worked for PwC.

He is a graduate from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées – ParisTech.

Head of EDF Invest

Clémence Caniaux

Head of Real Estate

Real Estate

Antoine Cavaillé

Antoine joined EDF Invest in 2023 as Investment Director in Infrastructure.
He was previously Investment Director for South America responsible for sourcing and executing energy investments in the region and M&A Deputy Director at EDF Group.
Prior to that, Antoine held M&A positions between London and Paris at Deutsche Bank, Nomura and Lehman Brothers.
He holds a master’s degree in Engineering from Institut Mines Telecom Atlantique and a master’s degree in Finance from ESCP Business School.

Head of Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Françoise Vassel

Françoise joined EDF Invest in December 2018, after a 20-year experience in Corporate finance, for traded and untraded corporates, in debt and equity financing (Banque Palatine – Fideuram Wargny).

She graduated from Grenoble Ecole de Management.

Head of Investment Funds

Investment Funds

Philippe Berrin

After starting his career in property development and consulting at Icade, then at GMAC CM, Philippe Berrin joined EDF group in 2005, in charge of asset management of real estate company SOFILO.

He joined EDF Invest in 2014.

He graduated from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées – ParisTech.

Investment Director

Real Estate

Assia Oudni

Assia Oudni joined EDF Invest in February 2021 as Investment Director.

With 11 years of investment experience in the investment department of Natixis Assurances, Assia Oudni has developed skills in several asset classes.

Within Natixis Assurances, she successively assumed the functions of analyst, Senior Investment Manager and Head of Investments in Real Estate, Infrastructure and Private Equity. She was also Director of Investor Relations at Atream.

Assia Oudni is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and PSB - Paris School of Business.

Investment Director

Real Estate

Romain Bruneau

Romain Bruneau joined EDF Invest in November 2019.

Prior to this he worked 3 years at EDF structuring its key accounts energy contracts. He then worked at Enedis, the french DSO, as a financial analyst.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from CentraleSupelec and a Bachelor in Economics from Paris Dauphine University.

Investment Director

Infrastructure

Julia Collin Delavaud

Julia joined EDF Invest in 2024 as an Investment Director within the Infrastructure team.

She started her career at Société Générale in M&A team. She then joined Caisse des dépôts as M&A Director within the Strategic Investments department.

She holds a master degree in corporate finance from Université Paris Dauphine.

Investment Director

Infrastructure

Gabrielle Delafon

Gabrielle Delafon joined EDF Invest in 2024 as an Investment Director within the Infrastructure team.
She started her career at Barclays in London in the M&A team. She then spent over seven years in corporate M&A in London within the media and telecom infrastructure sector at Sky and Liberty Global.
Before joining EDF Invest, Gabrielle spent two years in the EDF Group M&A team in Paris.
She holds a master’s degree in finance from Université Paris Dauphine and an advanced master’s degree in finance from ESSEC.

Investment Director

Infrastructure

Bertrand Maire

Bertrand joined EDF Invest in May 2025 as Investment Director in the Investment Funds team.

After several years' experience in advisory services for various financial institutions, he joined BNP Paribas in the Strategy Department of the Commercial Bank in France. He then moved to the Corporate division, where he spent almost 10 years, first in the Risk department, before joining the MidCap Structured Finance team.

Bertrand is a graduate of SKEMA Business School.

Investment Director

Investment Funds

Christophe Vaccaro

After 5 years at the audit firm Deloitte Christophe joined EDF in 2013 as financial controller. He then worked at modeling nuclear investments projects.

Christophe joined EDF Invest in January 2020 as an Investment Manager.

He holds a master’s degree in finance from Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne.

Senior Investment Manager

Real Estate

Charlie Chabin

Charlie has joined EDF Invest in September 2024.
Previously, Charlie was a senior M&A lawyer and worked on various strategic operations of the EDF group.
He graduated from the IAE Paris-Sorbonne (finance) and the University of Lille (business law).

Investment Manager

Real Estate

Kahina Elmam

Kahina joined EDF Invest in October 2024 as an Investment Manager in the Real Estate team.

She has over 7 years of experience in Real Estate. Prior to joining EDF Invest, she spent 3 years as an Investment Manager at MARK Capital Management. Before that, Kahina worked for 4 years as a Portfolio Manager at Swiss Life Asset Managers.

Kahina holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Neoma Business School.

Investment Manager

Real Estate

Cam-Ha Nguyen

Cam-Ha joined EDF Invest in 2024.

She previously worked in audit and consolidation at EDF Renouvelables.

She holds a master’s degree from Stockholm Business School.

Investment Manager

Investment Funds

Floriane Marcon

Floriane joined EDF Invest in January 2023 as an Investment Manager in Infrastructure.
She started her career in 2016 as a financial auditor at PwC, and then joined the Transaction Services department of Eight Advisory in 2019.
She holds a master’s degree from EDHEC Business School.

Investment Manager

Infrastructure

Luca Vieren

Luca joined EDF Invest in November 2024 as Investment Manager in the Infrastructure team.

He started his career in project finance with EDF's International Division and then in private equity with Ardian's Infrastructure team. Luca then spent four years working for Kyotherm, an investment company specialising in industrial decarbonisation.

Luca holds a master’s degree from EMLyon Business School.

Investment Manager

Infrastructure

Nathan Hallaf

Nathan Hallaf joined EDF Invest in January 2024 as an investment analyst in the Infrastructure team.
He held various positions as an intern in the strategy department of ENGIE, the DGEC of the French Ministry of Ecological Transition as well as EY’s M&A - Power & Utilities team. He then joined EDF in Houston in the US as an investment analyst in 2022.

He holds a master’s degree from Paris Dauphine University - PSL and Paris Nanterre University.

Investment Analyst

Infrastructure

Xavier Bequin

Xavier joined EDF Invest in September 2024, as investment analyst within the infrastructure team.

He has previous experiences in Merger-Acquisitions and Infrastructure, within investment banking firm DC Advisory and TotalEnergies’ M&A team. He also worked in Leveraged Finance for BPCE Group, as well as in Transaction Services for Squareness Financial Consulting.

Xavier graduated from EM Lyon and Paris Nanterre University.

Investment Analyst

Infrastructure

Frédérique Herrouin

Frédérique Herrouin joined EDF Invest in January 2025.

With over 30 years of experience in the energy sector, Frédérique has held financial positions at major companies including Shell, Enedis and EDF which she joined in 2016. Prior to joining EDF Invest, she served as General Secretary of EDF’s Financing & Treasury Division.

She is a graduated of ESSEC Business School and Sciences Po Paris.

Chief Operating Officer

Marc Raynaud

Marc Raynaud joined EDF Invest in 2019 as Chief Financial Officer.

He started as a manager in the audit firm Ernst Young for industrial customers and telcos – in Paris and Dakar, Senegal. In 1997, he joined France Telecom-Orange headquarters, focused on the IPO process and later on the optimization of financial consolidation processes.

Marc joined EDF Group in 2001 where he held several appointments as a senior Financial Controller / Performance Manager, as well as a project leader in finance transformation.

He graduated from ESCP Business School (Master in Management Grande Ecole), 1990.

Chief Financial Officer

Finance

Fabrice Lelong

Fabrice Lelong joined EDF Invest in January 2020 as Financial Controller after more than 20 years within the Group, in particular as Finance Department Management Controller, Shared Services Department Statutory Auditors Supervisor and Foundation Financial Director.
He has a Higher Accounting and Financial Expertise Diploma.

Financial Controller

Finance

EDF Invest Talents

Alexandre Pieyre

Clémence Caniaux

Antoine Cavaillé

Françoise Vassel

Philippe Berrin

Assia Oudni

Romain Bruneau

Julia Collin Delavaud

Gabrielle Delafon

Bertrand Maire

Christophe Vaccaro

Charlie Chabin

Kahina Elmam

Cam-Ha Nguyen

Floriane Marcon

Luca Vieren

Nathan Hallaf

Xavier Bequin

Frédérique Herrouin

Marc Raynaud

Fabrice Lelong

Alexandre Pieyre

Clémence Caniaux

Antoine Cavaillé

Françoise Vassel

Philippe Berrin

Assia Oudni

Romain Bruneau

Julia Collin Delavaud

Gabrielle Delafon

Bertrand Maire

Christophe Vaccaro

Charlie Chabin

Kahina Elmam

Cam-Ha Nguyen

Floriane Marcon

Luca Vieren

Nathan Hallaf

Xavier Bequin

Frédérique Herrouin

Marc Raynaud

Fabrice Lelong