Philippe KNOCHE

Deputy CEO - Areva

Philippe Knocheis graduated from the “École Polytechnique”, with a degree in materials science, and also from the “École des Mines”.

He began his career as a Case handler for the European Commission’s anti-dumping department. He later joined the “Consortium de Realisation” as Assistant to the Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

He joined AREVA Group in 2000. After being Senior Vice President in charge of the Group corporate strategy, he was appointed in 2004 Executive Vice President of the treatment business unit. He became OL3 project Director in 2006.

In 2009, Philippe Knocheis appointed Chief Operating Officer of AREVA NP.

In January 2010, Philippe Knoche was Senior Executive Vice President of the Reactors and Services Business Group and became a member of AREVA’s Executive Committee.

Since July 1^st, 2011, Philippe KNOCHE has been appointed Chief Operating Officer