Emmanuelle WARGON

After graduating from HEC business school and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration ("Marc Bloch" class of 1997), Ms. Emmanuelle WARGON spent most of her professional career in public services within independent government institutions and central administrations.   She began her career in 1997 at the Court of Auditors. She was then appointed technical advisor to the cabinet of Mr. Bernard Kouchner, Minister Delegate for Health. In 2002, she joined the French Agency for the Sanitary Safety of Health Products, then the university hospital center Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris before heading the cabinet of Mr. Martin HIRSCH, then High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty, and later High Commissioner for Youth.   In 2010, she was first Secretary General of the Ministries in charge of Social Affairs and then General Delegate for Employment and Vocational Training at the Ministry of Labor. She later joined the private sector in 2015 as General Manager of Public Affairs, Communication and CSR of the Danone Group.   In October 2018, she was called into the government of Prime Minister Edouard Philippe as Secretary of State to the Minister of Ecological Transition and Solidarity (Mr. François de RUGY then Ms. Elisabeth BORNE). In July 2020, she was appointed Minister Delegate in charge of Housing to the Minister of Ecological Transition Mrs. Barbara POMPILI in the government of Prime Minister Jean CASTEX.   By presidential decree on August 16th, 2022, Mrs. Emmanuelle WARGON has been appointed Chairwoman of the French energy regulator, Commission de régulation de l'énergie (CRE) for a non-renewable six-year term. In addition to her functions as Head of CRE, she has been elected Chairwoman of the Board of regulators (BoR) of the European Agency for the cooperation of energy regulators (ACER) in September 2025.