Xavier Girre is a graduate of HEC and of the Institut d’Etudes Politique de Paris (IEP), and an alumni of ENA. He also holds a Master’s degree in business law. Xavier Girre began his career at the French National Audit Office in 1995, before joining the Veolia Environnement group in 1999 where he spent twelve years and notably held the positions of Group Risk and Auditing Director of Veolia Group, Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Finance of Veolia Transportation then of Veolia Environmental Services.
From 2011 to 2015, he was Deputy CEO, CFO of La Poste Group and then XAnge Private Equity CEO. Xavier Girre joined EDF in 2015 as France CFO, before being appointed Group Senior Executive Vice-President, responsible for the Finance Division. Xavier Girre is, in addition, Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of La Française des Jeux.
Since April 1st, 2024, he's Group Senior Executive Vice President in charge of the Performance, Impact, Investment and Finance Directorate.