Engie Appoints Oil Services Executive To Execute New Renewables Strategy

MacGregor’s appointment comes eight months after the ouster of Isabelle Kocher and in the middle of a takeover bid from water utility Veolia for Engie unit Suez.

MacGregor, 48, is a French national who currently heads Technip Energies after having spent 23 years at oil services group Schlumberger.

Asked about putting an oil services executive in charge of Engie’s renewables drive, board chairman Jean-Pierre Clamadieu said on a call he saw no contradiction.

“One should not reduce Catherine MacGregor to someone who comes from the oil industry. She has had a career in services to the extractive industries, but more than that she is someone who has major operational experience in complex environments and who has overcome all those challenges successfully,” he said.