Since January 2014 Philippe Monloubou is the Chairman of the Management Board of Enedis the major Electricity Distribution System Operator in France and a wholly-owned subsidiary of EDF Group, independently operated in accordance with the European and French power market regulation.

Enedis operates more than 1.4 million km of MV and LV power grids serving more than 36 million customers and their power suppliers. With 38,000 employees, an annual revenue of €14.2 billion and investments of €4.0 billion last year, Enedis is a Major DSO in Europe.
A key enabler of the energy transition in France, Enedis has engaged a massive roll-out of its LinkyTM smart metering system program, with more than 16 million meters installed to date out of a total of 35 million scheduled by 2021, and initiated in 2016 a large-scale industrial deployment of smart grid solutions which is scheduled to be fully implemented by 2022.

With more 410,000 producers totalling 26,300 MW connected to power grids operated by Enedis, including 405,000 photovoltaic producers and 1,650 wind generators totalling 20,500 MW i.e. 85% of the total French capacity of these two renewables sectors, Enedis highly contributes to the development of renewable energies in France. Enedis also facilitates the deployment of new uses such as individual or collective self-consumption and electric mobility – with more than 25,000 charging points connected to power grids and accessible in the public domain.

Since April 2018 Philippe Monloubou is 1st VP of the French Think Smartgrids association, which promotes the French smart grids Sector in France, Europe and around the world. Enedis is also member of EDSO4SG and the G3-PLC Alliance.

Before its current position at Enedis he has spent 10 years within EDF Sales and Marketing division (then 12,000 people in France in charge of customer relationship with 27 million customers in France) where he prepared and managed the deregulation of the French electricity market. In 2011, he was appointed EDF group Senior Vice President in charge of Sales and Marketing.

From 1996 to 2004, he held several senior management positions, up to Deputy Director, at EDF GDF Services in France, then in charge of both electric & gas distribution grids.

In 1993, he created EDF Group Buenos Aires office, representing EDF South America up to 1996.

Philippe Monloubou began his career within EDF Group in 1979. From 1979 to 1993, within the distribution activity, he held operational responsibilities (technical, customer relationship and human resources).

Philippe Monloubou holds an Engineering degree from the Special School of Public Works (ESTP - 1977) and graduated from the Institute of Business Administration (IAE Rennes - 1980).

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