christophe de branche

About christophe de branche

Christophe de Branche is an international energy executive currently associated with Neoen, the independent producer of 100% renewable power. He joined Neoen in March 2024 as Director of Energy Management, a highly strategic role at the intersection of portfolio optimization, market access, and revenue capture. At a company active across multiple continents and increasingly focused on large-scale solar, wind, and storage assets, this function is central to turning physical generation and battery flexibility into commercial value. His appointment also fits Neoen’s recent strategic evolution following Brookfield’s acquisition of the company’s share capital in 2025. Before joining Neoen, Christophe de Branche developed a career spanning trading, market operations, commercial structuring, and energy portfolio management, primarily within ENGIE. After two years at Transocean, he joined ENGIE Global Markets as a trader. He later founded the commercial branch in Rome in 2013 and led ENGIE’s Energy Management activities in Italy. In 2019, he was appointed Finance Manager for Global Energy Management, a corporate unit within the group. In 2022, he took on broader responsibilities covering gas trading and supply in Europe. This trajectory reflects a strong command of market fundamentals, commercial risk, and the operational realities of managing complex energy positions across geographies. His professional background is particularly relevant to Neoen’s business model, where energy management plays a decisive role in optimizing batteries, solar farms, and wind assets, as well as in structuring long-term contracts and flexibility services. Christophe de Branche brings a combination of technical credibility and commercial discipline that supports the group’s growth in merchant and contracted markets. He holds a professional degree from the École des Mines de Nancy and completed postgraduate studies at IFP School in Economics and Business Administration. Overall, his profile reflects the type of executive leadership needed in the modern power sector: internationally experienced, commercially sophisticated, and highly attuned to the evolving economics of renewable energy.