Isabelle Kocher de Leyritz

Chairperson and CEO Blunomy and former CEO of ENGIE Group

Biography

Isabelle Kocher de Leyritz is the Co-founder, Chairperson and CEO of Blunomy since 2022.

Blunomy activates end-to-end solutions to speed up transitions towards decarbonized, circular, and inclusive business models. Blunomy challenges its clients to remain future-proof and is convinced (1) that companies should see their transition at a strategic level (2) that businesses should transition at scale to create value and (3) companies should put in place tools that leverage expertise, data and AI and go beyond ad hoc expertise. Blunomy brings together a unique blend of strategic thinking, financial engineering, business structuring, supply chain and coalitions engagement experience, data science, impact analysis and multi-faceted technical expertise in energy, carbon and resources. Isabelle was CEO of Engie between 2016 and 2020. During her tenure, Engie combined Green energy transition with profitable growth: it reached a 50% TSR while cutting the CO2 emissions of the company by 50%. Prior to this, Isabelle has successively held the roles of Head of strategy, CEO of the Suez Water in Europe, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating Officer. Isabelle Kocher has an extensive board experience gained at AXA, Suez, Engie, Arkema and Investor. She also holds several non-for-profit board positions. Isabelle Kocher is a graduate from Ecole Normale Supérieure (Ulm), she holds a PhD (Agrégation) of Physics and is a graduate from the Ecole des Mines de Paris.

Presentation Abstract

Decarbonisation, circularity and inclusion as the driving forces to a positive economy

Sustainability is at the top of the agenda of industrial stakeholders, who are increasingly aware of the crucial part they have to play. But the way to go can still intimidate and shut ambitions down. There is good news though: the combination of growth and profitability is possible and can set the new metrics.

Measuring the level of ambition and the speed of the transition of an organization, and benchmarking it against its peers is now possible with adequate tools. Some already exist and show how stakeholders tackle this challenge of combining growth and profitability. While many players progress, adequate tooling helps to see which ones go quicker than the others, and which ones have a higher level of boldness than the others.

Isabelle Kocher de Leyritz will investigate how measuring the transition can help organizations seize their full potential, set up the right level of ambition, and disclose it to their markets with an impactful perspective.

Presentation Time

Business Forum

Thursday, 12 September 2024, 09:30 - 10:15

FEICA Conference