Governance
Board of Governors and Committees
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
— February 2025
Chair of the Board of Governors
Catherine Lagneau
Government Commissioner
Florence Riou
Representing the ministers for:
• RESEARCH
Fatima Laggoun, CNRS Research Director and Policy Officer for “Continental Surfaces and Interfaces”, General Directorate for Research and Innovation
Deputy: Muriel Thibaut, Policy Officer for “New Technologies for Energy”, General Directorate for Research and Innovation (Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research)
• THE ENVIRONMENT
Anne-Cécile Rigail, Head of the Technological Risks Department, Risk Prevention Directorate
Deputy: Jean-Luc Perrin, Deputy Director for Chronic Risks and Coordination, General Directorate for Risk Prevention (Ministry for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forestry, Sea and Fisheries)
• FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Tristan Dufes, Deputy Director for Strategic Sectors, Economic Diplomacy Directorate
Deputy: Élodie Laugier, Deputy Assistant Director, Strategic Sectors Sub-Directorate, Economic Diplomacy Directorate (Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs)
• COOPERATION
Valérie Brisset, Deputy Director, Directorate for Cultural, Educational, Academic and Scientific Diplomacy
Deputy: Sébastien Lafragette, Head of Operator Oversight and Sector Strategies department, Directorate of Cultural, Educational, Academic and Scientific Diplomacy (Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs)
• THE ECONOMY
Bernard Doroszczuk, Engineer-General for Mines, Associate Member of the General Economic Council
Deputy: Hélène Le Du, Engineer-General for Mines, General Economic Council (Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty)
• THE TREASURY
Yoann Geneslay, Assistant to the Deputy Director of the 3rd Sub-Directorate, Budget Directorate, in charge of Industry and Energy – Public Accounts
Deputy: Simon Pineau, Head of the Office for Energy, State Holdings, Industry and Innovation, Budget Directorate, in charge of Industry and Energy (Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty)
• MINING
Isabelle Kamil, Deputy Director for Protection and Management of Water and Mineral Resources and Aquatic Ecosystems, Directorate for Water and Biodiversity, General Directorate for Spatial Planning, Housing and Nature
Deputy: Jean-François Gaillaud, Chief of Staff of the Sub-Directorate for the Protection and Management of Water and Mineral Resources and Aquatic Ecosystems, Water and Biodiversity Directorate, General Directorate for Spatial Planning, Housing and Nature (Ministry for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forestry, Sea and Fisheries)
Members selected for their particular expertise:
Catherine Lagneau, BRGM Chair and CEO
Anne Besnier, Vice-President for Higher Education, Research and Innovation at the Centre-Val de Loire Regional Council, Member of the European Committee of the Regions
Nicolas Arnaud, Director of the Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers, Scientific Director for the Lille, PSL and Paris Est ites
Serge Catoire, Director of Industry at UIMM, Honorary Engineer General of Mines
Marc Chaussidon, Director of the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP)
BRGM staff representatives:
Nicolas Frissant (CFDT), Valérie Guérin (CFDT), Simon Lopez (CGT), Élodie Giuglaris (CGT), Lydie Jeux (CFE/CGC), Pierre Vassal (CFE/CGC)
Economic and financial auditing:
Bruno Rossi, Jean-Pascal Codine
SCIENCE COMMITTEE
— February 2025
Chair
Vincent Lagneau,
Professor, Director, Geosciences Centre at the École des Mines (Paris, France)
Philippe Agard,
Professor, Sorbonne University (Paris, France) )
Xavier Arnault de Sartre
CNRS Research Director, University of Pau and the Pays de l’Adour (Pau, France)
Hélène Barucq
Research Director at INRIA (France)
Hélène Budzinski
CNRS/INEE Research Director (UMR EPOC) (Bordeaux, France)
Philippe Charvis
Director for Science, IRD (Marseille, France)
Tirza Van Daalen
Director of the Netherlands Geological Survey, TNO (Netherlands)
Anne Le Friant
CNRS Research Director, Deputy Director IPGP (Paris, France)
Stéphane Guillot
CNRS/INSU Research Director, Risk Delegate to the CNRS General Directorate (Paris, France)
Michel Jébrak
Professor Emeritus at the Université du Québec in Montréal (Canada)
Patrick Landais
Specialist in energy transition issues and subsurface uses, ex-CEA (retired)
Anne Laurent
Professor, Director of ISDM, University of Montpellier (France)
Louis Londe
Technical Director of Géostock (Paris, France)
Christelle Marlin
Professor at the University of Paris-Saclay (Paris, France)
Valérie November
CNRS Research Director, affiliated to the LATTS laboratory, École des Ponts, Université Paris-Est (Paris, France)
Judith Sausse
Professor, Director of the École Nationale Supérieure de Géologie (Nancy, France)
Olivier Vidal
Research Director at CNRS/IS Terre (Grenoble, France)
Ralph Watzel
Professor, Director of the German Geological Survey, BGR (Germany)
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
— February 2025
Jean Lamy, Former Ambassador
Theresa Ponce de Leão, Chair of the Board of Governors of the National Laboratory for Energy and Geology (LNEG), Portuguese Geological Survey
Denis Favier, Safety Director, TotalEnergies Group
Rémi Pelon, Senior Mining Specialist, World Bank
Frédéric Maurel, Deputy Head of the Water and Sanitation Division, AFD
Céline Adrien, Director of the EuroGeoSurveys (EGS) Secretariat
Louis Maréchal, Head of Minerals and Extractive Sector, OECD
Maël Le Bail, Head of the Energy Unit, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Rokhaya Samba Diene, Director of Exploration and Promotion of Mining at the Ministry of Mines and Geology, and President of the Organisation of African Geological Surveys (OAGS)
Yadh Zahar, Professor of Higher Education at the École Polytechnique de Tunisie (EPT) and Director of the VDEC Laboratory (Sustainable Cities and Built Environment)
Jean Launay, President of the French Water Partnership (PFE)
NATIONAL PUBLIC-SERVICES STRATEGY COMMITTEE
— February 2025
Representing the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty
By delegation, the Director General of Development, Housing and Nature (DGALN)
Representing the Ministry for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forestry, Sea and Fisheries
General Directorate for Development, Housing and Nature (DGALN)/Head of the Water and Biodiversity Department, (DEB)
General Directorate for Energy and Climate (DGEC)
General Directorate for Infrastructures, Transport and Mobility (DGITM)
General Directorate for Risk Prevention (DGPR)
Representing the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
General Directorate for Research and Innovation (DGRI)
Representing the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty
General Directorate for Company Economic and Environmental Performance (DGPE)
Representing the Ministry of Labour, Health and Solidarity
General Directorate for Health (DGS)
Representing the Ministry of the Interior
General Directorate for Civil Defence and Crisis Management (DGSCGC)
Representing the ministry of french overseas territories and departments
General Directorate for Overseas France (DGOM)
Representing the Ministry of Culture
General Directorate for Heritage and Architecture (DGPA)
Chair of the BRGM Science Committee
BRGM Chair & CEO
AUDIT COMMITTEE
— February 2025
Chair
Appointment underway
Simon Lopez
Pierre Vassal
Yoann Geneslay
Nicolas Frissant
Jean-Luc Perrin
Jean-Pascal Codine
Government Commissioner
Florence Riou
