Mathieu Bonnet

Mathieu is a seasoned energy executive with more than 25 years of international experience spanning nuclear, hydro, wind, solar and EV charging infrastructure.

He began his career in the seismic exploration sector in the United States with CGG Veritas, before spending three years at the French Ministry of Industry, where he was responsible for implementing development programs for SMEs in the Provence region. He then spent more than two years in Washington, D.C., focusing on bilateral commercial relations between France and the United States and overseeing programs supporting French exports.

From 2005, Mathieu moved into the low-carbon energy sector, working across both nuclear power and renewables. At Electrabel, the Belgian subsidiary of the Suez Group, he first oversaw nuclear maintenance at the Tihange nuclear power plant and subsequently managed outage operations.

From 2007 to 2014, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR), France’s second-largest hydroelectric producer, with 3,000 MW of installed capacity, €1.5 billion in revenue and €500 million in EBITDA. Under his leadership, CNR transformed into a diversified renewable energy utility — expanding into wind, solar PV and small hydro — and launched an integrated energy management platform to optimize intermittent renewable generation.

In 2014, Mathieu founded a group of companies dedicated to the energy transition, most notably E6, a pan-European energy management platform for wind, solar and hydro assets. E6 harnessed data analytics and automation to enhance power trading and asset optimization across multiple European markets, and was successfully sold in late 2024.

From 2019 to 2025, he was Chief Executive Officer of Allego, the Netherlands-based EV charging infrastructure company, which he took public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2022. He led a comprehensive restructuring that established Allego as a European market leader operating across 16 countries, stepping down in early 2025 after completing the strategic turnaround.

Mathieu now focuses on energy-transition investments through a range of ventures, supporting innovative technologies and infrastructure aligned with the decarbonization agenda.

Mathieu is a graduate of École Polytechnique (1993) and École des Mines de Paris (1996), and a member of the French Corps des Mines. He also holds a master’s degree in nuclear engineering from the Université Catholique de Louvain (2007).