Management Team

One of the key values of Enerdata is our human capital. Our team is composed of recognized Ph.D economists, engineers, analysts, industry and data specialists, and information system specialists that commit themselves on long-term relations and contribution, to form a truly operational and professional organization.

Bertrand Château and Bruno Lapillonne - Founders
	Bertrand Château is the co-founder and president of Enerdata. He graduated from a top French engineer school, and holds a PhD in economics. Since 30 years, Bertrand has led an impressive number of consulting achievements, and is reckoned as one of the best experts worldwide in energy demand prospective and energy policies evaluation. Bertrand Château wrote numerous articles and books. He is member of the Board of Energy Economist Association, and of the "Revue de l'Energie".
	Bruno Lapillonne is the co-founder and vice-president of Enerdata. Bruno graduated from an Electrical Engineer "Grande Ecole" and holds a PhD in Energy Economics. With more than 30 years experience, Bruno is reckoned as one of the best experts worldwide in energy efficiency evaluation. Bruno Lapillonne is the technical coordinator of the ADEME-SAVE project on energy efficiency indicators, and of an ADEME-WEC project on energy efficiency policies. Bruno Lapillonne also manages training sessions, databases and information products development. Bruno Lapillonne wrote numerous articles on energy prospective.
Sylvain Château - Managing Director
	Sylvain Château is the CEO of Enerdata. Since he joined the company in 2004, the company has considerably developed its activities, by adding a higher value and visibility to a sound scientific approach, that defined Enerdata since its incorporation. Sylvain is in charge of organizing the strong international growth of the company, and consolidating a successful and diversified business model. Before Enerdata, Sylvain was a consultant at Booz & Co and Roland Berger & Partners, two management consulting companies. He was involved in many clients assignments with diverse issues such as financial performance, growth opportunity identification, new product development. Sylvain graduated from ESSEC, a top business school in France, and speaks English fluently.
Nathalie Desbrosses - Head of Market Research and Data
	Nathalie Desbrosses has joined Enerdata for more than 10 years and is Head of Market Research and Data since 2008. She is responsible for Enerdata's research and data services. She is an expert in data collection, expertise and processing on energy/CO2 related information. Nathalie has been involved in many studies for international institutions, energy companies and governments. Nathalie holds a high degree in Energy Economics and in Modelling and was graduated from IFP School, a major French Engineering School.
Christian Mollard - Head of Marketing & Sales
	Christian joined Enerdata in 2009 and manages a multinational team of business developers and marketing specialists. Their mission is to provide the best possible client relation to Enerdata's key accounts (global energy companies and policy makers), develop new markets and channels, find business and partnership opportunities and maximize the company's brand awareness throughout the world. Previously, Christian held business development  and product management positions at SAGEM and Avanquest Software, in the US and Europe. Christian earned an MBA at Aston University (UK) and graduated from Grenoble School of Management (France) .
Florence Dal - Head of Web Solutions
	Florence Dal joined Enerdata in 2006 and is heading the Web Solution department of Enerdata. She manages the development and the maintenance of data bases and Web applications. Before joining Enerdata, Florence worked for 3 years at Capgemini, leader in IT consulting. She was involved in several projects of Web applications developments for large industry companies in France. Florence graduated from DESS Génie Informatique option Information system, IUP MIAGE and DEUG MASS.
Gilles Léo - Head of IT
	Gilles Léo joined Enerdata in 1992 after for 7 years working at IEPE, a French research institute in the energy sector. Gilles is the IT director of Enerdata, in charge of the development and maintenance of data systems, and in particular the ENERDATA database. He manages the data processing, data base design and development. He also contributed to the maintenance of MEDEE models. Gilles graduated from DESS informatique and a master of sciences economics, option économétrie.