Governance
The Board of the Association
The board of the association consists of the Chairman, the two vice-chairs, the treasurer and the managing director.
It watches on the implementation of the decisions of the board of directors and of the general assembly, monitors the implementation of the bylaws as well as the compliance with the chart of ethics.
It is in charge of the preparation of the board of directors meetings, rule on the standard communication topics and follow up the expenses.
Xavier Piechaczyk
Chairman of Think Smart Grids
Chairman of the Board of Directors of RTE
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A chief civil engineer, Xavier Piechaczyk is a graduate of the state-run public works engineering school and holds a master’s degree in civil engineering, as well as possessing a doctoral degree in political science.
From 2007 to 2009, he worked for the Ministry of the Environment where he was in charge of developing and modernising road infrastructure. He was then appointed deputy director of transportation services, in charge of regulating land transport and the district authority.
In 2012, he was appointed Advisor to the Prime Minister in charge of energy, the environment, transport, housing and urban policy.
From 2014 to September 2015, he served as Advisor to the French President on the same topics.
Hervé Champenois
1st Vice-Chair
Technical Director and member of the Enedis Executive Board
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An engineer from the Ecole Spéciale de Mécanique et d’Electricité, Hervé Champenois, began his career with EDF in 1991 in the Picardie area in operations, then held various operational positions in the regions over 15 years.
In 2005, he became EDF Deputy Director for the Guadeloupe region.
In 2009, he joined Enedis, where he spent 5 years as Regional Director in the Burgundy area, then 4 years as Principal Private Secretarty of the President’s Office.
In 2018, he took over the management of the Linky program.
In 2020, he joined the Enedis Managing Board as Director of the Performance Program and Simplification & Coordination of the Linky Program.
He contributed to move the public electricity distribution network towards greater digitalization, serving the ecological transition.
Hugues de Bantel
2nd Vice-Chair
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Cosmo Tech
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Hugues de Bantel is the co-founder and CEO of Cosmo Tech. He holds an MBA from IMD Lausanne and is a graduate of Neoma.
He has worked in both startups and large corporations, in Europe, North America, and Asia. At Cosmo Tech, Hugues contributed to the emergence of augmented intelligence solutions dedicated to energy networks, particularly in the context of smart energy planning and network asset management and optimization.
These solutions go beyond the limits of big data and artificial intelligence to help decision-makers make optimal decisions on the most complex systems they manage.
Cédric Peltier
General delegate
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A graduate of ESIEE Paris engineering school and holding an MS in Marketing from HEC Paris, Cédric Peltier began his career in strategy and innovation consulting within the energy, telecommunications, tech, and digital sectors. He has worked on a variety of topics, including new business models, evolving user habits, disruptive technologies, and network development.
He has notably worked on automated energy consumption management systems for residential and commercial buildings.
He then participated in the creation and development of innovative startups as a manager, focusing on digital services and collaborative platforms.
He has also supported SME executives in the growth of their businesses.
He was appointed General Delegate of Think Smartgrids in October 2025.
Rodolphe de Beaufort
Treasurer
Délégué Général Adjoint du Gimelec, association professionnelle de la filière électronumérique.
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Rodolphe de Beaufort is Deputy General Delegate of Gimelec, a professional association of the electronic industry.
An engineer by training, Rodolphe de Beaufort worked at Alstom and then GE Grid Solutions, as Smart Grids marketing director. He then was appointed digital director at Tilia to work on digital transformation and ecological transition issues for heat and electricity network operators, as well as for local authorities. He joined Gimelec in June 2019.
The Board of Directors
Code of ethics
Competition law and policy, in France and in Europe, prohibits with heavy and various sanctions agreements and decisions taken by professional associations and collaborative practices leading to the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the common market.
This is why Think Smartgrids is adopting, in order to comply with the utmost transparency and respect for competition laws, a Code of Ethics that will allow each of our Committees or Work Groups to benefit from clear collaboration rules.
The Code of Ethics has been adopted by the Executive Board of the association and will be approved by all its members at the beginning of 2016, during a Special Meeting of Members.