Nicolas MAES

Bio

Nicolas Maes is a graduate of the École Polytechnique (class of 1995) and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. He began his career in 1999 with the Lafarge group. In 2006, he was appointed Director of the Cauldon cement plant in the UK. In 2009, he became Marketing Director Central Europe & CIS. In April 2011, Nicolas Maes joined the Areva group as Director of Operations for the Mining Business Unit. On June 1, 2014, he was appointed Director of Areva's Installed Base Business Unit (now part of Framatome). From February to October 2018, he headed Framatome's Operational Excellence and digital transformation program. In these roles, he was also a member of the Executive Committee. He joined Orano in November 2018 as Senior Executive Vice President of the Mining Business Unit and member of the Executive Committee. He had held the position of Chief Operating Officer of the group since May 2023 before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Orano group in November 2023.