Yves Coupin

Born on February 23, 1943

Yves Coupin is a mining engineer who graduated from the École Polytechnique (1962) and the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (1968).

Before 1983, he was in charge of the Electricity, Gas and Coal Department of the Ministry of Industry. He joined COGEMA in 1983 as Vice-President of the Natural Uranium Division which was renamed Mining Division in 1990. In June 1993, the mining and enrichment divisions were merged into the uranium division of which Yves Coupin was appointed Senior Vice-President. Yves Coupin was also Chairman of the Management Board of EURODIF between 1996 and 2000.

In June 2000, Yves Coupin was appointed Executive Vice-President in charge of the Reprocessing, Recycling and Engineering sector of COGEMA. Since June 2002 he has been Senior Executive Vice-President of COGEMA in charge of the Sustainable Development and Continuous Improvement.

In February 2003, Yves Coupin was appointed Senior Vice-President of AREVA in charge of Sustainable Development and Continuous Improvement.