Sébastien ARBOLACEO - ENGIE Middle East, South & Central Asia and Turkey

Sébastien  Arbola  is  the  CEO  of  ENGIE  Middle  East, South & Central Asia and Turkey. 
 
He has worked in the ENGIE Group since 2006, starting as a Senior Finance Officer in the Merger & Acquisition (M&A) team in Paris, where he was in charge of the Execution Team managing the merger between Gaz de France (GDF) and SUEZ. 
 
In 2009, he joined the Finance Department as Head of M&A and, in 2012, he became M&A Group director for GDF SUEZ. In 2013, he  moved to SUEZ Environnement Asia, based in Singapore, as CFO and Senior Vice  President  in  charge  of  Finance,  Tax,  Legal,  Internal  Control,  IT  & Procurement for the Business Unit. 
 
Since September 2016, he is the CEO of ENGIE for the Middle East, South & Central Asia and Turkey region. In this quality, he is in charge of implementing the  new  orientations  and  strategy  of  ENGIE,  i.e.  developing  the  Group’s  key businesses (low carbon power, global networks and integrated energy solutions for customers, businesses & territories) around a model based on responsible growth as part of the transition to a low-carbon economy. 
 
Sebastien  started  his  career  in  1999  at  BNP  Paribas  bank  as  a  Senior  Front Officer in Debt Structuring, first in London and later in Paris, until he joined ENGIE in 2006. He is a graduate of Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris, France.