{{Short description|Italian businessman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Simone Rossi | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968|10}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | education = | alma_mater = Bocconi University<br>Istituto Puccini | occupation = businessman | title = CEO, EDF Energy | term = November 2017- | predecessor = Vincent de Rivaz | successor = | known_for = | boards = | spouse = married | children = 2 daughters | parents = | relatives = | website = }} '''Simone Rossi''' (born October 1968) is an Italian businessman, and the CEO of EDF Energy, having succeeded Vincent de Rivaz in November 2017.<ref name="theguardian1">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/13/edf-energy-vincent-de-rivaz-step-down-chief-executive-hinkley-point-c|title=EDF Energy's Vincent de Rivaz to step down after winning Hinkley battle | Business|author=Adam Vaughan|date=|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref>
Simone Rossi was born in October 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/qauMJ0b_jM-XolgTajkEqG9t2qs/appointments|title=Simone ROSSI - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|author=|date=|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref> He has a degree in business administration from Bocconi University, Milan, and a degree in clarinet from Istituto Puccini, Gallarate.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.edf.fr/en/the-edf-group/world-s-largest-power-company/governance/executive-management |title=The EDF Group's Executive Committee |publisher=Edf.fr |date= |accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref>
Rossi has worked for EDF since 2004.<ref name="reuters1">{{cite web|url=https://de.reuters.com/article/edf-britain-moves/corrected-frances-edf-picks-new-head-of-uk-unit-overseeing-nuclear-project-idUKL8N1JA46R|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115201052/https://de.reuters.com/article/edf-britain-moves/corrected-frances-edf-picks-new-head-of-uk-unit-overseeing-nuclear-project-idUKL8N1JA46R|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 November 2019|title=CORRECTED-France's EDF picks new head of UK unit overseeing nuclear project|agency=Reuters|date=13 June 2017}}</ref> Prior to his appointment as CEO, Rossi was head of EDF Group's international division since 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edf.fr/en/the-edf-group/who-we-are/governance/executive-management |title=The EDF Group Executive Management |publisher=edf.fr |date= |accessdate=19 January 2018}}</ref> and previously EDF Energy's chief financial officer.<ref name="theguardian1"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Jillian Ambrose |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/12/edf-energy-boss-replaced-fifteen-years/ |title=EDF Energy boss to be replaced after fifteen years |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref>
Rossi is married, with two daughters.<ref name="autogenerated1" />
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