After ten years of good and loyal service within the American company General Electric, Jérôme Pécresse, the husband of the former presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse, is about to leave his golden post...

It's the newspaper Marianne who first broke the news a few days ago: after 'nearly ten years' in the service of the firm General Electric, Jérôme Pécresse, the husband of Valerie Pécresse , will be stepping down soon. Currently world vice-president of the group's renewable energy branch and after having been executive vice-president of Alstom, a group acquired in 2016 by the American giant, the 55-year-old polytechnician immediately confirmed the information, as did the company.

Jérôme Pécresse will 'dedicate to new projects'

'GE confirms the upcoming departure of its senior vice-president Jérôme Pécresse, who has decided to devote himself to new projects' , said the management of General Electric France in the process, before praising the one who was the last French leader of General Electric. In its press release, the group reminded that Jérôme Pécresse has 'led the process of integrating Alstom's energy activities sold to GE' in 2015. 'In particular, he spearheaded GE's successful development in offshore wind, which will be a key pillar of GE Vernova' , he continued.

On his side, the husband of the president Les Républicains of the regional council of Île-de-France indicated in a letter to the employees also consulted by AFP that he would leave his 'operational responsibilities at the end of September when the transition phase begins' . “I am proud of the contributions we have made together to the renewable energy sector almost everywhere in the world” , he let it be known before saying to himself 'convinced that the development of renewable energies all over the world will continue to accelerate and that technology will make it possible to push back the limits '.

Was Jérôme Pécresse 'fucked out' ?

A so-called voluntary departure by the American company which could, according to some, put the French government in difficulty. Philippe Petitcolin, the CFE-CGC delegate of General Electric gas turbines considered that the departure of Jérôme Pécresse was 'a bad signal' . Indeed, the French leader could, according to him, 'to get the message across' most 'now, France has no more interlocutors' . “For us, he is screwed out” , said Alexis Sesmat, the Sud Industrie delegate at General Electric's gas turbines entity, on BFM TV last September 12. 'He was the only and last French interlocutor for Bercy. The last card of the French government has fallen' , he assured. A departure that the Pécresse couple had already mentioned a few months ago when Valérie Pécresse was in the middle of the presidential campaign. 'As you know, he works in a private company' , she began. Before adding: “He therefore made the difficult decision to resign from office if I am elected President of the Republic” .

General Electric and the fortune of the Pécresses

Leaving this position of high responsibility, Jérôme Pécresse sits on one of the most impressive incomes . And for good reason, according to revelations made by Marianne last February, during his adventure within the American firm, the husband of Valérie Pécresse would have pocketed a remuneration of between 1.5 and 2 million euros annually . This will therefore have allowed the couple to enrich themselves greatly, and to possess an exceptional heritage. In 2003, the spouses, for example, acquired a villa on the seafront of La Baule (Loire-Atlantique) today estimated at more than two million euros. Since then, the couple would have got their hands on two other homes. Just that…

Source journaldesfemmes.fr