Philippe Knoche, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Philippe Knoche

French business executive

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1969

Place of Birth: Strasbourg, France

Profession: businessperson, business executive

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Areva S.A.
was a French multinational group specializing in nuclear power and renewable energy headquartered in Paris, France.
Before its 2016 corporate restructuring, Areva was majority owned by the French state through the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (54.37%), Banque publique d'investissement (3.32%), and Agence des participations de l'État (28.83%).
Électricité de France, of which the French government has a majority ownership stake, owned 2.24%; Kuwait Investment Authority owned 4.82% as the second largest shareholder after the French state.
The company was listed at the European stock exchange Euronext.
As a part of the restructuring program following its insolvency, Areva sold out or discontinued its renewable energy businesses, sold its reactors business subsidiary Areva NP (now: Framatome) to EDF and its nuclear propulsion and research reactors subsidiary Areva TA (now: Technicatome) to Agence des participations de l'État, and separated its nuclear cycle business into a separate company New Areva (later: Orano).
As a result, Areva S.A.
became wholly state-owned by the French government, remaining responsible only for the liabilities related to the Olkiluoto 3 project in Finland and holding a 40% stake in Orano.