Régis Turrini will held a year at the head of the Agency for State Shareholdings – The World

Less than a year after his appointment in September 2014, the Director of the Agency of state participation (EPA), Régis Turrini, is already giving way.

Martin Vial, former CEO of La Poste and Europ Assistance, will the replace, confirmed Friday, July 24 the Ministry of Economy. His appointment must be approved by the Cabinet, Wednesday, July 29.

“The state is complicated and not very clear line director , confirming

the near M . Turrini. In all cases, everyone has a say and never wear the same thing everyday … To accept this, you have to grow up in the administration, not from the private. Martin Vial, a technocrat, will be better prepared for it. “ A to manage the 77 listed companies (EDF, Thales, Engie, Renault, PSA, etc.) and unlisted (La Poste, SNCF, airports , etc.) which the state is a shareholder.

“A mutual decision”

Beyond this, Emmanuel Macron, the Minister of Economy, seemed more in line with that other former banker Business. “They had differing views on how to manage the state’s interests,” reports a relative. Lately, these differences have crystallized on the EDF-Areva folder.

The Minister did not particularly appreciated Mr. Turrini installs …