Matthieu Hue has more than 20 years’ experience within the EDF Group, in the energy sector and particularly in renewable energy.

Matthieu joined EDF in the year 2000. He worked on the formation of EDF Renewables UK and Ireland and joined the company when established in 2008. Actively involved in the successful expansion of the company, Matthieu is now leading a team of almost 700 people who are involved in every stage of delivering renewables projects from development and construction to asset management.

Matthieu is responsible for 47 operational sites including 36 onshore wind farms (including 2 offshore wind farms at Blyth and Teesside) three battery storage projects and six solar farms across the UK and Ireland totalling more than 1.5 GW.

The company has an ambitious development pipeline of projects comprising more than 14GW across Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland.

In July 2024 Matthieu was made co -chair of the new Onshore Wind Taskforce set up by Secretary of State for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband. Together they will lead industry and government to create practical solutions to accelerate the journey to net zero.

Matthieu has a master in economics from the University of Paris and an MBA from Columbia and London Business School.