Nicolas Machtou began his career in 2004 at France’s Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), working with the director general on liberalizing the electricity and gas markets. In 2006, he joined RTE (Electricity Transmission Network), first advising the chairman of the executive board on network regulation, then leading the subsidiaries and new business activities division in the finance department.
In 2012, he became energy and environment policy advisor in the office of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. In 2014, he was appointed Référendaire at the Court of Auditors and served on the board of the French regulatory authority for rail and road activities (ARAFER).
In October 2015, he joined the office of President François Hollande as energy, sustainable development, transport, housing and urban affairs advisor.
In 2017, he joined Enedis as deputy director for the Île-de-France region and became a member of the executive committee. He chaired the board of Citelum from June 2020 to June 2022.
In June 2022, he became director of new nuclear programmes within EDF group’s strategy, technologies, innovation and development division. On September 1, 2025, he was appointed Group Senior Executive Vice-President, Group General Secretary.
Nicolas Machtou is a Référendaire at the Court of Auditors and holds degrees from Université Paris II and Columbia University in New York.