France’s oil and energy sector is a high-value target because it sits at the intersection of critical infrastructure, industrial operations, and geopolitics. Security leaders in this space must balance cyber risk with safety, continuity of service, and complex supplier ecosystems. The profiles below reflect that range, from large multinational environments to fast-moving energy and industrial technology firms.
Jean-Dominique Nollet — Group Chief Information Security Officer, TotalEnergies
Jean-Dominique Nollet brings decades of security leadership shaped by international and high-pressure environments. A colonel of the Gendarmerie with roughly 30 years in security leadership, he describes experience spanning war-intensity contexts and politically sensitive operations, with exposure to terrorism, organized crime, and cybercrime risks. His stated leadership style emphasizes linking strategy to operations and technical realities, building decisions on firsthand understanding rather than trends. He also highlights long-term people leadership, learning from technical experts he led, and maintaining a global network grounded in trust and competence.
Simon Hallay — Chief Information Security Officer and Data Protection Officer, Citron
Simon Hallay serves as Chief Information Security Officer and Data Protection Officer at Citron. Prior to this role, he spent nearly five years at Société Générale as an information systems security expert. His listed responsibilities there included security support for connectivity projects such as SD-WAN and PCI-DSS, day-to-day security support for connectivity teams, vulnerability management across more than 20,000 devices, hardening standards documentation, negotiating security clauses with suppliers, and handling security incidents. His background reflects a blend of operational security delivery, large-scale vulnerability management, and supplier security practices.
Simon Le Griffon — Chief Information Security Officer, Metron
Simon Le Griffon is Chief Information Security Officer at Metron, where he focuses on cybersecurity strategy management and governance. He describes a foundation in software engineering that evolved through technical problem-solving and team management, leading to a practical understanding of data systems and infrastructure. His stated scope includes hiring and direct management of senior cybersecurity profiles, supporting certifications from scratch including SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2, negotiating with worldwide teams and clients on strategic and technical topics, and running a 24/7 emergency task force. He also references “industrial intelligence” as part of his operating context.
Nuvin Goonmeter — Chief Information Security Officer, Vallourec
Nuvin Goonmeter is a Chief Information Security Officer with more than 28 years of cross-industry experience delivering cybersecurity and privacy services and solutions. He highlights international experience across multiple European countries as well as work in regions including North America and Africa, covering security systems and methodologies such as access control, identity management, data and information security, cryptographic systems, strong authentication, digital signatures, architecture, security models, operations security, and business continuity. He also notes significant regulatory and GDPR experience since 2016, being a OneTrust Privacy Professional since 2018, and holding the ISACA CDPSE certification (2021). He states he has been an IEEE member for over 28 years and CISSP certified since 2008.
Adrien Gévaudan — Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, EDF Power Solutions
Adrien Gévaudan is Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at EDF Power Solutions. His background includes security operations leadership in a SOC context at Intrinsec and prior roles at ANSSI, including operational doctrine within the operations directorate and international cooperation within strategy. He also lists experience as an instructor teaching cybersecurity topics, including operational challenges and international policy. His career path reflects a mix of public-sector cyber expertise, operational security leadership, and security education.
Alassane Lam — Chief Information Security Officer, Clean Horizon
Alassane Lam is Chief Information Security Officer at Clean Horizon, where he describes aligning security strategy with business objectives, building ISO 27001-compliant information security management systems, and leading enterprise risk management with continuous governance improvement. His listed expertise areas include incident monitoring and response, SOC and EDR operations, cloud security (including M365 and AWS), IAM, vulnerability management, and business continuity planning. His prior experience includes roles focused on cybersecurity analysis and data protection, and earlier work at Oney Bank in a financing context.
Why France’s Oil and Energy Security Leaders Matter
Cybersecurity in oil and energy is inseparable from operational resilience. These leaders operate across industrial and enterprise environments, managing risk that can impact production, safety, and continuity. Their combined backgrounds in governance, incident response, large-scale vulnerability management, regulatory discipline, and global operations reflect the range of capabilities needed to protect France’s energy ecosystem.