Vakisasai RAMANY
Senior Vice President International Nuclear Development
EDF
 

Having joined the EDF Group initially as an R&D engineer in 1999 in the context of energy market deregulation across Europe, V. Ramany progressively developed a thorough expertise of all techno-economical aspects driving the electricity business through various leading roles in generation mix management, market risk management and customer portfolio management. In 2008, V. Ramany joined the EDF Group CFO’s office to support the company's endeavors to grow its international business, notably working on major acquisitions, including that of the British nuclear power generation fleet by EDF. In 2011, V. Ramany moved to the UK arm of EDF in London as M&A and Investments Director. As such he led the efforts of the Group to honor its major commitments to the European Commission following the acquisition of British Energy, initiated the refinancing strategy of EDF's UK renewable business and has been a leading contributor to securing funding for the 3200 MWe Hinkley Point C nuclear new build project in the UK.

Since 2015 V. Ramany leads the international new nuclear development activities for the EDF Group, encompassing the development of (i) new nuclear projects, (ii) global and local strategic cooperations supporting the delivery of nuclear projects, and (iii) export nuclear technologies. In his role, V. Ramany supported the restructuring of the ex-Areva’s reactor activities into Framatome, now a major subsidiary of EDF, notably bringing in key strategic industrial investors in 2017. Promoting EDF’s raison d’être of supporting decarbonization and energy security, he expanded the range of nuclear project opportunities for the Group and its supply chain, both for large and small reactors, across Europe and India as well as in countries where civil nuclear is emerging as a central solution. For that purpose, he has been securing partnerships ranging from industrial to financing sectors.

V. Ramany is currently:

1. Chair of the “International NUWARD Advisory Board” (INAB), established in 2021 to closely monitor the evolution of the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) market and ascertain the strategy of NUWARD, EDF’s SMR subsidiary.
2. Chair of the “Technical Working Group on Supply Chain” within the EU SMR Industrial Alliance, established in 2024 to accelerate the deployment of SMR technologies in Europe.
3. Chair of the “Financing and Investing in Nuclear – Advisory Board to EDF” (FINABe), established in 2025 to develop solutions addressing the financing challenges of new nuclear projects. 

V. Ramany graduated from the Engineering School of Aeronautics and Space, Toulouse, France, and holds an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.