A graduate of Sciences Po and ESSEC Business School, Martin Fourdrignier has been head of EU energy regulatory affairs in ArcelorMittal's purchasing department since October 2023. He is also vice-president of the electricity commission of UNIDEN, the French association of major energy consumers, and a part-time lecturer at Sciences Po. Previously, he worked for 3.5 years at the French Energy Regulatory Commission on European regulatory issues (revision of the gas package, the TEN-E regulation and market design) and cross-border infrastructure development. His background also includes experience at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy, in the energy teams of consultancy firm BearingPoint in Düsseldorf and Paris, and in the main French gas TSO institutional relations.