Mathieu Savaris

GE PowerFormer General Counsel Western Europe

Mathieu joined the General Electric Company in 2001 out of the London office. He held a number of positions within GE businesses, such as Senior Counsel Europe for Energy Services, global Head of Legal for Power Generation Services, General Counsel EMEA for Energy Connections in 2012. In June 2018, Mathieu was promoted to General Counsel Western Europe for GE Power, managing all law, policy and compliance matters for the Gas Power, Steam Power and Grid Solutions business units until he left GE in June 2020.

Prior to joining GE, Mathieu practiced as a litigation attorney in Montréal, Québec, and as a corporate/finance partner in South-eastern Europe largest law firm, based in Athens, Greece, where he was principal of the firm’s offices in Belgrade, Bucharest, Zagreb, Sofia and Skopje.

Mathieu obtained a Business Administration degree at the Maisonneuve College in Montréal, common law and civil law degrees from McGill University in Montréal, a Masters in European law from the Panthéon-Assas University in Paris and a Greek law degree.

Mathieu speaks French, English, Greek, Italian, Catalan and Spanish. He is married and has two sons.