Véronique Decobert, 47, holds an engineering degree from the Ecole Nationale Supérieur de Chimie in Paris and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Pétroles et Moteurs. She also holds an MBA from the State University of New York at Albany. Véronique began her career as an engineer at SGN, an engineering subsidiary of COGEMA and later joined the Treatment Division of COGEMA. In 1996, she was appointed Director, Safety and Quality at Transnucléaire, a COGEMA subsidiary. In 1998, she was appointed Director, Safety and Quality for the COGEMA La Hague establishment before becoming director of Transnucléaire's North-West operations in 2000.
She was appointed Nuclear Safety Inspector for COGEMA in 2001. In July 2003, she was appointed Vice President Safety, Health & Security at COGEMA and Head of AREVA's General Inspectorate for Nuclear Safety.