The head of Gaz de France holds up a picture of his baby daughter, a round-cheeked, mischievious looking toddler not unlike her father; meanwhile the French prime minister is kept waiting on the phone.
Jean-Francois Cirelli has just announced a historic deal to merge his state-controlled gas company with Suez, the Franco-Belgian power and water company, to create Europe's second-largest power group with a market value of €73bn ($87.8bn).
FT.com / By region / Europe - Contrasting styles of the men at the centre of merger storm (paid registration required).
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