Holding an engineering degree from the Ecole Centrale de Paris, Isabelle Heller began her career in 1977 in the protection and control of electrical transmission and distribution networks at Schlumberger, an activity now carried out by GE Grid Solutions. She held posts in Research & Development, then in Marketing. She designed the first generation of digital protection in very high voltage networks, which are still operational in France and abroad.In 1989, she entered LCIE (Central Laboratory for the Electrical Industries), which became a subsidiary of Bureau Veritas in 2001.
She occupied the position of Director of the Energy & Industry Division (testing and technical assistance) at the time that the “New European Approach” was being implemented. She then worked as Director of Marketing & Strategy before becoming Director for Certification.
She worked, in the electrical field, as Director of Certification for GMED, a notified body for medical appliances. She was elected President of the ASEFA and of LOVAG, both testing and certification organizations in the industrial equipment sector, in France and Europe.
She developed bilateral recognition agreements with foreign organizations and represents the French community on management bodies of international and European organizations, participating in multi-lateral agreements.
In 2005, Isabelle Heller created M.A.M. Consulting (Market Access Management) in Moscow, a consultancy for French (and, respectively, Russian) companies looking for access to the Russian (and, respectively, European) market for their products, using optimum certification solutions.
She was President of the Committee for Technical Regulation and Standardization, which she created within the AEB (Association of European Businesses in Russia). She advised Russian organizations responsible for implementing the new law on technical regulation, as well as representatives of the European Union in the framework of the Regulatory Dialogue between the European Union and Russia.
She was accepted as a member of the Committee for Technical Regulation, Standardization and Conformity Assessment of the Union of Russian Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
In 2008, Isabelle Heller was appointed Director General of UTE (Technical Union for Electricity), the French organization for standardization in the Electrotechnology sector, member of the international and European organizations in this sector IEC, the International Electrotechnical Commission, and CENELEC. As Secretary of the French Electrotechnical Committee, she represented the French community on management bodies of these organizations.
In 2013, in liaison with the Public Authorities and AFNOR (French Association for Standardization), she steered a project for integrating the operational activities of the UTE within AFNOR.
In 2014, she supervised the activities of the Electrotechnology sector within AFNOR ensuring their successful integration. She was commissioned with consultancy assignments for AFNOR General Management.
