Philippe Varin is a French businessperson who has been the head of 13 different companies and currently occupies the position of Chairman of SUEZ SA, Chairman & President at Le Cercle de l'Industrie and Chairman for Areva SA.

He is also on the board of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA and Saint-Gobain Produits Pour La Construction SAS.

In his past career he occupied the position of Chairman-Management Board at Peugeot SA Chairman at Peugeot Citroen Moteurs SA and Chairman of Peugeot Citroën Automobiles SA (both are subsidiaries of Peugeot SA), President of European Automobile Manufacturers Association, Independent Non-Executive Director at BG Group Ltd., Chairman for Orano SA, Chief Executive Officer of Corus Group Ltd., Chief Executive Officer at Corus Engineering Steels, Inc., Chief Operating Officer for Thomas Steel Strip Corp., Director General at Aluminium Dunkerque SA, Group Financial Controller of American National Can Group, Inc., Chairman of Fondation PSA Peugeot Citroën and President of European Confederation of Iron & Steel Industries.

Philippe Varin received an undergraduate degree from Ecole Polytechnique and an undergraduate degree from École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris.