126 / 354
14
Administrative, management and
supervisory bodies and
senior management
Composition of management and supervisory bodies
126
Worldline
2016 Registration Document
Ursula Morgenstern who is a German citizen.
except Ms. Susan Tolson who is an American citizen and Ms.
All members of the Board of Directors are of French nationality,
Grapinet, Mr. Gilles Arditti and Ms. Ursula Morgenstern.
Meeting held on April
30, 2014: Mr. Thierry Breton, Mr. Gilles
were appointed by the Company’s General Shareholders’
The following members of the Company’s Board of Directors
Cardoso and Mr. Luc Rémont, as Independent Directors.
Meeting held on June
13, 2014: Ms. Susan Tolson, Mr. Aldo
were appointed by the Company’s General Shareholders’
The following members of the Company’s Board of Directors
three years.
Ms. Ursula Morgenstern and Mr. Luc Rémont were renewed for
Gilles Arditti was renewed for two years, and the term of office of
shareholders meeting of May
26, 2016, the term of office of Mr.
Morgenstern for an additional year. During the general
2015 renewed the office of Mr. Gilles Arditti and Ms. Ursula
The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on May 28,
Meeting of Worldline shareholders which will be held in 2017.
are subject to the ratification of the Combined Annual General
called to rule on the 2017 accounts in 2018. These appointments
Proch’s mandates, i.e. until after the General Meeting which is
appointed as Directors for the remainder of Mr. Dehelly and Mr.
It is reminded that Ms. Houssiaux and Ms. Lagarde were
Mr. Cardoso for 3 years, and of Ms. Tolson for 2 years.
to renew the office of Mr. Thierry Breton, Mr. Gilles Grapinet and
voting of the next Company’s shareholders meeting a resolution
Nomination and Compensation Committee, submitted to the
In addition, the Board of Directors, upon proposal of the
follows: two Directors at the end of the first year following the
Accordingly, the Board of Directors will be renewed each year as
Independent Director was appointed for a term of two years.
Directors were appointed for a term of three years and one
the initial public offering of the Company, two Independent
Independent Directors have terms of sufficient length following
one, two and three years. In order to ensure that the
Directors were divided into three groups appointed for terms of
renewal of Directors, the Directors making up the initial Board of
staggered renewal process. In order to allow for staggered
The Board of Directors is renewed each year, subject to a
year.
of the second year and four Directors at the end of the third
initial public offering of the Company, three Directors at the end
the Board of Directors
Biographical Information about theMembers of
is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Atos SE.
became Chairman of the Management Board of Atos Origin. He
“Leadership, Corporate Accountability”. In November
2008, he
becoming a professor at Harvard University with a chair in
and Industry from February
25, 2005 to May
16, 2007, before
(2002-2005), he was France’s Minister for the Economy, Finance
(1997-2002), and then Chairman and CEO of France Telecom
After being appointed Chairman and CEO of Thomson
Chairman of the Board and then Executive Managing Director.
Directors in February
1996 and was successively named Vice
Managing Director. He became a member of the Board of
Director of Strategy and Development before becoming Deputy
Vice-Chairman from 1988 onwards). He then joined Bull as
Poitou-Charentes Regional Council from 1986 to 1992 (as
information technologies. He also served on the
adviser to Education Minister René Monory in the area of new
park, then headed its teleport operations. He later served as an
he became Project Manager of the Poitiers Futuroscope theme
Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (IHEDN). In 1986
d’Électricité (Supelec) of Paris and of the 46
th
session of the
Thierry Breton
is a graduate of the École Supérieure
Systems and Payment Services division. Mr. Grapinet joined Atos
Agricole SA, in charge of Strategy and later of the Group’s
became a member of the Executive Committee of Crédit
the Economy and Finances from 2004 to 2007. In 2007, he
and then chief of staff (Directeur de cabinet) to two ministers of
financial adviser to the French Prime Minister in 2003 and 2004,
of tax returns and payment of taxes. He was an economic and
charged with creating an “e-Tax department” for electronic filing
Impôts (Tax department), and Director of the Copernic program,
(General Finance Inspector). He was Director of Information
d’Administration and a French Inspecteur Général des Finances
Gilles Grapinet
is a graduate of the École Nationale
Systems and Strategy at the French Direction Générale des
Group’s activities. Mr. Grapinet has been Worldline’s Chief
division of the Atos group, and supervised development of the
Marketing as well as of the Consulting and Technology Services
ensured coordination and development of Global Sales and
which capacity he has headed Global Support Functions,
President in charge of Global Functions of the Atos group, in
in December
2008. He currently serves as Senior Executive Vice
d’Honneur (Chevalier) in 2011.
Executive Officer since July
2013. He received the French Légion
Big Data & Security division.
Atos, she currently is Head of research & development for the
lastly held the position of Head of research & development. At
group in 2014 following the takeover by Atos of Bull, where she
with the first petafloc calculator in Europe. She joined the Atos
headed the Tera100 Project which granted the CEA, in 2010,
various technical managerial positions and, in particular, she
d’Électricité (Supelec). She joined Bull in 1989 where she held
Sophie Proust Houssiaux
graduated from the École Supérieure
Member Certification (IFA/SciencesPo Paris) and a “Women on
(DESS) in Human Resources (IAE Aix en Provence), a Board
John Lang Lasalle. Danielle Lagarde holds a Post Master degree
currently serving as Chief Human Resources Officer EMEA at
Consultant (Partner) at Switch One during several years. She is
Europe Airlines). She started her career as Head hunter and was
Corporate Communication Manager for a Group of Airlines (EAS
Millesime Human Resources Ltd. based in Hong Kong, and
HRD Europe for Viatel (US Telco), Managing Director at
Lines at DELL, CEO France for RSL Com (US Telco Company),
Europe for Atos-Euronext in 2005. Prior to Atos, Danielle
corporate entities. She started in the Group as HRD Continental
served as Group Vice President of talent management & HR for
entities and for all support functions. From 2007 to 2008, she
all HR expertise, and was also leading the HR for the corporates
responsible for the Group HR Center of Excellence, in charge of
management. Prior to this role and from 2008 to 2014, she was
President, in charge of human resources executive
June
2014 to January
2017, she served as Group Senior Vice
Lagarde served as Senior HR Director EMEA for several Service
Board” Certification from Harvard Business School.
than 11 years and where she served in several roles. From
Danielle Lagarde
joined Atos in 2005 where she spent more