CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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Company management and governing bodies
Jean-Hugues Loyez
(68) was appointed as Chairman of the
Supervisory Board on 3 March 2015. He was appointed to the
Supervisory Board of the Company for the first time on 4 June
2007. His termexpires at the end of theOrdinaryGeneral Meeting
of shareholders called in 2018 to approve the financial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2017. He previously served on
the Supervisory Board of Amboise Investissement. Agraduate of
the IBM Institute, he spent his whole career with the Castorama
group, where he was Chief Executive Officer from 1984 to 1992
and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1992 to 2002.
Since 2002, he has been acting as a private investor and “business
angel”. He currently serves as the Chairman of A&A Partners.
Jean Besson
(73) was appointed to the Supervisory Board of the
Company for the first time on 16 April 1996. He was reappointed
most recently at the General Meeting of 15 April 2016 for a two-
year term,
i.e.
until the end of theOrdinaryGeneral Meeting called
in 2018 to approve the financial statements for the year ended
31 December 2017. Jean Besson is a graduate of EM Lyon and
Harvard Business School. His entire career has been focused
on the IT sector. He was the CFO of GSI (Générale de Services
Informatiques), Chairmanof GSI Services, thenManagingDirector
of Eurolog in Amsterdam (a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekomand
France Telecom), and Chairman, following an LBO, of Questel
Orbit, a world leader in IP database management. Jean Besson
serves as Manager of IPG SARL and Deputy Director of TQM SA.
Sophie Etchandy-Stabile
(46) was appointed to the Supervisory
Board of the Company for the first time on 24 April 2014 for a
two-year term. Shewas reappointedmost recently at theGeneral
Meeting of 15 April 2016 for a two-year term,
i.e.
until the end
of the Ordinary General Meeting called in 2018 to approve the
financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2017. She
is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Gestion et Finances.
She began her career with Deloitte before joining Accor in 1999
to head the Group’s Consolidation and Information System
Department. In 2006, she was appointed as Group Controller-
General, supervising the consolidation process, international
Finance Departments and the Financial Control, Internal Audit,
GroupHoldingCompany andFinancial Back-officeDepartments.
In May 2010, Ms Etchandy-Stabile was appointed Chief Financial
Officer andmember of the Executive Committee of AccorHotels.
She was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the AccorHotels
Group’s HotelServices France on 1 October 2015 and Chief
Executive Officer of HotelServices Switzerland in January 2017.
Marleen Groen
(60) was appointed to the Supervisory Board
for the first time in 2014 for a two-year term, replacing Sophie
Javary who had resigned. This interim appointment was ratified
by shareholders at the General Meeting of 24 April 2014. Her
term expires at the end of the General Meeting of Shareholders
called in 2017 to approve the financial statements for the year
ended 31 December 2016. Consequently, at the next General
Meeting, shareholders will be asked to renew her appointment
for a period of two years, i.e. until the close of theGeneral Meeting
of Shareholders held in 2019 to approve the financial statements
for the financial year ending 31 December 2018. Ms Groen was
a Senior Advisor at Stepstone, a specialised private equity
company. She is based in London. Ms Groen has more than
30 years of experience in financial services, including 18 years in
the private equity secondary market. Prior to becoming Senior
Advisor at Stepstone, Ms Groen founded Greenpark Capital
Ltd, a leading global investment firm based in London and
specialised in midmarket private equity secondaries. She holds
a Master’s degree (Hons) from Leiden University and an MBA
from Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands. She
is a Dutch national and is fluent in English, German and French.
Marleen is a member of the Boards of Directors of the following
charitable organisations: the Museum of London Archaeology
(MOLA), the AfricanWildlife Foundation (AWF), AfricanWildlife
Capital (AWC) and the Muir Maxwell Trust.
Gérard Hascoët
(67) was appointed (as a non-voting member)
of the Board on 16April 1996, and as amember of the Company’s
Supervisory Board on 28 April 2004. He was reappointed most
recently on 15 April 2016 for a one-year term,
i.e.
until the end
of the General Meeting called in 2017 to approve the financial
statements for the year ended 31 December 2016, Therefore,
at the next General Meeting, shareholders will be asked to
renew his appointment for a two-year term, expiring at the end
of the General Meeting called in 2019 to approve the financial
statements for the year ended31 December 2018. Mr. Hascoët held
management positions in the medical division of the Thomson
group, before becoming Founding Chairman, and successively
managing Technomed International, IMMI and Sometec. He
then went on to manage SpineVision. More recently, he founded
MD Start. He currently serves as Venture Partner of Sofinnova
Partners, Chairman of the Board of Directors of EOS Imaging,
Chairman of MD Start SAS, Manager of MD Start Gmbh & Co.
KG (Germany), Chairman of the Board of Directors of CorWave
(France) and Director of APD (France). He holds an engineering
degree from ECE Paris.
Philippe Santini
(73) was appointed to the Supervisory Board of
the Company for the first time on 26 April 2006. At the 15 April
2016 General Meeting, he was reappointed for a one-year term,
expiring at the endof theGeneral Meeting held in 2017 to approve
the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016.
Consequently, at the next General Meeting, shareholders will be
asked to renew his appointment for a period of two years, i.e.
until the close of the General Meeting of Shareholders held in
2019 to approve the financial statements for the financial year
ending 31 December 2018. Mr. Santini is a graduate of IEP de Paris
and of the HarvardBusiness School’sManagement Development
Programme. He also holds graduate degrees in literature and
in English as well as a postgraduate degree in literature. He
previously served as General Manager of the Havas group and
Chairman of Avenir Havas Media. He has served as Chairman and
Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Aprovia (trade press) and as Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Industries Services Info
(GISI). He currently serves as Chairman of PHS Consultants SAS
He is also Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of
Galeries Lafayette.
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