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14.1 Board of Directors
MARIE-HÉLÈNE SARTORIUS
Born January 23, 1957 in Lyon, France, Mrs. Marie-Hélène Sartorius is an alumnus
of École polytechnique and of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées.
She began her career with Banque Paribas, which later became BNP Paribas,
where she held a number of different functions in management control and in the
financing bank before being appointed to head up specialized financing operations
for Europe (LBO, finance project).
In 1995, she joined the department of market operations of the Paribas group in
London as Risk Manager and later, in 1999, launched a new credit derivatives
trading business.
In 2001, she joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as an associate in charge
of consulting activities in France, where she was an advisor to major international
groups until 2016. She workedmainly with large financial market investment banks
and players in the energy sector in the field of risk management, performance
optimization and major transformation programs.
Internationally, Mrs. Marie-Hélène Sartorius was a member of EMEA Financial
Services Leadership Team (EMEA FSLT) and of the Global Financial Services
Advisory Leadership Team (GFSALT) of PwC.
Mrs. Marie-Hélène Sartorius was coopted as an independent director by the Board
of Directors of AREVA SA on October 27, 2016, replacing Mrs. Sophie Boissard,
who resigned on November 1, 2016.
The Combined General Meeting of Shareholders ratified this cooptation on
February 3, 2017.
PASCALE SOURISSE
BornMarch 7, 1962 in Nantes, France, Mrs. Pascale Sourisse is an alumnus of École
polytechnique and the École nationale supérieure des télécommunications (ENST).
She began her career in management positions with France Telecom, Jeumont-
Schneider and the Compagnie Générale des Eaux, as well as with the Ministry
of Industry. She joined Alcatel in 1995 as Vice President, Planning and Strategy
of Alcatel Space. In 1997, she was appointed Chairman and CEO of SkyBridge.
In 2001, she became President and CEO of Alcatel Space, and in 2005 President
and CEO of Alcatel Alenia Space. In 2007, she joined Thales as a member of the
Executive Committee Senior Vice President of the Space Division and President and
CEO of Thales Alenia Space. In 2008, she was appointed Senior Vice President of
the Land & Joint Systems Division of Thales and, in February 2010, she became
Senior Vice President of the Defense & Security C41 Systems Division. Until 2012,
she was also President and CEO of Thales Communications & Security and
President of Thales Services.
Mrs. Pascale Sourisse is an
Officier
of the Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur
and a
Commander
of the Ordre national du Mérite.
In February 2013, Mrs. Pascale Sourisse was appointed Senior Executive Vice
President, International Development of the Thales group. She is also President
of Thales International.
She has been a member of the Board of Directors of AREVA since January 8, 2015.
DANIEL VERWAERDE
Born August 17, 1954 in Sedan, France, Mr. Daniel Verwaerde is an engineer and
graduate of the École centrale of Paris and auditor of the 32nd session of the Centre
des hautes études de l’armement (CHEAr).
He joined the Commissariat à l’énergie atomique (CEA) in 1977 as an engineer-
mathematician and worked until 1996 on the development of numerical methods
and major weapons simulation software. In the capacity, he directed the Applied
Mathematics Department responsible for them at the CEA from 1991 to 1996.
In 1996, following France’s signature of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, he was in
charge of implementing the Simulation program, based on three components:
numerical simulation, theoretical physics and experimental physics, in particular
with the Megajoule laser built near Bordeaux.
In July 2000, he was appointed Director of the CEA DAM/Ile de France Center in
Bruyères-le-Châtel, home of the teams engaged in weapons design, numerical
simulation and monitoring of non-proliferation treaties and efforts. In 2002, he
launched the Ter@tec project aimed at promoting numerical simulation in France
and developing the European IT industry.
In January 2004, he became Director of Nuclear Weapons at the CEA’s Defense
Applications Department. In that capacity, he was responsible for French nuclear
weapons projects in the Simulation program.
On April 3, 2007, he was appointed Director of Defense Applications. In addition
to weapons and simulation programs, he was in charge of nuclear propulsion
programs, strategic materials supply, and nuclear non-proliferation activities
entrusted to the CEA.
Mr. Daniel Verwaerde has taught numerical analysis at the École centrale of Paris
since 1981, where he became Professor in 1991.
Mr. Daniel Verwaerde is an
Officier
in the Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur
and a
Chevalier
in the Ordre national du Mérite.
He was appointed Chairman of the Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux
énergies alternatives by decree dated January 29, 2015 and Chairman of the Board
of Directors of the CEA on April 3, 2015.
Mr. Daniel Verwaerde was appointed member and Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors of AREVA on February 2, 2015, replacing Mr. Bernard Bigot, who had
been appointed to that function on January 8, 2015.
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