Governance

Antoine SAINTOYANT – Director, Member of the Appointments and Compensation Committee, Member of the Strategy and CSR Committee

Main position: Director of Strategic Investments of Caisse des Dépôts

A graduate of the École nationale d'administration and the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, Antoine Saintoyant began his career in 2003 at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in the Treasury Department. From 2007 to 2009, he was advisor in charge of financial services at the Permanent Representation of France to the European Union (Brussels). He then returned to the Treasury Directorate General as Head of the Banking Affairs Office and then Deputy Director of Banks and Public Interest Financing. Between 2012 and 2016, Antoine Saintoyant also held the position of Director of Investments at the Agence des participations de l'État, in charge of services (Orange, La Poste, Bpifrance, FDJ, etc.). From May 2017 to July 2020, Antoine Saintoyant was Advisor and Head of the Economy, Finance and Industry division in the office of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe. He joined Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations in September 2020 as Director of Strategic Investments and member of the group's Executive Committee.

Appointment as Director by cooptation on 19 November 2020 - Term of office expiry: 2027

Other mandates and duties : 
- Director of BPIFrance SA;
- Director of La Poste;
- Director of La Banque Postale;
- Director of EGIS;
- Director of ICADE (1);
- Director of CDC Habitat;
- Director of Suez (listed company)

Mandates previously held that have expired during the last five years: none

Laurent WAUQUIEZ – Permanent representative of Société Alpes du Nord Aménagement Touristique

SOCIETE ALPES DU NORD AMENAGEMENT TOURISTIQUE REPRESENTEE PAR LAURENT WAUQUIEZ

Chairman of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes meeting

An alumnus of the École normale supérieure (Rue d’Ulm), he completed a Master’s in History at Panthéon-Sorbonne University. A first pick for the History Agrégation examination and holder of a DEA postgraduate diploma in public law, he attended the École Nationale de l’Administration (ENA) and graduated top of his class in 2001.
After his Agrégation, he met Jacques Barrot and did an internship at the town hall of Yssingeaux in the Haute-Loire department. In 2002, he became Mr Barrot’s deputy in the legislative elections.
In 2004, when Mr Barrot was appointed a European Commissioner, Mr Wauquiez was elected to represent Haute-Loire, making him the youngest member of the French National Assembly at 29 years of age. He was re-elected in the first round of voting at the 2007 legislative elections.
On 19 June 2007, he was appointed Secretary of State and spokesperson, focusing on modernising government communications.
In the municipal elections of 2008, he was elected Mayor of Le Puy-en-Velay in the first round of voting. In the same year, he was appointed Secretary of State for Employment to undertake sweeping reforms of the labour market.
On 14 November 2010, he was appointed Minister for European Affairs. In June 2011, he was appointed Minister of Higher Education and Research.
In 2017, he was elected President of The Republicans party, a position he held until 2019.
On 13 December 2015, he was elected President of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region. He was re-elected for a second term in June 2021 with more than 55% of the vote. He was one of the main architects of the French Alps bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics.
Appointment for a four-year term proposed to the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of 14 March 2024.

First appointmment of Société Alpes du Nord Aménagement Touristique by the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of 14 March 2024 – End of Term of office  : 2028 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the 2027 financial statement.

Other corporate offices and positions currently held:
• Member of the lnternational Association of Francophone Regions;
• Member of the Association of French Regions;
• Member of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises (regional economic agency);
• Member of Bpifrance (public sector investment bank);
• Member of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Steering Committee;
• Member of the Emile Roux Hospital board;
• Member of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Delegation of the Centre National de la Fonction Publique Territoriale (national centre for local administration);
• Member of the Le Puy-en-Velay Commune (municipal authority);
• Member of the Le Puy-en-Velay Communauté d’agglomération (agglomeration community);
• Member of the Compagnie Nationale du Rhône board (renewable energy company).

Corporate offices that have expired during the last five years: None

Audrey GIRARD – Permanent Representative of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC), Director Member of the Audit and Finance Committee

CAISSE DES DEPOTS ET CONSIGNATIONS (CDC), REPRESENTED BY AUDREY GIRARD

Main position: Director of Strategic Investments, Deputy Director of Legal Affairs

Audrey has been Director of Strategic Investments within the Strategic Investments Management Department of CDC since November 2023, and is responsible for coordinating priorities between the CDC Group and its subsidiaries, providing strategic and financial support to the subsidiaries and defining CDC’s shareholder position.
Audrey began her career and practised for more than 10 years as a business lawyer in the field of mergers/acquisitions and financing at the British law firm Ashurst in Paris.
In 2009, she joined CDC’s legal and tax department, where she is responsible for mergers and acquisitions and financing operations and advises senior management teams on governance matters.
n 2015-2016, she took over as CEO of fintech Pytheas Capital Advisors to head an innovative entrepreneurial project offering alternative financing solutions bringing together industrial groups, SME/ETI suppliers and institutional investors.
From 2017 to 2018, she was Director of Development and Institutional Relations within CDC’s Pensions and Solidarity Division, where she helped to define the strategy and led projects aimed at simplifying the world of retirement against a backdrop of reform, ageing challenges and the rise of data and digital technology.
From 2019 to 2023, she served as Deputy Director of the CDC Group’s Legal and Tax Division, where she led investment, divestment, financing and restructuring operations in support of CDC’s various business segments (Banque des Territoires, asset management, strategic investment management, social policies) or within the CDC Group.

Renewed by the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of 10 March 2022 for 4 years (First appointment on 19 march 2009) - End of term of office: 2026 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the 2025 financial statements

Other corporate offices and positions:
-Director of Transdev Group;
-Director of CDC Investissement Immobilier;
-Director of Fondation Hôpital Ambroise-Paré – European Hospital.

Corporate offices that have expired during the last 5 years: None.

Martine GEROW – Independant Director, Member of the Audit and Finance Committee

Main Position : ACCOR Group Chief Financial Officer

Graduate from HEC and holder of a MBA from Columbia Business School, Martine Gerow began her career at Boston Consulting Group in New York as a consultant, and joined PepsiCo, then Danone where she took the position of Division CFO et Group Controller in Paris.

She held various Group Financial Management positions particularly in the travel and tourism industry in Carlson Wagon Lit Travel and American Express Global Business Travel, in London.

On July 2023, Martine Gerow joined Accor Group as Group Chief Financial Officer.

Appointed as Independant Director by the board of Directors on 10 october 2024 – Term of office expires : 2027

Other mandates and duty :
- Independant Director, member of the Strategy Committee, Audit and Finance Committee and Sustainable Development Committee of SCOR since 2022

Mandates previously held that have expired during the last five years :
- Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of BPI from 2015 to 2019
- Member of the Audit Committee of HSBC France from 2012 to 2018
- Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of Europcar until 2022

François CODET – Permanent Representative of Caisse d'Epargne Rhône-Alpes, Non-Voting Director

CAISSE D’ÉPARGNE RHONE‑ALPES, REPRESENTED BY FRANÇOIS CODET

Main position: Chairman of the Management Board of Caisse d’Épargne Rhône-Alpes

François Codet began his career at Banque Populaire du Sud-Ouest before moving to Banque Populaire Aquitaine Centre Atlantique and then joining Groupe Caisse d’Épargne at the start of 2015. He was then appointed to the Management Board of Caisse d’Épargne Nord France Europe, then Caisse d’Épargne Hauts de France (Lille), and then in 2018 he was named Chairman of the Management Board of Caisse d’Épargne Côte d’Azur.
In 2021, Mr Codet became a member of the Natixis Executive Management Committee and Chief Executive Officer of Natixis Assurances.
Between March 2022 and the end of 2023, he was a member of the BPCE Group Executive Management Committee and Chief Executive Officer of BPCE Assurances.
Since 1 November 2023, Mr Codet has been a member and the Chairman of the Management Board of Caisse d’Épargne Rhône-Alpes (CERA).

Caisse d'Epargne Rhône-Alpes appointed as Non-Voting Director by the Board of Directors on 10 October 2024 until the end of his previous directorship, from which he resigned - Term of office : Annual General Meeting 2027 called to approve the 2026 financial statements

Other corporate offices and positions:
-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banque du Léman (a company operating under Swiss law);
-Director of FNCE;
-Director of BPCE Informatique;
-Director of Fonds Stratégique de Participations;
-CEO of BPCE Assurances;
-CEO, Director of NA;
-Chairman of the Board of Directors of BPCE Assurances IARD;
-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BPCE IARD;
-Chairman of the Board of Directors of BPCE VIE;
-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rhône-Alpes PME Gestion (SAS) (appointment scheduled for January 2024);
-Permanent representative of CERA, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Association HUB612;
-Permanent representative of CERA, Chairman of Rework Place;
-Permanent representative of CERA, Chairman of HUB612 Participations;
-Permanent representative of CERA, Director of the CERA Corporate Foundation;
-Permanent representative of CERA, Director of the Musée Saint-Pierre Club;
-Permanent representative of CERA, Director of GIE BPCE-IT;
-Member of the Executive Committee of France Assureurs, the French insurance federation.

Corporate offices that have expired during the last 5 years:
-CEO of Natixis Assurances (until March 2022);
-Chairman of the Management Board of Caisse d’Épargne Côte d’Azur (until February 2021);
-Member of the Management Board of Caisse d’Épargne Nord France Europe then Caisse d’Épargne Hauts de France (until April 2018);
-Chairman of the Board of Directors of ECUREUIL VIE DEVELOPPEMENT (until 01 November 2023).

Paul-François FOURNIER – Director

Main function: Director of Innovation and member of the Executive Committee of the Banque Publique d'Investissement (Bpifrance).

Paul-François Fournier, X-Télécom, joined the France Telecom Orange Group in 1994. After a seven-year career dedicated to the development of business services, he became Director of Wanadoo's Broadband Business in 2000, first in France and then internationally as a member of the Wanadoo Group Executive Committee. He led strategic projects such as the launch of the Livebox and voice over IP.
Beyond his experience in the field of Internet services and partnerships, Paul-François Fournier has an excellent knowledge of the development of new businesses and the transformation of organisations. From 2011, he was the Executive Director of the Orange Technocentre, in charge of innovation. He has also been responsible for setting up the Innovation Department of Bpifrance since 15 April 2013.

Renewed by the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of 14 March 2024 (first appointment by cooptation by the Board of Directors of 13 October 2022, ratified by the Annual General Meeting of 9 March 2023)  – End of Term of office  : 2028 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the 2027 financial statement.

Other offices and functions :
- Chairman and member of the Supervisory Board of Cornovum
- Director of CNRS 
- Director of Exotec

Positions that expired during the last 5 years : 
- Permanent representative of Bpifrance Participations, Director of Parrot (listed company)
- Director of Sigfox 
- Permanent representative of Bpifrance Participations, Director of Proadways Group
- Director of Eutelsat Communications (listed company)
- Director of Eutelsat SA 

Carole MONTILLET – Independent Director, member of the Strategy and CSR Committee

Main position : Manager of Karlita (EURL)

Carole Montillet holds a Baccalaureate and a State Certificate in Alpine Skiing from the Groupe École supérieure de commerce in Chambéry.
Carole Montillet was a professional skier until 2006, when she retired and took part as a race car driver in the Rallye des Gazelles in 2006 and also in the Dakar Rally in 2007.
She was elected Mayoress of Corrençon-en-Vercors in 2008. She was elected to the Regional Council on 13 December 2015 as the Sports Delegate.

Carole Montillet’s track record as a professional skier is as follows:
- Skier, member of the French Ski Team (1990-2006),
- French Super-G Champion (1992-1998),
- French Downhill Champion in 1996,
- 4th in Super-G at the World Championships in Sestriere in Italy,
- Gold Medal (Women’s downhill) in the Olympic Games at Salt Lake City in the United States in 200,
- French Super-G Champion at Val-d’Isère in 2002,
- 14th in Super-G and 7th in Downhill at the Saint-Moritz World Championships in 2003,
- 2nd in Super-G at the World Championships at Innsbruck in Austria in 2003,
- Super-G World Champion at Kvitfjell in Norway in 2003,
- World Downhill Champion at Lake Louise in 200,
- 4th in Super-G at Megève in 2003.

Carole Montillet is a Knight of the Legion of Honour (2002).

Appointed by the Combined and Extra-Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of 5 March 2020 – Term of office expiry: 2024

Other mandates and duties:
- Director of MANKO Paris;
- Director of Liquidshare SA.

Mandates previously held that have expired during the last five years: None

Lionel RAYMOND – Permanent Representative of Banque Populaire Auvergne Rhône Alpes, Director, Member of the Strategy and CSR Committee

BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHÔNE-ALPES REPRESENTED BY LIONEL RAYMOND

Principal function: Deputy Managing Director, Corporate and Specialised Markets Division

A graduate of the Ecole Supérieure en Gestion et Finance in Paris, Lionel RAYMOND immediately joined Banque Savoisienne de Crédit, where he held managerial positions in various operating structures, before taking over as Head of the Corporate Market at Banque Populaire des Alpes in 2008, before being appointed Head of the Pays de Savoie Corporate Sector. In 2015, he was appointed Territorial Sales Director for Haute-Savoie before becoming Regional Sales Director for Haute-Savoie when Banque Populaire Auvergne Rhône Alpes was created in 2016. In 2019, he was appointed Head of the Corporate and Private Banking network. On 1 October 2021, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Corporate and Specialised Markets Division, joining the General Management Committee of BP AURA.

Term of office with Banque Populaire ... Term of office expires: 2026

Other positions held :
BPCE LEASE Director Permanent Representative of BP AURA
FID - SAS - Chairman
GARIBALDI PARTICIPATION - SAS - Chairman
PRAMEX INTERNATIONAL - Director - Permanent Representative of BP AURA
ANAT - Director - Permanent Representative of BP AURA
MEDEF HAUTE SAVOIE - Director - Permanent representative of BP AURA Non-executive function

Positions previously held that expired during the last five years: None

Arnaud TAVERNE – Director

Main position: Chief Executive Officer of CDC Investissement Immobilier

Arnaud Taverne graduated from the University Paris IX Dauphine with a Magistère Banque Finance Assurance (Licence, Master 1 and Master 2) and a Master 2 (DEA) in Economics and International Finance. He began his career at
PWC in 1997 (Senior Auditor Banking and Insurance) before joining Arthur Andersen in 2000 (Restructuring Transaction Advisory Services Paris, Senior Manager). In 2006, he joined Veolia Transport's Finance Department as Acquisition Manager. He joined the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations Group's fi nancial department at the end of 2007 in the proprietary real estate department and became Chief Executive Officer of CDC Investissement Immobilier in July 2014, an asset management company wholly owned by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations.

Renewed by the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of 14 March 2024 (first appointment by the the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of 5 March 2020) – End of Term of office : 2028 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the 2027 financial statement.

Other mandates and duties : 
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Covivio Hotels ;
- Director of AIH France SA ;
- Director of OTELI France ;
- Director of AEW Immocommercial ;
- Director of KOMBON SAS
- Director of Immobilière de la Laine SA (Belgium)

Mandates previously held that have expired during the last five years:
- Director of Le Marquis SA.
- Director of Foncière Franklin

Benoit SPRIET – Director of projects and artistic creations at Compagnie des Alpes

Graduate with a DUT in mechanical and production engineering from the University of Lille 1 in 1988 and a DUEGE (university degree in business management) from IAE Lille in 1992, Benoit Spriet joined the Group in 2005, since then, where he served as Director of Grévin Production, then General Manager of Productions du Parc and finally Director of Artistic Projects and Creations at CDA Développement.

Director elected by employees on 16 August 2021 - End of term of office: 2025

Other mandates and duties:
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of CDA Brands

Mandates previously held that have expired during the last five years:
- Full Member and Treasurer of the Social and Economic Council (until November 2021);
- Alternate member of the Works Council and representative of the Works Council on the Board of Directors (until October 2018).
- Deputy Chief Executive Officer of CDA Productions (to 27 january 2023)
- Member of TEA (theme entertainment association)’s European Board (to december 2023)

Lionel FASSART – Permanent Representative of Crédit Agricole des Savoie Capital, Director, Member of the Strategy and CSR Committee

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE DES SAVOIE CAPITAL REPRESENTED BY LIONEL FASSART

Principal function: Director of Finance, Collection, Mutualism and Social Commitment of Crédit Agricole des Savoie Capital, Member of the Management Committee

Lionel Fassart trained as a chartered accountant with a Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures Financières et Comptables, and holds a Master's degree in Accounting and Finance. He began his career in finance at Crédit Agricole du Nord from 1995 to 1999 (tax, treasury, accounting). He then joined Crédit Agricole de Centre Loire for 10 years (2000 - 2010) to perform various functions in Finance but also in commercial functions (management of a Customer Relations Centre and a Business Centre in the Loiret). He then completed his education with a Corporate Banking degree at ESCP Business School in Paris in 2007. He joined Crédit Agricole des Savoie in June 2010 and became a member of the Management Committee as Head of the Corporate and International Market. He then held the position of Managing Director of Square Habitat des Savoie, a real estate subsidiary of the Regional Bank, for five years, before creating the Real Estate Development Division of the Regional Bank. In 2015, Lionel Fassart was appointed head of the Bank's Commercial Department (Individuals, Professionals, Farmers, Private Banking). Five years later, he took over as Head of Marketing, Communication, Insurance, Savings and Everyday Banking at Crédit Agricole des Savoie. At Crédit Agricole des Savoie, Lionel Fassart has been in charge of the Financial, Collection, Mutualism and Societal Commitment Department for the Bank since September 2022.

Term of office of Crédit Agricole des Savoie Capital ratified and renewed by the Combined General Meeting of 10 March 2022 for 4 years (first appointed by the Board of Directors on 19 March 2022 to replace Crédit Agricole des Savoie, a company in the same group, whose first appointment by the Board of Directors was on 19 March 2009) - Term of office expires: 2026

Other mandates and duties :
- SETAM, Director

Mandates previously held that have expired during the last five years : None

Stéphanie FOUGOU – Lead Director, Member of the Strategy and CSR Committee and Chairman of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee

A lawyer who is a graduate of the Paris Bar, she began her career in 1998 at the production company France Animation (Caisse des Dépôts Group), before joining Orange, where she held the position of Deputy Group General Counsel. Since 2011, she has served as General Secretary of listed companies undergoing transformation in various sectors (Club Méditerranée, Vallourec, Accor, Ingenico/Worldline) and since early 2021, EPI IC, dedicated to the launch of a pan[1]European payment solution. Stephanie Fougou also served as Chairwoman of the French association of corporate lawyers (AFJE) from 2014 to 2019.

Appointed as Director by the Ordinary General Meeting of 9 March 2023 and as Lead Director by the Board of Directors on 9 March 2023 - Term of office expires: 2027

Other mandates and duty : 
- Director, Vice-President of the Institut Pasteur; 
- Honorary President of the French Association of Company Lawyers (AFJE).

Mandates previously held that have expired during the last five years:
- Director and Chair of the Institut Pasteur Appointments and Compensation Committee
- Director of Association française des juristes d'entreprise (AFJE)

Jolanta RIBARD – Director representing employees

Main function: Head of real estate law at Compagnie des Alpes

Jolanta Ribard holds a Master's degree in business law and European law. She started her career with the law firm Clifford Chance and then joined the industrial sector as a lawyer. After 2 years in the automotive industry, she joined the Vinci group where she worked for 4 years on international projects. In September 2012, she joined the Legal Department of Compagnie des Alpes, where she successively held the position of business law lawyer and real estate law manager in charge of managing the Group's real estate activity.

Director elected by employees on 13 September 2022 - Term of office expires: 2026

Other offices and positions: None

Positions previously held that expired during the last five years:
- Deputy Secretary of the Works Council (now Social and Economic Council)

Born on 5 April 1962 – Independant Director, Member of the Audit and Finance Committee and of the Appointments and Compensation Committee

Main position: independent director, consultant and executive coach : transformation the organisation, development of executives' leadership

A graduate of ESSEC, Anne Yannic began her career at Procter & Gamble and joined the Atlas group in 1995, where she became Chief Executive Officer in 2001. In 2008, she joined Club Med as Chief Executive Officer for France, Belgium and Switzerland, and in 2012 became Chairwoman of the Management Board of the CityVision group. From January 2016 to September 2018, Anne Yannic held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel.
Since April 2017, she has been an independent director of Rallye (holding company of the Casino group) and has also created an executive coaching business.

Appointed by the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting on 10 March 2022 - Term of office expiry: 2026

Other mandates and duties:
- Independent director of the company Rallye (listed company)

Mandates previously held that have expired during the last five years:
- Chairwoman of Amnéville Zoological Park (Moselle) (until 2021)
- Director of the Paris Tourist Office (until 2020)
- Chief Executive Officer of the Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (until 2018)