Three new directors on the Board of Natixis
The July 31, 2013 Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting apointed Nicolas de Tavernost as independent Director for a term of office of six (6) years until the end of the Shareholders’ Meeting that will rule on the financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2018. He is replacing Vincent Bolloré who has resigned.
The Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of May 21, 2013 had already ratified the appointment by cooptation of two new directors:
Thierry Cahn, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banque Populaire d’Alsace, who will stand in for Philippe Queuille, who resigned, until the end of the latter’s mandate, i.e. until the end of the Shareholders’ Meeting that will rule on the financial statements for the year ending on December 31, 2014.
Pierre Valentin, Chairman of the Steering and Supervisory Board of Caisse d’Epargne Languedoc-Roussillon, who will stand in for Olivier Klein, who resigned, until the end of the latter’s mandate, i.e. until the end of the Shareholders’ Meeting that will rule on the financial statements for the year ending on December 31, 2014.
At then end of the Shareholder’s Meeting of July 31, 2013, the Board of Directors comprised 15 directors, including one third of independent directors, as follows:
François Pérol
BPCE represented by Daniel Karyotis
Christel Bories *
Thierry Cahn
Alain Condaminas
Laurence Debroux *
Stève Gentili
Catherine Halberstadt
Bernard Oppetit*
Stéphanie Paix
Didier Patault
Henri Proglio *
Philippe Sueur
Nicolas de Tavernost *
Pierre Valentin
In addition, Christel Bories is Chairperson of the Appointment and Compensation Committee, Laurence Debroux is Chairperson of the Strategic Committee and Bernard Oppetit is Chairman of the Audit Committee.
* independent director
Nicolas de Tavernost started his career in 1975 in the Ministerial Office of Norbert Segard, Secretary of State for Foreign Trade and then for Post and Telecommunications. In 1986, he assumed management of the audiovisual activities of Lyonnaise des Eaux and, in that role, managed the project for the creation of M6. In 1987, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive of Métropole Télévision M6 where he has been Chairman of the Executive Board since 2000.
Nicolas de Tavernost, 62, is a graduate of the Bordeaux IEP (Political Science School) and with a postgraduate diploma in Public Law.
Thierry Cahn joined the law firm Cahn et Associés in 1981. In 1984, he joined the General Council of the Colmar Bar (Conseil de l’Ordre des avocats de Colmar) of which he is still a member. In 1986, he was named Secretary General to the National Lawyers’ Association (Confédération Nationale des avocats), which he chaired from 1995 to 1996, before becoming Chairman of the Colmar Bar Association from 1998 to 1999. In addition, since 1985 he has been Tutor at the Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT) de Haute Alsace and the CRFPA d’Alsace.
Thierry Cahn, 56, holds a Professional Lawyers’ Certificate (Certificat d’Aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat - CAPA).
Pierre Valentin, an entrepreneur, began his career in 1978 with Mutuelle d’Assurances du Bâtiment et des Travaux Public in Lyon. In 1979, he created the company Valentin Immobilier and joined the Caisse d’Épargne network. In 1991, he joined the Advisory Board of Caisse d’Épargne Languedoc-Roussillon. Since 2000, he has been a member of the Steering and Supervisory Board of Caisse d’Épargne Languedoc-Roussillon.
Pierre Valentin, 60, holds a degree in private law and another from Institut d’Assurances d’Aix-Marseille.
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Global Head of External Communication at Natixis CIB, Groupe BPCE
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