The composition of the Audit Committee was as follows:
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Date of 1st appointment: April 27th, 2012.
Date of last renewal: June 24th, 2020.
Dominique Cyrot, 71, has a master’s degree in management from University Paris IX Dauphine. She spent her career from 1973 to 2011 with the French insurer AGF, which has become today ALLIANZ GI, where she was responsible for managing the group’s UCTIS for French large caps then for all French and European Mid Caps. She has served on the boards of investment funds well as numerous SICAVs of the AGF group and also external SICAVs.
Current offices:
– Director of FIME (SA) since April 16th, 2015.
Offices having expired in the last five years: None
Term of office expiring at the close of the Annual General Meeting of 2025.
Date of 1st appointment: April 24th, 2015.
Date of last renewal: April 21st, 2023.
Marie-Ange Verdickt, 60, has a business degree from École Supérieure de Commerce de Bordeaux – KEDGE (1984), and is a member of the French Society of Financial Analysts (SFAF). She began her career as an auditor with Deloitte, then management controller for the computer group, Wang.
In 1990 she joined Euronext as a financial analyst and was subsequently appointed as head of the office of financial analysis. From 1998 until 2012, she joined the asset management company, Financière de l’Échiquier, as a manager of equity funds specialized in French and European Mid-Caps. She also contributed to developing socially responsible investment practices. Since 2012, she has been an independent Director in different companies.
Current offices:
– Member of the Supervisory Board of Wavestone SA (September 2012 to July 2022), then Director of Wavestone SA (since July 2022) (listed company);
– Director of Bonduelle SA (since December 2019).
Offices having expired in the last five years:
– Member of the supervisory Board of Bonduelle (December, 2015 to December, 2019);
– Director of ABC Arbitrage (April 2013 – April 2021);
– Member of the Supervisory Board of Cap Horn Invest (May 2013 – November 2021).
Term of office expiring at the close of the Annual General Meeting of 2027.
Date of 1st appointment: April 23rd, 2004.
Date of last renewal: April 26th, 2021.
Maurice Alhadève, 79, a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and Northwestern University (Chicago) was the Chief Executive Officer of the Luxury division of “Française de soins et Parfums” (Unilever Group), and then, a manager for several companies specialized in the creation of fragrance concentrates: International Flavors and Fragrance (IFF), Créations Aromatiques and Haarmann & Reimer. He was head of the ISIPCA, the school for the creation of fragrances, cosmetics and flavors, located in Versailles, France. He is today a teacher, consultant and cofounder and President of the École Supérieure du Parfum de Paris, providing specialized programs in the fields of creation and management for the perfume industry.
Current Offices: None.
Offices having expired in the last five years: None.
Term of office expiring at the close of the Annual General Meeting of April 2023.
Date of 1st appointment: April 23rd, 2004.
Date of last renewal: April 26th, 2021.
Patrick Choël, 78, a graduate of Sciences Po Paris, was Chairman of the Fragrance and Cosmetics division of LVMH from 1995 to 2004.
Current Offices:
– Director of Interparfums Inc. (United States).
– Director of Parfums Christian Dior.
Offices having expired in the last five years:
– Director of Modelabs.
– Director of SGD.
– Director of ILEOS.
– Director of Guerlain.
Term of office expiring at the close of the Annual General Meeting of April 2023.
Date of 1st appointment: April 29th, 2022
Constance Benqué, 62, after serving as a parliamentary assistant for the French Deputy, François d’Aubert, began a career in advertising at the Expansion Group in 1981, where she was quickly appointed Advertising Director (1983‑1990). This is followed by a position as Sales Director for the French business magazine, Capital for the Prisma Presse Group (1990‑94) and then Chief Executive Officer of Régie Obs, which at the time included the advertising departments of the publications Nouvel Observateur, Challenges and Sciences & Avenir (1994‑1994).
In 1999, she joined the Lagardère Group where she was successively appointed Vice President (1999‑2003) and President (2003‑2016) of Europe Régies, which subsequently became Lagardère Active Publicité. A member of the Lagardère Active Management Board since 2008, Constance Benqué was appointed in 2014 Chief Executive Officer of ELLE France & International (ELLE, ELLE Décoration, ELLE à Table, Art & Décoration; international licenses and Lagardère Active Enterprises).
Since December 2018, she has served as the CEO, then President (2020) of the Lagardère Group’s media activities (Lagardère News), which include the radio stations Europe 1, Virgin Radio, RFM, and the publications Paris Match, Le Journal du Dimanche and ELLE International.
She is a graduate of the University of Paris II Panthéon Assas (Master’s degree in Public Law) and of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (with an advanced degree in Marketing and Communication).
Current offices:
– Independent Director of Voyageur du Monde;
– Independent Director of Corsair;
– Independent Director and Member of the Supervisory Board of OUTRE-MER R-PLANE (SAS);
– Director of the Air France Foundation.
Offices having expired in the last five years:
– Independent Director of Belvédère (Marie Brizard);
– President of Lagardère Active Corporate;
– President of Elle International;
– President of Lagardère Publicité News.
Term of office expiring at the close of the Annual General Meeting in 2026.
Date of 1st appointment: April 21st, 2023
Olivier Mauny graduated from ESCP in 1982. After sixteen months with the SCAC (Service de Coopération et d’Action Culturelle) in Cairo in the commercial department of the French Embassy, he then joined Seita where he served as export sector manager for North Africa, the Middle East and then Western Europe for four years.
In 1988, he started working in the luxury industry, which he never left, at Yves Saint Laurent Parfums where he advanced from export marketing to international marketing (Head of Men’s Perfume Group).
In 1993, after Yves Saint Laurent was acquired by Sanofi, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Roger & Gallet, where he repositioned the brand within its original territory in the semi‑selective distribution sector (pharmacies, perfume stores, department stores, health care centers, etc.).
From 1996 until 2004, he worked for the LVMH Group as Head of Subsidiaries of Parfums Givenchy and then Chairman-CEO of Make Up For Ever where he developed a premium make‑up line for the mass market, “Yours by Make Up For Ever”.
In 2005, he became Chief Executive Officer of Lalique, which he turned around in 4 years by completely repositioning the brand.
In early 2009, he joined the Chanel group and became Chief Executive Officer of Eres, where he strengthened the network of directly operated boutiques, developed a new network of franchised boutiques and e‑commerce. Since June 2015, Olivier Mauny has been Head of Global Eyewear at Chanel’s Fashion division. In this capacity he manages the worldwide Luxottica license for eyewear, distributed wholesale as well as through Chanel’s own network (Fashion Boutiques, Beauty Perfumes and e‑commerce).
Term of office expiring at the close of the Annual General Meeting of 2026.
