The Board of Directors of your Company has 17 members, including 16 individuals and one legal entity. Among these 17 members, 6 have been qualified as independent.
The Board of Directors is made up of the following members:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Director
Director
Independent Director
Independent Director
Director
Independent Director
Independent Director
Chairwoman of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee
Director
Independent Director
Chairwoman of the Audit Committee
Director
Director represented by Patrick Bertrand, Director
Director
Director
Independent Director
Director
Director
Advisory members:
The Audit Committee is composed of six members, appointed by the Board, of whom a majority are independent. The Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or members of Senior Management may not be members of this committee. At the time of their appointment, Committee members receive training, if required, on the specific accounting, finance and operational issues facing the Company and the Group. The chairman of the Audit Committee is appointed by the Board of Directors. The Audit Committee meets at least four times a year, on the initiative of its chairman and of the Chairman of the Board of Directors to examine the annual, half-yearly and quarterly financial statements prior to their submission to the Board of Directors.
The composition of the Audit Committee, as appointed by the Board of Directors, is as follows:
Chairman
Independent Director
Independent Director
Independent Director
Director
Independent Director
Director, represented by Patrick Bertrand
Several entities perform the Company's internal control, under the direction of an Executive Committee comprised of the non-corporate-officer General Manager and all Directors and Deputy General Managers and chaired by the Company's Chairman & CEO.
