Board of Directors

Board of Directors

The SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT* Board of Directors is comprised of 18 members, including:

  • 9 representatives of the GDF SUEZ Group,
  • 5 directors representing the other shareholders of the agreement: Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (2), Areva (1), CNP (1) and Sofina (1),
  • 4 independent directors, jointly nominated by the parties to the shareholders' agreement as proposed by the Chairman of the Board.

 

 

Gérard Mestrallet
b. 1949, French

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GDF Suez Chairman of the Board of Directors of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT

 

Jean-Louis Chaussade
b. 1952, French

Chief Executive Officer

Member of the Executive Committee of GDF SUEZ

 

Gérard Lamarche
b. 1962, Belgian

Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of GDF Suez

Member of the Executive Committee of GDF SUEZ
 

Angel Simon Grimaldos**
b. 1958, Spanish 
CEO of the Agbar group
Chairman of CETaqua (Spain) 


Jean-François Cirelli
b. 1959, French

Vice-President, Chief Executive Officer of GDF Suez

Member of the Executive Committee of GDF SUEZ

 

Valérie Bernis
b. 1959, French

Director of Communications and Financial Communications of GDF Suez

Member of the Executive Committee of GDF SUEZ
 

Jérôme Tolot
b. 1952, French

Director of the Energy Services Branch

Member of the Executive Committee of GDF SUEZ
 

Alain Chaigneau
b. 1952, French

Director of Strategy and Sustainable Development of GDF Suez

Member of the Executive Committee of GDF SUEZ
 

Dirk Beeuwsaert
b. 1948, Belgian

Assistant Director of the Europe & International Energy branch

Member of the Executive Committee of GDF SUEZ

 

Amaury de Sèze
b. 1946, Belgian

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Carrefour SA

Vice-President of the Power Corporation of Canada.

 

Gérard Arbola
b. 1948, French

Chief Executive Officer of Areva
 

Olivier Pirotte

b. 1967, Belgian
Director of Shareholdings and Investment, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert

 

Gilles Benoist
b. 1947, French

CEO of CNP Assurance
 

Harold Boël
b. 1965, Belgian

Managing Director of Sofina

 

Guillaume Pepy
b. 1958, Belgian

Chairman and CEO of the SNCF

 

Ezra Suleiman
b. 1943, American

Director of AXA, a member of the Axa Group Audit Committee and a member of the Selection, Ethics, Governance and Human Resources Committee of the AXA Group.
 

Nicolas Bazire
b. 1959, Spanish

CEO of the Arnault SAS Group

 

Lorenz d’Este
b. 1956, Belgian

Partner in E.Gutzwiller & Cie

 

 

*For a complete description of the shareholders' agreement, please see para 18.3.1 of the prospectus lodged width the French AMF on June 13, 2008,and also available on this website in the Finance section under Regulatory Information