Nicolas Bazire

54 years old
Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Arnault SAS

Date of initial appointment: 15 July, 2008
Start date of current mandate: 19 May, 2011
Termination date of mandate: General Shareholders’ Meeting which approves the financial statements for the fiscal year ending 31 December, 2014.

Others titles and positions held (excluding Group):
Member of the Supervisory Board of Rothschild and Cie Banque SCS; Director of Carrefour, Les Echos.

BiographY

Nicolas Bazire, born 13 July, 1957, French, is a graduate of the French Naval Academy and Institut d’études politiques of Paris and studied at Ecole Nationale d’Administration. Mr Bazire was an auditor and then an auxiliary judge at the Cour des Comptes.
In 1993, he became Chief of Staff and a project manager for Prime Minister Edouard Balladur. Managing Partner of Rothschild & Cie Banque from 1995 to 1999, Mr Bazire was then appointed Chairman of the Partnership Board.
He has served as Chief Executive Officer of Arnault SAS Group since 1999.