Governance Highlights
Bureau Veritas registre international de classification de navires et d’aéronefs, hereafter 'Bureau Veritas' is a limited liability Company (Société anonyme) incorporated under the laws of France.
Bureau Veritas Annual Shareholders' Meeting held in Paris on June 3, 2009 approved the change in the Company Corporate Governance moving from a dual structure with a Management Board and a Supervisory Board to a single one with a Board of Directors.
Board of Directors
The Board of directors has ten members:
Frank Piedelièvre
Chairman of the Board
Frédéric Lemoine
Vice Chairman
Frédéric Lemoine, Chairman of the supervisory board of the Company since April 14, 2009, was appointed as Director and Vice-Chairman of the board of Directors on June 3, 2009 when the mode of management and administration of the Company was changed. From 1992 to 1993 he spent a year managing the Heart Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and, in 2004, was made secretary-general of the Alain Carpentier Foundation that supported this hospital. From 1995 to 1997 he was deputy manager o...
Stéphane Bacquaert
Stéphane Bacquaert, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company since June 2008, was appointed as a Director on June 3, 2009 when the mode of management and administration of the Company was changed. Stéphane Bacquaert began his career as a strategic consultant at Bain & Company in Europe and Latin America. Then he joined Netscapital, a merchant bank specialized in the media and information technology, as chief executive officer. He was then made a partner in charge of the Paris off...
Patrick Buffet*
Patrick Buffet, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company since June 18, 2007, was appointed as a Director on June 3, 2009 when the mode of management and administration of the Company was changed. As an engineer from the Corps des Mines, he began his career at the Ministry of Industry in the field of power and commodities. In 1986, he joined the Entreprise Minière et Chimique, as Director of Planning, Development and Management Control. He then became Chairman and Chief Executiv...
Aldo Cardoso*
Aldo Cardoso, Observer of the Company since June 2005, was appointed as a Director and as Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Company on June 3, 2009 when the mode of management and administration of the Company was changed. From 1979 to 2003, he held various positions at Arthur Andersen: Associate Consultant (1989), Chairman France (1994), member of the Board of Directors of Andersen Worldwide (1998), Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Andersen Worldwide (2...
Barbara Vernicos*
Ms. Barbara Vernicos began her career in 1975 at Piraiki-Patraiki SA where she worked until the company was nationalized in 1984. She then founded Atalanti SA, a commercial company for the distribution and retail sale of branded products that merged with other companies in 2000 to form Notos Com Holdings SA, one of the biggest distribution groups in Greece. Since 2000, Ms. Barbara Vernicos has served as Chief Executive Officer of Notos Galleries (Major Stores Division of Notos Com Holdings SA...
Pierre Hessler*
Pierre Hessler, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bureau Veritas from 2002 to 2005 and Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board since June 2005, was appointed as a Director of the Company on June 3, 2009 when the mode of management and administration of the Company was changed. Pierre Hessler began his career at IBM where he worked for approximately 27 years, holding positions at IBM Switzerland (from 1965 to 1980), where he was Director of Agencies in the computer field, then IBM Euro...
Philippe Louis-Dreyfus*
Philippe Louis-Dreyfus, a member of the Supervisory Board since June 2005, was appointed as a Director of the Company on June 3, 2009 when the mode of management and administration of the Company was changed. He has been Chairman of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS since 2003. Mr. Louis-Dreyfus has pursued most of his career in the banking sector, first as a Member of the Executive Committee of Banque Louis Dreyfus, then of Banque Pallas France, responsible for the Corporate Department. He s...
Jean-Michel Ropert
Jean-Michel Ropert, a member of the Supervisory Board since December 2005, was appointed as a Director of the Company on June 3, 2009 when the mode of management and administration of the Company was changed. He joined the Wendel Group in 1989 where he carried out a series of functions within the accounting, consolidation and bookkeeping teams. Since 2002, Mr. Ropert has been Chief Financial Officer of Wendel. Mr. Ropert holds a degree in Études Comptables et Financières (DECF)....
Ernest-Antoine Seillière
Ernest-Antoine Seillière, a member of the Supervisory Board since March 2005, was appointed as a Director of the Company on June 3, 2009 when the mode of management and administration of the Company was changed. Ernest-Antoine Seillière was previously an advisor on foreign affairs. After one year at the Center for International Aff airs at Harvard University, he joined the Wendel Group in 1976. He became the Group’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1987. A Director of Wendel Investissement from 1985 to 2005, he has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wendel since May 31, 2005. Ernest-Antoine Seillière is a former student of the École Nationale d’Administration and a Commander of the Legion of Honor.
* Independent member
Specialised Board Committees
The Board has three specialised committees, namely an Audit and Risk Committee, a Strategic Committee and a Nomination and Compensation Committee.
Audit and Risk Committee
Aldo Cardoso, Chairman
Stéphane Bacquaert
Jérôme Charruau
Jean-Michel Ropert
Strategic Committee
Frédéric Lemoine, Chairman
Patrick Buffet
Pierre Hessler
Nomination and Compensation Committee
Pierre Hessler, Chairman
Frédéric Lemoine
Philippe Louis-Dreyfus
The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is the operational management body of the Group. It is chaired by the Chief Executive Officer and is composed of the Chief Executives of the Group’s vertical operating businesses (Marine, Industry & Facilities, GSIT, Consumer Products and Commodities), the Chief Executives of the major geographic zones of the Industry & Facilities division, and of the support functions.
The Executive Committee examines and approves questions and decisions relating to the Group’s strategy and general organization. It adopts the policies and procedures set for general application for the Group as a whole. In addition, each of the four vertical businesses, as well as the Industry & Facilities division, has its own Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee is composed of 15 members, including the Chief Executive Officer:
Didier Michaud-Daniel
Chief Executive Officer
Philippe Donche-Gay
Industry & Facilities1,
Group Information Systems
Arnaud André
Human Resources, Quality, Health & Safety, Environment, Communication and Organization
Andrew Hibbert
General Counsel,
Risks and Compliance
Sami Badarani
Chief Financial Officer
Laurent Bermejo
Industry & Facilities1
Northern and Eastern Europe
Pedro Paulo Guimaraes
Industry & Facilities1
Americas
Laurent Clavel
Industry & Facilities1
Industry
Jacques Lubetzki
Industry & Facilities1
South East Europe
Philippe Lanternier
Industry & Facilities1
Asia
Eduardo Camargo
Industry & Facilities1
Latin America
Oliver Butler
Consumer Products
Bernard Anne
Marine
Tony Mouawad
GSIT
Industry & Facilities1
Middle-East, India, Russia and Africa areas
Neil Hopkins
Commodities
Secretary to the Executive Committee:
Nadia Ben Salem-Nicolas
Strategy and Acquisitions
(1) The Industry & Facilities division groups the Industry, In-Service Inspection & Verification, Construction and Certification businesses
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