4. Corporate governance

GILLES DENOYEL, 65 years old
Position held within the Company

Director appointed by the Shareholders’ Meeting on recommendation from the French State
Date of appointment to the Board
16 May 2019
Expiry of current term of office
Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year closing 31 December 2022
Other position(s)
Chairman of the Nuclear Commitments Monitoring Committee
Shares held
0
Nationality
French

IA graduate as a General Engineer from Mines ParisTech Engineering School, the Paris Institute of Political Studies (IEP) and the National School of Administration (ENA), Gilles Denoyel was appointed as a Finance Inspector at the Ministry for the Economy & Finance in 1981 before joining the Treasury Department in 1985, where he is successively responsible of the CIRI, the Financial Markets Bureau, the Insurance Sub-Directorate and, ultimately, the privatisation programme. In 1996, he joined the CCF group as Chief Financial Officer, then General Secretary in charge of Strategy & Operations, before serving as Senior Executive Vice-President in charge of Finance: in this role, he was responsible for the integration of the CCF in the HSBC group. In 2004, he is appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer, successively in charge of central functions, he took charge of asset management, insurance activities and then all the risk and control functions and relations with regulatory authorities. From 2015 to 2017, he was HSBC’s International Institutional Relations President for Europe. He was also Chairman of the group of banks under foreign control in France from 2006 to 2016 and Treasurer of the Association Française des Banques (i.e. French banking association) from 2004 to 2016. Gilles Denoyel has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dexia and Dexia Crédit Local since May 2018.

Offices and positions held during 2019
Principal position held outside the Company
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dexia and Dexia Crédit Local
Office/PositionTitleCountry
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Title

Dexia

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Country

Belgium

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Title

Dexia Crédit Local

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Country

France

Director

Director

Title

TrustBk

Director

Country

France


Expired offices held outside the Company over the past five years
France
  • Director of HSBC France
Marie-Christine LEPETIT, 58 years old
Position held within the Company

Director appointed by the Shareholders’ Meeting on recommendation from the French State
Date of appointment to the Board
7 May 2012
Last re-elected
16 May 2019
Expiry of current term of office
Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year closing 31 December 2020
Other position(s)
Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Nuclear Commitments Monitoring Committee
Shares held
0
Nationality
French

A former student of the École Polytechnique and the National School of Administration (ENA), Marie-Christine Lepetit joined the Inspectorate General of Finance in 1987, where she held auditing and advisory positions. In 1991, she was recruited by Jean Lemierre to the Directorate General for Tax in order to introduce management control. In 1995, she was in charge of synthesis work at the Tax Law Department before joining the office of the Prime Minister, Alain Juppé, as technical advisor in tax matters and macroeconomic studies then taxation and SMEs from 1995 to 1997. She continued her career at the General Directorate for Tax, working to improve service quality (pre-filled tax returns, remote procedures, and certification). She was appointed Director of Tax Law at the Ministry for the Economy and Finance in 2004 and used this role to push through tax reforms from 2004 to 2012. At the same time, she co-chaired the working group on reform of the financing of social welfare in 2006 and co-signed the report by the conference of experts on the “energy-climate contribution” chaired by Michel Rocard. She also sat on the Local Authorities Reform Committee chaired by Edouard Balladur as Executive Director and was a member of the Public Life Renewal and Ethics Commission chaired by Lionel Jospin. She has been Head of the Inspectorate General of Finance since March 2012, and now reports to the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Public Action and Accounts.

Offices and positions held during 2019
Principal position held outside the Company
  • Head of the Inspectorate General of Finance at the Ministry for the Economy and Finance and the Ministry for Public Action and Accounts
Office/PositionTitleCountry
Member of the Risks & Internal Control Committee

Member of the Risks & Internal Control Committee

Title

Fondation des Apprentis d’Auteuil (i.e.: Auteuil Apprenticeship Foundation)

Member of the Risks & Internal Control Committee

Country

France

Director

Director

Title

Paris Institute of Political Studies (IEP)

Director

Country

France


Expired offices held outside the Company over the past five years
France
  • Director of the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (FNSP) (i.e. the French National Foundation of Political Science)