Universal Registration Document 2020

4. Corporate governance

Marie-Christine LEPETIT, 59 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, Finance and Recovery.

Other offices and positions held 

Principal position held outside the Company

  • Head of the Inspectorate General of Finance at the Ministry for the Economy, Finance and Recovery

Office/Position

Title

Country

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
In France
  • Director of the Fondation nationale des sciences politiques (FNSP) (i.e. the French National Foundation of Political Science)
Colette LEWINER, 75 years old
Position held within the Company

Director appointed by the Shareholders’ Meeting

Date of appointment to the Board

11 April 2014

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 Appointments, Remuneration & Governance Committee, member of the Audit Committee and the Nuclear Commitments Monitoring Committee

Shares held

1,969 (1)

Nationality

French

 

A former student of the École normale supérieure and holder of an Aggregation degree in physics and Doctorate in science, Colette Lewiner joined Électricité de France in 1979. In 1989 she created the Development and Commercial Strategy Division, accordingly becoming the first woman appointed Executive Officer at EDF. From 1992 to 1998, she was Chair & Chief Executive Officer of SGN, a nuclear engineering company, subsidiary of AREVA-Orano. In 1998, she joined Capgemini to create then manage until June 2012 the Global Energy and Utilities sector.
Since July 2012, she has been, as Manager of Cowin, a Consultant in the energy field. Non-executive Chair of TDF (SAS) from 2010 to 2015, she has been a member of the Académie des Technologies (i.e. French National Academy of Technologies) since 2002. She is a Director of the Bouygues group as well as Getlink and CGG.

Other offices and positions held
Principal position held outside the Company
  • Professional Director

 

Office/Position

 

 

 

 

 

 Title

 

 

 

 

Country

 
Director

Director

 

 Title

 

 

 

 

Bouygues

Director

Country

France

Director

 

C

Director

Director

 

 Title

 

 

 

 

Getlink (formerly Eurotunnel)

Director

Country

France

Director

 

C

Director

Director

 

 Title

 

 

 

 

CGG

Director

Country

France

Director

 

C

Expired offices held outside the Company over the past five years
In France
  • Director of Ingenico
  • Director of Nexans
Other countries
  • Director of Crompton Greaves (India)

(1) Shares held directly and through the profit-sharing scheme (FCPE) (amount rounded down to the nearest unit).

G: EDF group company – L: listed company.