Universal Registration Document 2020

4. Corporate governance

DIRECTOR – REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FRENCH STATE
Martin VIAL, 67 years old
Position held within the Company

Director – Representative of the French State

Date of appointment to the Board

9 September 2015

Last re-elected

21 November 2018

Expiry of current term of office

20 November 2022

Other position(s)

Member of the Appointments, Remuneration & Governance Committee and the Strategy Committee

Shares held

0

Nationality

French

Graduate from the ESSEC business school and the École nationale supérieure des postes et télécommunications, Martin Vial began his career as Postal Services and Telecommunications Director at the Financial Division of the General Postal Directorate. In 1986, he joined the Treasury Division at the Ministry for the Economy and Finance. From 1988 to 1993, he was successively Technical Advisor, Deputy Manager then Head of the offices of the Minister for Postal Services and Telecommunications and Space, the Minister for Equipment, Housing, Transport and Space, and finally the Minister for Postal Services and Telecommunications. In 1993, Martin Vial was appointed Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Aéropostale, airline and joint subsidiary of Air France, La Poste and TAT, and he was elected Chairman of the Chambre Syndicale du Transport Aérien [French air transport union] and Fédération nationale de l’aviation marchande [French national commercial aviation union]. At the end of 1997, he became Chief Executive Officer of La Poste group. In September 2002, he was appointed Chairman of La Poste group and at the same time Deputy Chairman of the Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance (CNP). Martin Vial joined the French National Audit Office in September 2002 as Chief Advisor. From 2003 to 2014, he was Chief Executive Officer of the Europ Assistance group, world leader on the groundhandling market and Director and Chief Executive Officer of Europ Assistance Holding. He also chairs several Boards of Directors of companies in the Europ Assistance group. In January 2015, he founded Premium Care, a company which provides assistance to the elderly. Commissioner of the French State Shareholdings since August 2015, Martin Vial is a Director of Renault, Bpifrance and Air France.

Other offices and positions held
Principal position held outside the Company
  • Commissioner of the French State Shareholdings Agency
Office/PositionTitleCountry 
Director

Director

Title

Renault

Director

Country

France

Director

 

L

Director

Director

Title

Air France KLM

Director

Country

France

Director

 

L

Director

Director

Title

Bpifrance

Director

Country

France

Director

 

 

Expired offices held outside the Company over the past five years
In France
  • Director of Thales
Other countries
  • None

G: EDF group company – L: listed company.

DIRECTORS ELECTED BY THE EMPLOYEES
Claire BORDENAVE, 58 years old
Position held within the Company

Director elected by the employees

Date of appointment to the Board

23 November 2019

Expiry of current term of office

22 November 2023

Other position(s)

Member of the Corporate Responsibility Committee

Shares held

0

Nationality

French

A graduate from ESSEC business school and holder of 2-year Master’s degree from INSTN (i.e. French Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology), Claire Bordenave began her career in the electrical and gas industries at Gaz de France’s Economic & Sales Directorate in 1988 as a business engineer. She was responsible for project development and negotiation in France and internationally, as well as strategic and economic studies. She is currently in charge of studies at the EDF group Strategy Division, and has been a member of the French Higher Energy Council since 2011 and of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council since 2018. Claire Bordenave is sponsored by the CGT trade union.

Other offices and positions held
Position held within the Company
  • Senior Analyst at the EDF group Strategy Division
Office/PositionTitleCountry
Council member

Council member

Title

Conseil économique social et environnemental (i.e. French Economic, Social and Environmental Council)

Council member

Country

France

Member

Member

Title

Conseil supérieur de l’énergie

Member

Country

France

Expired offices held outside the Company over the past five years
  • Chair of the Île-de-France Regional Economic, Social & Environmental Council’s Environment & Energy Transition Committee
  • Director of the CNIEG