Position held within the Company
Director appointed by the Shareholders’ Meeting on recommendation of the French State
Date of appointment to the Board
16 May 2019
Expiry of current term of office
Ordinary 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
A graduate as a General Engineer from Mines ParisTech Engineering School, former student at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (IEP) and the National School of Administration (ENA), Gilles Denoyel was appointed Inspector of Public Finances at the French Ministry for the Economy & Finance in 1981 before joining the Treasury Department in 1985, where he was successively in charge of the CIRI (Interministerial Committee for Industrial Restructuring), 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 and Operations, then Senior Executive Vice-President in charge of Finance: in this capacity, he played a significant part in the integration of CCF into the HSBC group. In 2004, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer, successively in charge of central functions, asset management and insurance, and then of all 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, and a member of the Supervisory Board of Memo Bank and of Rothschild & Cie since January 2018 and May 2020 respectively.
Other offices and positions held
Principal position held outside the Company
| Office/Position | Title | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the Board of Directors | Chairman of the Board of Directors TitleDexia |
Chairman of the Board of Directors CountryBelgium |
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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| Chairman of the Board of Directors | Chairman of the Board of Directors TitleDexia Crédit Local |
Chairman of the Board of Directors CountryFrance |
Chairman of the Board of Directors
|
| Member of the Supervisory Board | Member of the Supervisory Board TitleMemo Bank |
Member of the Supervisory Board CountryFrance |
Member of the Supervisory Board
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| Member of the Supervisory Board | Member of the Supervisory Board TitleRothschild & Cie |
Member of the Supervisory Board CountryFrance |
Member of the Supervisory Board
L |
Expired offices held outside the Company over the past five years
G: EDF group company – L: listed company.
Position held within the Company
Director appointed by the Shareholders’ Meeting on recommendation of the French State
Date of appointment to the Board
28 November 2022
Expiry of current term of office
Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year closing 31 December 2022
Other position(s)
Member of the Strategy Committee
Shares held 0
Nationality French
Graduate of the École Normale Supérieure and the French National School of Public Administration (ENA), Anne-Marie Descôtes is also qualified as German teacher, holds a post-graduate diploma in Germanic studies and a bachelor’s degree in history of art. After teaching German for two years, she worked for three years as a cultural attaché at the French Embassy in Bonn (1987-1990). After graduating from ENA, she was appointed to the European Cooperation Directorate at the French Ministry of foreign affairs where she worked on issues such as extra-community relations and then intra-community affairs, in particular the creation of the JHA pillar (1994-1997), before becoming a technical advisor in the office of Pierre Moscovici, Minister Delegate for European Affairs (1997-2001). From 2001 to 2005, she held the positions of special advisor for Central and South-Eastern European enlargement at France’s Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels. She was then appointed special advisor for Europe and the ex-USSR in Washington from 2005 to 2008, Director of the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) from 2008 to 2013 and Director-General for Global Affairs, Culture, Education and International Development from 2013 to 2017. After having been Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Germany from 2017 to 2022, Anne-Marie Descôtes was appointed Secretary General of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs on 30 August 2022. She was elevated to the dignity of Ambassador of France on 25 November 2020. Anne-Marie Descôtes has been a director of Orano since October 2022, a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) think tank, the German Marshall Fund and a member of the Strategic Orientation Council of the Villa Albertine.
Other offices and positions held
Principal positions held outside the Company
| Office/Position | Title | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Director | Director TitleOrano |
Director CountryFrance |
| Director | Director TitleAgence nationale des titres sécurisés (i.e. French national agency of secure shares) |
Director CountryFrance |
| Director | Director TitleInstitut national du service public (INSP) |
Director CountryFrance |
| Director | Director TitleInstitut Français |
Director CountryFrance |
| Director | Director TitleSorbonne Abou Dhabi |
Director CountryFrance |
| Director | Director TitleInstitut des hautes études de défense nationale (i.e. French high national defence study institute) |
Director CountryFrance |
| Director | Director TitleInstitut du Monde arabe |
Director CountryFrance |
Expired offices held outside the Company over the past five years
In France
