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Corporate governance
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Composition and operation of the Board of Directors
Georges Ralli
Vice-Chairman
Independent member
Born on July 23, 1948. French.
Number of Company shares owned:
5,271
Date of appointment to the Board of Directors:
June 18, 2012
Term of office expires:
Shareholders’ Meeting convened to approve
the Financial Statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014
EXPERIENCE
Georges Ralli holds a DESS (post graduate diploma) in banking and
finance from the University of Paris-V, and is a graduate of the Paris
Institut d’Études Politiques (economics and finance option) and the
Institut Commercial in Nancy.
He joined Crédit Lyonnais in 1970 where he served in a number
of management positions until 1981 (General Accounting Research
department responsible for monitoring statutory ratios and consolidation
procedures for the Group’s Alsace Regional department for corporate
customers Financial Affairs department responsible for the primary equity
market business). In 1982, he became Secretary to the Commission for
Savings Development and Protection, then, from 1982 to 1985, managed
the Financial Negotiations department of Crédit du Nord (primary equity
and bond markets, mergers and acquisitions, proprietary investment).
He joined Lazard in 1986 to develop its primary equity market business.
In 1989 he moved to the mergers and acquisitions department. He
became managing partner in 1993 and was appointed as co-head of the
firm’s mergers and acquisitions from 1999. From 2000 to 2012, Georges
Ralli was Managing director and Deputy Chairman of the Lazard LLC
Executive Committee (USA). He was simultaneously headed up its French
branch (Maison Française) until 2009. Until 2012, he was President of
the European mergers and acquisitions activities (Maison Lazard) and
European asset management and private banking businesses activities
(Lazard Frères Gestion and Lazard Wealth Management Europe).
Currently, he manages IPF Partners, investment company specialized
in health activity.
2014 POSITIONS HELD WITHIN THE GROUP
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Vice-Chairman and member of the Board of Directors
of Carrefour
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Chairman of the Accounts Committee of Carrefour
POSITIONS HELD OUTSIDE THE GROUP 2014
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Manager of IPF Management 1 SARL (Luxembourg)
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Manager of IPF Partners SARL (Switzerland)
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Director of Chargeurs SA
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Permanent representative of Groupama which is director
of Veolia Environnement
FORMER POSITIONS HELD FROM 2010 TO 2013
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Chairman of Maison Lazard SAS
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Chairman of Lazard Frères Gestion SAS
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Managing Partner of Compagnie Financière Lazard Frères
SAS (Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Managing Partner of Lazard Frères SAS
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Managing Partner of Lazard Frères Gestion SAS
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Member of the Supervisory Board of VLGI SAS
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Deputy Chairman and Managing director of Lazard
Group LLC (United States) (Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Chief Executive of the European Investment
Banking Business of Lazard (United States)
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Co-Chairman of the European Investment
Banking Committee of Lazard (United States)
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Chairman of the Board of managers of Lazard
Wealth Management Europe SARL (Luxembourg)
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Chairman of the Advisory Board of Lazard GmbH
(Switzerland) (Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Member of LFCM Holdings LLC (United States)
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Member of the Advisory Committee of Lazard BV
(Belgium) (Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Member of the European Advisory Board of Lazard
(United States) (Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Director of Lazard Wealth Management Holding SL
(Spain) (Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Director of LAZ-MD Holding LLC (United States)
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Director of Lazard Aserores Financieros SA (Spain)
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Director of Lazard AB (Sweden)
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Director of Lazard & Co Srl (Italy)
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Director of Lazard Investments Srl (Italy)
(Expiration date of term: 2012)
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Director of SILIC SA (Expiration date of term: 2013)