Corporate governance

General management

Alex Bongrain
Born on March 16,1952
Chairman

Olivier Delaméa
Born on April 26, 1969
Chief Executive Officer since September 2022
Joined the Group in 2022

Olivier de Sigalony
Born on June 26, 1960
Financial Director since january 2014
Joined the Group in 1997
Chief Account Officer since 2008

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is composed of 15 members of which 10 are independent.
The board defines its schedule of meetings, which are held every two months unless additional urgent or necessary meetings are called in the best interests of the company.
The Board of Directors debates its operations and assesses its works.

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  Alex Bongrain
  Born on March 16, 1952
  Member of the Board of Directors since April 2004.
  Chairman
  

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  Armand Bongrain
  Born on June 9, 1953
  Member of the Board of Directors since April 2004.
  President of the Supervisory Board of SAVENCIA Holding

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  Anne-Marie Cambourieu
  Born on July 24, 1959
  Member of the Board of Directors since April 2019. Independent Director.
  Founder and President of Sustainable Human Resources Consulting.
  Administrator of Nexans Foundation.

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  Clare Chatfield
  Born on December 21, 1957
  Member of the Board of Directors since April 2016. Independent Director.
  Managing Director L.E.K Consulting SARL and L.E.K Consulting.
  Administrator of Daher Company and Antalis Group.

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  Sophie De Roux
  Born on July 27, 1964
  Member of the Board of Directors since 2021.

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  Xavier Govare
  Born on January 18, 1958.
  Member of the Board of Directors since April 2017. Independent Director.
  Administrator of Pure Salmon France.

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  Maliqua Haimeur
  Born on September 7, 1956.
  Member of the Board of Directors since April 2018. Independent Director.
  President of the the Board of Directors of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes.

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  Martine Liautaud
  Born on May 15, 1950
  Member of the Board of Directors since April 2013. Independent Director.
  President and founder of Liautaud & Cie, Women Business Mentoring Initiative (WBMI) and Women Initiative Foundation. Member of the Strategic Committee and the Board of Directors of Centrale Supélec.

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  Annette Messemer
  Born on September 14, 1964
  Member of the Board of Directors since April 2020. Independent Director.
  Director of the companies sitting on the Board of Directors EssilorLuxottica S.A.
  Appointed to the Boards of Société Générale and Imérys.

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  Christian Mouillon
  Born on september 15, 1955
  Member of the Board of Directors since April 2018. Independent Director.
  President and member of the Board of ESCP Europe Fondation and ESCP Europe strategic Committee.

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  Ignacio Osborne
  Born on June 28, 1953
  Member of the Board of Directors since 2009. Independent Director.
  Chairman and Managing Director of Osborne Group (Spain).

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  Vincenzo Picone
  Born on October 23, 1972
  Member of the Board of Directors since April 2020. Independent Director.
  President Vinx Partners.

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  Robert Roeder
  Born on September 27, 1964
  Member of the Board of Directors since April 2020. Independent Director.
  Co-Director and Secretary General of Ledunfly SA.
  Lawyer at the bars of Paris, London and New York.
  Member of the Supervisory Board of Dynaes SAS.
  Member of the Board of Directors of the Fournier Institute.

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  François Wolfovski
  Born on June 2, 1958
  Member of the Board of Directors since April 2020.

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  Xavier Cruse
  Representing SAVENCIA Holding.

Special Committees

The Board is assisted by three specialist committees. Savencia Fromage & Dairy provides them with the means necessary for carrying out their task, when necessary with the help of the various departments concerned, and authorizes them to take outside advice. Each of these committees meets several times a year and whenever its opinion is deemed necessary by the Chairman of the Board, the Board or by the Chairman of the committee itself.

This Committee is made up of at least three members of the Board of Directors and carries out its task in the fields of external statutory audit, internal control and the Group’s half yearly and annual financial statements and financial announcements. In each of these fields, it assesses the Group’s requirements, the technical and human resources employed and their suitability. It informs the Board of Directors of any observations or recommendations that it considers useful.

Members, by decision of the Board of directors: Mr Mouillon (Chairman), Mr Govare, Mrs Liautaud, Mrs Messemer, Mr Wolfovski.

It is made up of at least three members of the Board of Directors other than the Chairman.
It assists the Board in respect of the organization and structures of the Group, the appointment of the executive directors and the selection of new Board directors.

Members, by decision of the Board of directors: Mrs Chatfield (Chairwoman), Mrs Cambourieu, Mr Cruse, Mr Osborne.

It is made up of at least three members of the Board of Directors other than the Chairman.
It assists the Board on ethical issues and questions relating to the Group’s social and environmental responsibility that may arise for management.

Members, by decision of the Board of directors: Mrs Haimeur (Chairwoman), Mr Armand Bongrain,  Mrs Cambourieu, Mr Govare, Mr Mouillon, Mr Roeder.