Jean-Pierre Lamoure
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Soletanche Freyssinet
Director since: 2008
Current appointment ends: 2016 General Meeting
Age: 63
Main appointments within the VINCI Group: Chairman of Bachy Soletanche Holdings Ltd (UK).
Other appointments outside the VINCI Group: Chairman of Psila; Managing Partner of Comemi; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Atlantic SFDT; Chairman of the Executive Board of Sedeco; and Director and Secretary of the French National Federation of Public Works (FNTP).
Main appointments within the Group that have expired during the last five financial years: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Soletanche; Chairman of Soletanche Bachy Entreprise, Soletanche SA and Soletanche Bachy; Manager of Compagnie du Sol and of Solval (company merged); and Director of Bachy Soletanche Holdings Ltd (United Kingdom).
Appointments outside the Group that have expired during the last five years: Director of Technip. Joint Manager of HIGB, Manager of Clamar and member of the Supervisory Board of Fortis Banque France.
Background: Jean-Pierre Lamoure is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and holds the rank of Master Engineer in the Corps des Mines. He held several different posts at the French Ministry of Industry between 1975 and 1981. From 1981 to 1983, he was Head of Management Control and Planning in the insulation division of Saint-Gobain. In 1983, Mr Lamoure joined the Soletanche group as Chief Executive Officer, a position he held from 1983 to 1987, before being appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of Soletanche Entreprise for 1987–1989. He was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Soletanche SA in 1989 and served in this same position from 1997 to 2008 at Soletanche Bachy, which became a subsidiary of VINCI Construction in 2007. At Forasol-Foramer, a Soletanche subsidiary, he served as Vice-Chairman from 1983 to 1988, then as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1988 to 1994 and as Chairman of the Supervisory Board from 1994 to 1997. Mr Lamoure has also been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Atlantic SFDT since 1998. In addition, he was Vice-Chairman of the French National Federation of Public Works (FNTP) from 1998 until 2007, and has been its Secretary since 2007. Between 1995 and 1999 and between 2004 and 2009, he was also Chairman of that federation’s Technology and Innovation Commission.