Caroline Grégoire Sainte Marie
Supervisory or supervisory board member in several companies
Director since: 2019
Current appointment ends: SGM 2027
Number of VINCI shares held: 1,016 at 31/12/2024
Age: 67
Director considered independent by the Board of Directors.
Outside the VINCI Group in listed companies
Appointments and other positions held at 31/12/2024
- Director of Fnac Darty and member of both its Audit Committee and its Corporate, Environmental and Social Responsibility Committee
- Director of Elior Group and Chair of its Audit Committee
Appointments and other positions that have expired during the last five financial years
- Director of Bluestar Adisseo Company (China), Chair of its Remuneration Committee and member of its Audit and Risks Committee
- Director of FLSmidth (Denmark) and member of both its Audit Committee and its Technology Committee
- Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wienerberger (Austria) and Chair of its Innovation and Sustainable Development Committee
- Director of Elkem (Norway) and member of its Remuneration Committee
In unlisted companies or other structures
Appointments and other positions held at 31/12/2024
None.
Appointments and other positions that have expired during the last five financial years
- Independent Director of Groupama Assurances Mutuelles, Chair of its Compensation and Appointments Committee and member of its Audit and Risks Committee
Background
A graduate of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, Caroline Grégoire Sainte Marie also has a degree in commercial law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She began her career with Xerox France in 1981 as a financial controller. In 1984, she joined the Hoechst pharmaceuticals group, holding various financial positions at Roussel Uclaf SA, before being appointed Chief Financial Officer in 1994 of Albert Roussel Pharma GmbH, where she also served on the Executive Board. In 1996, she joined Volkswagen France, before moving to the Lafarge group in 1997 as Chief Financial Officer of Lafarge Speciality Products (LMS). She was named Senior Vice-President, Mergers and Acquisitions in the group’s Cement division in 2000, where she notably led the financial strategy for the takeover of Blue Circle. In 2004, she became Managing Director of Lafarge Cement for Germany and the Czech Republic. She was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tarmac for France and Belgium in 2007, before being named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Frans Bonhomme in 2009. Ms Grégoire Sainte Marie has served mainly as a company director since 2011. She was a Director of Eramet from 2012 to 2016, Safran from 2011 to 2015, FLSmidth (until 2019), Wienerberger (until 2020), and Elkem (until 2021). She served on the board of Groupama Assurances Mutuelles until 2022. She is currently a Director of Fnac Darty and Elior Group.