On 1 November 2018, the Board named Yannick Assouad, an independent director of VINCI, to the position of Lead Director it had created on 6 May 2010.
The purpose of this position is to have a Board member able to serve as a point of contact distinct from the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and who also has the personal powers necessary to guarantee the Board’s responsiveness in all circumstances.
The Lead Director has the duties and responsibilities laid down in the Board’s internal rules, which are reiterated in paragraph 2.1.
The Lead Director chairs the Appointments and Corporate Governance Committee and may request the addition of any item to the agenda of a Board meeting or ask the Chairman to call a Board meeting.
She has drawn up a report on the performance of her duties in 2021 (see page 273).
At 31 December 2021, the Board of Directors had the following 15 members:
Name | Age(*) | Gender | Number of years of service |
Number of shares held |
Nationality(ies) | Independence (reason not considered as independent) |
Date of first appointment |
Term of office ends |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Xavier Huillard Chairman | Xavier Huillard ChairmanAge (*)67 |
Xavier Huillard ChairmanGender M |
Xavier Huillard ChairmanNumber of years of service 15 |
Xavier Huillard ChairmanNumber ofshares held 381,616 |
Xavier Huillard ChairmanNationality(ies) French |
Xavier Huillard ChairmanIndependence ( reason not consideredas independent) Not independent (executive company officer) |
Xavier Huillard ChairmanDate of first appointment 09/01/2006 |
Xavier Huillard ChairmanTerm of officeends 2022 SGM |
Yves-Thibault de Silguy Vice-Chairman | Yves-Thibault de Silguy Vice-ChairmanAge (*)73 |
Yves-Thibault de Silguy Vice-ChairmanGender M |
Yves-Thibault de Silguy Vice-ChairmanNumber of years of service 21 |
Yves-Thibault de Silguy Vice-ChairmanNumber ofshares held 45,199 |
Yves-Thibault de Silguy Vice-ChairmanNationality(ies) French |
Yves-Thibault de Silguy Vice-ChairmanIndependence ( reason not consideredas independent) Not independent (more than12 years of service) |
Yves-Thibault de Silguy Vice-ChairmanDate of first appointment 11/09/2000 |
Yves-Thibault de Silguy Vice-ChairmanTerm of officeends 2022 SGM |
Yannick Assouad Lead Director | Yannick Assouad Lead DirectorAge (*)62 |
Yannick Assouad Lead DirectorGender F |
Yannick Assouad Lead DirectorNumber of years of service 8 |
Yannick Assouad Lead DirectorNumber ofshares held 1,000 |
Yannick Assouad Lead DirectorNationality(ies) French |
Yannick Assouad Lead DirectorIndependence ( reason not consideredas independent) Independent |
Yannick Assouad Lead DirectorDate of first appointment 16/04/2013 |
Yannick Assouad Lead DirectorTerm of officeends 2025 SGM |
Benoit Bazin | Benoit Bazin Age (*)53 |
Benoit Bazin Gender M |
Benoit Bazin Number of years of service 1 |
Benoit Bazin Number ofshares held 1,000 |
Benoit Bazin Nationality(ies) French |
Benoit Bazin Independence ( reason not consideredas independent) Independent |
Benoit Bazin Date of first appointment 18/06/2020 |
Benoit Bazin Term of officeends 2024 SGM |
Robert Castaigne | Robert Castaigne Age (*)75 |
Robert Castaigne Gender M |
Robert Castaigne Number of years of service 14 |
Robert Castaigne Number ofshares held 1,038 |
Robert Castaigne Nationality(ies) French |
Robert Castaigne Independence ( reason not consideredas independent) Not independent (more than 12 years of service) |
Robert Castaigne Date of first appointment 27/03/2007 |
Robert Castaigne Term of officeends 2023 SGM |
Uwe Chlebos | Uwe Chlebos Age (*)63 |
Uwe Chlebos Gender M |
Uwe Chlebos Number of years of service 7 |
Uwe Chlebos Number ofshares held 206 |
Uwe Chlebos Nationality(ies) German |
Uwe Chlebos Independence ( reason not consideredas independent) Not independent (Director representing employees) |
Uwe Chlebos Date of first appointment 15/04/2014 |
Uwe Chlebos Term of officeends 2022 |
Graziella Gavezotti | Graziella Gavezotti Age (*)70 |
Graziella Gavezotti Gender F |
Graziella Gavezotti Number of years of service 8 |
Graziella Gavezotti Number ofshares held 1,000 |
Graziella Gavezotti Nationality(ies) Italian |
Graziella Gavezotti Independence ( reason not consideredas independent) Independent |
Graziella Gavezotti Date of first appointment 16/04/2013 |
Graziella Gavezotti Term of officeends 2025 SGM |
Caroline Grégoire Sainte Marie | Caroline Grégoire Sainte Marie Age (*)64 |
Caroline Grégoire Sainte Marie Gender F |
Caroline Grégoire Sainte Marie Number of years of service 2 |
Caroline Grégoire Sainte Marie Number ofshares held 1,016 |
Caroline Grégoire Sainte Marie Nationality(ies) French |
Caroline Grégoire Sainte Marie Independence ( reason not consideredas independent) Independent |
Caroline Grégoire Sainte Marie Date of first appointment 17/04/2019 |
Caroline Grégoire Sainte Marie Term of officeends 2023 SGM |
Miloud Hakimi | Miloud Hakimi Age (*)63 |
Miloud Hakimi Gender M |
Miloud Hakimi Number of years of service 7 |
Miloud Hakimi Number ofshares held 808 |
Miloud Hakimi Nationality(ies) French and Algerian |
Miloud Hakimi Independence ( reason not consideredas independent) Not independent (Director representing employees) |
Miloud Hakimi Date of first appointment 15/04/2014 |
Miloud Hakimi Term of officeends 2022 |
Marie-Christine Lombard | Marie-Christine Lombard Age (*)63 |
Marie-Christine Lombard Gender F |
Marie-Christine Lombard Number of years of service 7 |
Marie-Christine Lombard Number ofshares held 1,000 |
Marie-Christine Lombard Nationality(ies) French |
Marie-Christine Lombard Independence ( reason not consideredas independent) Independent |
Marie-Christine Lombard Date of first appointment 15/04/2014 |
Marie-Christine Lombard Term of officeends 2022 SGM |
René Medori | René Medori Age (*)64 |
René Medori Gender M |
René Medori Number of years of service 3 |
René Medori Number ofshares held 1,176 |
René Medori Nationality(ies) French and British |
René Medori Independence ( reason not consideredas independent) Independent |
René Medori Date of first appointment 17/04/2018 |
René Medori Term of officeends 2022 SGM |
Dominique Muller Joly-Pottuz | Dominique Muller Joly-Pottuz Age (*)59 |
Dominique Muller Joly-Pottuz Gender F |
Dominique Muller Joly-Pottuz Number of years of service 2 |
Dominique Muller Joly-Pottuz Number ofshares held 579 |
Dominique Muller Joly-Pottuz Nationality(ies) French |
Dominique Muller Joly-Pottuz Independence ( reason not consideredas independent) Not independent (Director representing employee shareholders |
Dominique Muller Joly-Pottuz Date of first appointment 17/04/2019 |
Dominique Muller Joly-Pottuz Term of officeends 2023 SGM |
Ana Paula Pessoa | Ana Paula Pessoa Age (*)54 |
Ana Paula Pessoa Gender F |
Ana Paula Pessoa Number of years of service 6 |
Ana Paula Pessoa Number ofshares held 1,000 |
Ana Paula Pessoa Nationality(ies) Brazilian |
Ana Paula Pessoa Independence ( reason not consideredas independent) Independent |
Ana Paula Pessoa Date of first appointment 14/04/2015 |
Ana Paula Pessoa Term of officeends 2023 SGM |
Pascale Sourisse | Pascale Sourisse Age (*)59 |
Pascale Sourisse Gender F |
Pascale Sourisse Number of years of service 14 |
Pascale Sourisse Number ofshares held 1,000 |
Pascale Sourisse Nationality(ies) French |
Pascale Sourisse Independence ( reason not consideredas independent) Not independent (more than 12 years of service |
Pascale Sourisse Date of first appointment 27/03/2007 |
Pascale Sourisse Term of officeends 2023 SGM |
Qatar Holding LLC Permanent representative: Abdullah Hamad Al Attiyah |
Qatar Holding LLC Permanent representative: Abdullah Hamad Al Attiyah Age (*)37 |
Qatar Holding LLC Permanent representative: Abdullah Hamad Al Attiyah Gender M |
Qatar Holding LLC Permanent representative: Abdullah Hamad Al Attiyah Number of years of service 6 3 |
Qatar Holding LLC Permanent representative: Abdullah Hamad Al AttiyahNumber of shares held 22,375,000 |
Qatar Holding LLC Permanent representative: Abdullah Hamad Al Attiyah Nationality(ies) Qatarie Qatarie |
Qatar Holding LLC Permanent representative: Abdullah Hamad Al Attiyah Independence ( reason not consideredas independent) Independent Independent |
Qatar Holding LLC Permanent representative: Abdullah Hamad Al Attiyah Date of first appointment 14/04/2015 06/12/2018 |
Qatar Holding LLC Permanent representative: Abdullah Hamad Al AttiyahTerm of office ends 2022 SGM |
(*) Age on 31 December 2021.
SGM: Shareholders’ General Meeting.
As a general rule, the members of the Board of Directors are appointed individually by vote of the shareholders at the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting as proposed by the Board, itself referring to the opinion of the Appointments and Corporate Governance Committee. However, the two Directors representing employees, namely Uwe Chlebos and Miloud Hakimi, were designated respectively by the trade union having the highest number of members within the VINCI Group and the European Works Council, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11.3 of the Articles of Association.
Each Board member, other than the Directors representing employees and the Director representing employee shareholders, must hold a minimum of 1,000 VINCI shares in registered form.