French Citizen, Director / Member of the Audit Committee
Appointment at Compagnie Financière Tradition SA: First elected on 7 January 1997. Re-elected on 19 May 2021.
Offices held in governing and supervisory bodies of large public or private, Swiss or foreign corporations, foundations or institutions at 31 December 2020: Honorary President of the FNEGE (France), Member of the Board of Directors of VIEL & Cie (France), Managing Director of Fondation Philippe Descarpentries (Belgium).
Education: Graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique (Paris).
Career history: Jean-Marie Descarpentries, former partner at MicKinsey, has been a senior executive of some of Europe’s major industrial groups (Shell (France), Danone Benelux), St Gobain (Spain/Portugal), Interbrew (Belgium), Ingenico (France)). From 1982 to 1991, he was CEO of Carnaud Metalbox, then from 1994 to 1997, he was CEO of Bull, and was responsible for turning the company around and its privatisation.
