Composition
The Board of Directors is made up of persons with skills in the financial, insurance, accounting and industrial fields, the majority of whom are independent. The Board represents several different nationalities.
Denis Kessler
Chairman
Denis Kessler, a French citizen, is a graduate of HEC business school (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales) and holds a PhD in economics and advanced degrees in economics and social sciences. He was Chairman of the Fédération Française des Sociétés d’Assurance (FFSA), CEO and member of the Executive Committee of the AXA Group and Executive Vice-President of MEDEF (Mouvement des Entreprises de France). He joined the Group as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on November 4, 2002 and this appointment was renewed on May 8, 2007 and on May 4, 2011.
Claude Tendil
Senior Independant Director
Claude Tendil, a French citizen, began his career at UAP in 1972. He joined the Drouot Group in 1980 as Chief Operating Officer; he was promoted in 1987 to Chief Executive Officer, and then was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Présence Assurances, a subsidiary of the Axa Group. In 1989, he was appointed Director and Chief Executive Officer of Axa-Midi Insurance, Chief Executive Officer of Axa from 1991 to 2000, then Vice-Chairman of the management board of the Axa Group until November 2001. During this same period, he was also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Axa Group’s French insurance and assistance companies. Claude Tendil was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Generali Group in France in April 2002 and Chairman of the Europ Assistance Group in March 2003.
Gérard Andreck
Gérard Andreck, a French citizen, has been Chairman of the MACIF Group since June 2006. Mr. Andreck has a deep interest in the mutual company and insurance sector, and he served as President of CJDES (Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants de l’Economie Sociale) from 1991 to 1993. In June 1997, he became Chief Executive Officer of MACIF and second-in-command to the then Chairman Jean Simonnet. Gérard Andreck was instrumental in the development of the close partnership between Caisses d'Epargne, MACIF and MAIF in October 2004, and he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of the holding company that formalized this partnership in November 2005. On 1st of July, 2008, he was appointed Chairman of the Groupement des Entreprises Mututelles d’Assurances (GEMA) for three years and became President of the Conseil des Entreprises, Employeurs et Groupements de l’Economie Sociale (CEGES) on May 12, 2009. In October 2010, he was appointed to the Conseil Economique et Social et Environnemental (CESE).
Peter Eckert
Peter Eckert, a Swiss citizen, was member of the Management Board (1991-2007) and Chief Operating Officer (2002-2007) of Zurich Financial Services, member of the Swiss Federal Banking Commission EBK between 1st of July, 2007 and December 31, 2008, and Deputy Chairman of the Board of the new Swiss Financial Market Supervising Authority (FINMA) from 1st of January, 2008 to December 31, 2008. From 1st of January, 2009 to 14th of November, 2011, he was Chairman of the bank Clariden Leu.
Charles Gave
Charles Gave, a French citizen, has been researching tactical asset allocation for over forty years. In 1974, after three years as a financial analyst in a French investment bank, Charles created CECOGEST, an independent research firm through which he serviced a wide portfolio of clients across the world for 12 years. In 1986, Charles Gave stepped away from pure research to move into money management: he co-founded Cursitor-Eaton Asset Management where he was in charge of investment policy and managed over 10 billiondollars of institutional money on a global asset allocation mandate. Cursitor was sold in 1995 to Alliance Capital which Charles finally left in 1998 to create GaveKal where he currently serves as Chairman. Today, he is a member of the board of directors of Marshall-Wace, Endoma, Engyco, Grace Financial and the Turgot Institute.
Daniel Lebègue
Daniel Lebègue, a French citizen, has been Chairman of the French National Treasury, Chief Executive Officer of BNP and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. He currently serves as adirector of Technip, and is the Chairman of the French Institute of Directors (Institut Français des Administrateurs – IFA) and of several associations and foundations.
Monica Mondardini
Chief Executive Officer of Generali Espana, born on 26 September 1960 in Cesena (Italy), Monica Mondardini holds a degree in Economic and Statistical Sciences from the University of Bologna. Her first professional experiences were in publishing, first with the Fabbri group, then with Hachette, where she became Director of the "High-quaality illustrated books" division based in Paris. In 1998 she joined the Generali group as Managing Director of Europ Assistance in Paris. Two years later she returned to Italy to join the headquarters of the Generali group, taking responsibility for the Planning and Control department. In 2001 she left Trieste for Madrid, where she held the post of Managing Director of Generali Espana. In 2008 she became the new Managing Director of Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A
Kevin J. Knoer
Kevin J. Knoer, an American citizen, has 30 years of insurance experience, including risk control & engineering and industrial risk underwriting. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and an MBA and has served as a submariner in the United States Navy. Since joining SCOR in 1996, he has held various Treaty and Facultative Underwriting positions in the United States. From 2007-2010, he was the Deputy Regional Manager for SCOR Business Solutions (SBS) in Asia-Pacific. He is currently a Vice President/Senior P&C Underwriter for SBS in New York.
Guillaume Sarkozy
Representing Groupe Malakoff Médéric
Guillaume Sarkozy, a French citizen, is an engineer by training and a graduate of the Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics (ESTP). He began his professional career in 1974 at the Office of Public Safety in the Ministry of the Interior, before joining IBM France as a large corporate accounts manager in 1977. He has been a company leader in the textile and services industries since 1979. Until June 2006, Guillaume Sarkozy exercised a number of responsibilities at the head of professional associations, in particular, the French Textile Industries’ Union (from September 1993 to May 2006), the Industrial Federations Group (2004 to July 2006), CNPF and MEDEF (1994-2006). Guillaume Sarkozy joined Médéric in June 2006 and was appointed Group General Manager on 1st of September, 2006.
Guylaine Saucier
Guylaine Saucier, a Canadian citizen, corporate director since 1987, is a graduate of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (F.C.A.) and Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors. She was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Gérard Saucier Group, a company specializing in forestry products. She sits on the board of directors of many major corporate entities, including the Bank of Montreal, Axa Insurance Inc., Areva, Danone and Wendel. In the past, she has chaired the Joint Committee on Corporate Governance (CICA, CDNX & TSX) created in 2000 and acted as Chairman of the Board of Directors of CBC/Radio-Canada. She was also the first woman to serve as President of the Quebec Chamber of Commerce. She became a Member of the Order of Canada in 1989 and a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors in 2004, received the 25th McGill University Management Prize in 2005 and obtained the professional qualification of ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors in 2010.
Jean-Claude Seys
Jean-Claude Seys, a French citizen, has spent his career in the insurance and banking industry. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MAAF and MMA, where he remains a director. Today, he is Vice-Chairman and Deputy Director of COVEA (société de groupe d’assurance mutuelle).
Daniel Valot
Daniel Valot, a French citizen, former student at the Ecole Nationale d’Administration and Chief Advisor to the French Accounting Office (Cour des Comptes), was also in particular Technical Cooperation Counselor to the French Embassy in Tunisia, Managing Director of Total South East Asia, Chairman and CEO of Total Petroleum North America, Chief Executive Officer of Total Exploration Production, then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Technip from September 1999 until April 27, 2007.
Georges Chodron de Courcel
(Non-Voting Director)
Georges Chodron de Courcel, a French citizen, is Chief Operating Officer of BNP Paribas and holds various directorships with French and foreign companies, as well as with subsidiaries of the BNP Paribas Group.
