Board of Directors

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2014 – 2026

Biography
An Italian national, Lorenzo Bini Smaghi holds a degree in Economic Sciences from the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) and a Ph.D in Economic Sciences from the University of Chicago. He began his career in 1983 as an economist in the Research Department of the Bank of Italy. In 1994, he was appointed Head of the Policy Division of the European Monetary Institute. In October 1998, he took up the position of Director-General of International Financial Relations in the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance.

He was Chairman of SACE from 2001 to 2005. From June 2005 to December 2011, he was a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank. From 2012 to 2016, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of SNAM (Italy). From 2016 to 2019, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Italgas (Italy). He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Societe Generale since 2015.

Other offices and positions held in other companies in the past five years
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Italgas (Italy) (from 2016 to 2019).
Director: TAGES Holding (Italy) (from 2014 to 2019).

Slawomir Krupa is Societe Generale Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, having been appointed 23 May 2023.

Slawomir Krupa has over 26 years of experience in the international financial sector. 

He joined the Societe Generale group in 1996 and began his career as an inspector at the General Inspection. In 1999, he left the Group to found and manage an e-finance start-up in eastern Europe. He returned to the Group in 2002 in the General Inspection department where he was made a member of its management team in 2005. During his time at the General Inspection, he acquired an extensive and in-depth knowledge of the operations and challenges of financial institutions around the world.

In 2007, he joined the Corporate and Investment Banking division, where he took on successive responsibilities that enabled him to broaden further his expertise and his knowledge of the bank’s businesses, serving its large international clients. In 2007, he was Director of Strategy and Development, head of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle-East and Africa (CEEMEA) in 2009, and Deputy Director of Financing in 2012, supervising in particular the primary markets business, securitisation and leveraged financing, while maintaining his regional responsibilities, which were extended in 2013 to include Private Banking, Asset Management, and Securities.
Appointed CEO of SG Americas in January 2016, he oversaw the turnaround of the Americas platform, both in terms of business performance and risk management, in a challenging regulatory environment. 

In January 2021, he joined the Group’s Executive Management team as Head of Global Banking and Investor Solutions. He strengthened the division by defining for its businesses a profitable and sustainable growth strategy, which he oversaw for 18 months. In doing so, he restored the trust of the stakeholders of this core business through an effective program of risk reduction, cost control, and diversification of the business portfolio to seize development opportunities. He has also initiated an in-depth transformation of the business lines towards a sustainable growth model “ESG by Design”.

Slawomir Krupa is a Franco-Polish citizen and a graduate of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris.

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2017-2025

Biography
William Connelly is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington D.C. From 1980 to 1990, he was a banker at Chase Manhattan Bank in the US, Spain and the United Kingdom. From 1990 to 1999, he worked at Barings and later at ING Barings as Head of Mergers and Acquisitions in Spain, following which he was appointed Head of Corporate Finance for Western Europe. From 1999 to 2016, he was responsible for various positions in the Investment Banking Division at ING Bank N.V. (Netherlands). His last positions were Global Head of Corporate and Investment Banking and member of the Executive Committee, as well as Chief Executive Officer of ING Real Estate B.V. (an ING Bank subsidiary).

Other offices held currently in foreign listed companies
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Aegon Ltd (Bermuda) (Member since 2017 and Chairman since 2018).
Director: Amadeus IT Group (Spain) (since 2019) and Chairman (since 2021).

Other offices and positions held in other companies in the past five years
Director: Singular Bank SA (formerly Self Trade Bank SA - Spain (from 2019 to April 2023).

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2018 – 2026

Biography
A French national, Jérôme Contamine is a graduate of France’s École polytechnique, ENSAE and École nationale d’administration. After spending four years as an auditor at the Cour des Comptes (the supreme body for auditing the use of public funds in France), he held various operating functions at Total. He was Chief Financial Officer of Veolia Environnement from 2000 to 2009. He held the position of Director at Valeo from 2006 to 2017. He became Chief Financial Officer of Sanofi in 2009, a position he held until 2018.

Other mandates held in French unlisted companies
Chairman: Sigatéo (since 2018).

Other mandates held in non-French listed companies
Director: Galapagos N.V. (Belgium)(since 2022).

Other offices and positions held in other companies in the past five years
Director and Member of the audit committee: TotalEnergies (from 2020 to May 2023).

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2023-2027

Biography

A French national, Béatrice Cossa-Dumurgier is a graduate of École Polytechnique (1997), Corps des Ponts et Chaussées (2000), Béatrice Cossa-Dumurgier also holds a Master of Science from Massachussetts Institute of Technology (Boston, 2000). She began her career at McKinsey in France and the US, before joining the French Ministry of Finance in 2000, first in the Treasury Department and later in the Agence des Participations de l'État (French State Investment Agency). She joined BNP Paribas Group in 2004 and held various strategic, operational and executive positions until 2019, the last being Chief Executive Officer of the online brokerage subsidiary. She was a member of the Domestic Markets Executive Committee and of BNP Paribas G100. In 2019, she joined BlaBlaCar as Chief Operating Officer, CEO of BlaBlaBus and as a member of the Executive Committee. She has been Chief Operating Officer of Believe since September 2022. She is currently an independent member of the Casino Group's Board of Directors and has been a member of the Audit Committee since 2021, as well as independent director of Peugeot Invest and member of the Audit and Governance, Nominations and Compensation Committees since May 2022.

Other mandates held in French listed companies
Director: Groupe Casino (since 2021), Peugeot Invest (since 2022).

Other offices and positions held in other companies in the past five years
Chief Executive Officer: BNP Paribas Personal Investors (France) (from 2016 to 2019). 
Chairwoman of the Board of Director: Sharekhan (subsidiary of BNP Paribas Personal Investors) (India) (from 2016 to 2019). 
Director: SNCF Mobilités (France) (from 2017 to 2019), SPAC Transition (from 2021 to September 2023).

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2018 – 2026

Biography
A Canadian national, Diane Côté is a graduate of Ottawa University, where she majored in Finance and Accounting.

From 1992 to 2012, she performed key functions in the Audit, Risk and Finance Divisions of diverse insurance companies (Prudential, Standard Life and Aviva) in Canada and the United Kingdom.

From 2012 until 1 February 2021, she was Chief Risk Officer and member of the Executive Committee of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).

Other mandates held in foreign unlisted companies
Director: X-Forces Enterprises (United Kingdom) (since 2021), Pay UK Ltd. (United Kingdom) (since 2022), ACT Commodities (Netherlands) (since 2022).

Other offices and positions held in other companies in the past five years
Director: LCH SA (from 2019 to 2021).

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2023 - 2027

Biography

An American-Swedish national, Ulrika Ekman holds a J.D. from the New York University School of Law, an M.A. in History from New York University and a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. She was a partner in the US and international law firm Davis Polk LLP, where she represented clients in complex domestic and cross-border transactions across a wide range of sectors, including mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, disposals and reorganisations (1990-2004). Ulrika Ekman was a member of the Management Committee of Greenhill & Co, a leading independent investment bank that provides financial advisory services for mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, financing and fundraising to companies, institutions and governments from its multiple offices across five continents (2004-2012). She is currently an independent member of the Board of Directors of Greenhill & Co., where she chairs the Nomination and Governance Committee and sits on the Compensation Committee.

Other mandates held in foreign unlisted companies
Manager: Riga Properties LLC (United-States) (since 2019).

Other offices and positions held in other companies in the past five years
Director: Greenhill & Co. (United states) (from 2021 to December 2023).

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2009-2024

Biography
A French national, France Houssaye is a Societe Generale employee since 1989.

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2020-2024

Biography
A German citizen, Annette Messemer holds a Ph.D in Political Science from the University of Bonn (Germany), a Master in International Economics from the Fletcher School at Tufts University (US) and a degree from SciencesPo Paris.

She began her career in investment banking at JP Morgan in New York in 1994 before working in Frankfurt and London. She left JP Morgan as Senior Banker in 2006 to join Merrill Lynch as Managing Director and member of the German subsidiary’s Executive Committee.

In 2010, she was appointed to the Supervisory Board of WestLB by the German Ministry of Finance before joining Commerzbank in 2013, where she was a member of the Group’s Executive Committee and Board member for corporate and institutional clients until June 2018.

Other mandates held in French listed companies
Director: Savencia SA (since 2020); Imerys SA (since 2020); Vinci SA (since April 2023).

Other mandates held in foreign unlisted companies
Member of the Supervisory Board: Babbel AG (Germany) (since 2021). 

Other offices and positions held in other companies in the past five years
Director: Essilor International SAS (from 2018 to 2020), EssilorLuxottica SA (from 2018 to 2021).

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2021 - 2025

Biography
A French national, Henri Poupart-Lafarge is a graduate of France’s École Polytechnique, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and of Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

He began his career in 1992 at the World Bank in Washington D.C. before moving to the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance in 1994. He joined Alstom in 1998 as Head of Investor Relations and was in charge of Management Control. In 2000, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Transmission and Distribution at Alstom, a position he held until 2004. He was Chief Financial Officer of Alstom Group from 2004 until 2010, and became President of Alstom Grid from 2010 to 2011. On 4 July 2011, he became Chairman of Alstom Transport, before being appointed Chairman and CEO. He has been Chairman and CEO of Alstom since 1 February 2016.

Other mandates held in French listed companies
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Alstom (since 2016).

Other offices and positions held in other companies in the past five years
Director: Transmashholding (Russia) (from 2012 to 2019).

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2021 - 2024

Biography
A French national, Johan Praud is a Societe Generale employee since 2005.

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2017-2025

Biography
A French and Bulgarian national, Lubomira Rochet is a graduate of École normale supérieure and Sciences Po in France, and of the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.

From 2003 to 2007, she was Head of Strategy at Sogeti (Capgemini). In 2008, she moved to Microsoft where she was Head of Innovation and Start-ups in France until 2010. She joined Valtech in 2010 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2012.

Lubomira was Chief Digital Officer and member of the Executive Committee of L’Oréal from 2014 until May 2021.

Other mandates held in French unlisted companies
Director: Alan (since 2021).

Other mandates held in foreign listed companies
Director: Keurig Dr Pepper*, Coty* (since January 2023).

Other mandates held in foreign unlisted companies
Director: Bally*, Espresso House*, Gardyn*, NVA Petcare*, Panera*, Prêt A Manger*, The Branch Tech US* (formerly You & M Jones) (since 2021), Independence Pet Group* (United States) (since 2022), Pinnacle Pet Group* (United Kingdom) (since 2022).

Other offices and positions held in other companies in the past five years
Director: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts* (from 2021 to December 2023), Founders Factory Ltd** (United Kingdom) (from 2016 to 2021).

*Group JAB Holding company /  **L'Oréal Group

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2023 - 2027

Biography
A French national, Benoît de Ruffray is a graduate of École Polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Benoît de Ruffray also holds a Master's degree from Imperial College in London. He began his career in 1990 upon joining the Bouygues group. After leading major international projects, he became Head of Latin America in 2001. From 2003 to 2007, he was Chief Executive Officer of Dragages Hong Kong, and later, in 2008, Deputy CEO of Bouygues Bâtiment International. He became CEO of Soletanche Freyssinet Group (Vinci Group) in 2015. Benoît de Ruffray was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eiffage on 18 January 2016.

Other mandates held in French listed companies
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Eiffage* (since 2016).  
Director: Eiffage* (since 2015), Getlink (since 2023).

Other mandates held in French unlisted companies
Chairman: Eiffage Énergie Systèmes-Participations* (since 2017), Financière Eiffarie (SAS)* (member since 2015 and Chairman since 2018), Goyer* (since 2019).

Other mandates held in non-French listed companies
Chairman: Eiffage Énergie Systèmes-Régions France (from 2017 to April 2023), Eiffage Énergie Systèmes-Télécom (from 2017 to April 2023), Eiffarie (SAS)* (from 2018 to December 2023), Eiffage Infrastructures (from 2019 to 2022).
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Eiffage Énergie Systèmes-Clemessy* (from 2017 to April 2023).
Director: APRR* (from 2015 to June 2023), AREA* (from 2015 to June 2023).
Non-voting Director (Censor) of the Supervisory Board: Aéroport de Toulouse-Blagnac* (from 2020 to June 2023).

*Eiffage Group

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2013-2025

Biography
A Dutch national, Alexandra Schaapveld holds a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford (UK) and has a Master in Development Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands).

She began her career with the ABN AMRO Group in the Netherlands, where she held various positions in the Investment Banking Division from 1984 to 2007. In particular, she was in charge of covering the bank’s major corporate clients. In 2008, she moved to the Royal Bank of Scotland Group where she was appointed Head of Investment Banking for Western Europe.

Other mandates held in foreign listed companies
Member of the Board of Directors: 3I PLC (UK) (since 2020).

Other offices and positions held in other companies in the past five years
Member of the Supervisory Board: Bumi Armada Berhad (Malaysia) (from 2011 to May 2023).
Member of the Supervisory Board: Vallourec SA (from 2010 to 2020), FMO (Netherlands) (from 2012 to 2020).

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2021-2025

Biography
A French national, Sébastien Wetter holds a Master degree in Fundamental Physics and graduated from the Lyons Business School (EM Lyon).

He began his career at Societe Generale in 1997 in the Strategy and Marketing Division of Societe Generale’s retail bank. From 2002, working in the Group’s Organisation Consulting Department, he performed a range of assignments in the Corporate & Investment Banking arm and helped roll out the Group-wide participatory Innovation programme.

At the end of 2005, he joined the Commodities Market Department as Chief Operating Officer holding a global remit, before becoming Head of Business Development in 2008. From 2010 until 2014, he served as General Secretary of the Group’s General Inspection and Audit Division. In 2014, he joined the Coverage Division of the Corporate & Investment Bank where he held a number of positions: Head of the Client Management Unit for major French and international clients, then in 2016, Global Chief Operating Officer for the Financial Institutions coverage teams.

From 2020 to December 2022, he has been a banker managing Societe Generale’s Financial Institutions coverage teams.

Year of first appointment and year in which current mandate will expire: 2021-2025

Biography
A French national, Jean-Bernard Lévy is a graduate of France’s École polytechnique and Télécom Paris Tech. From 1978 to 1986, he worked as an engineer at France Télécom. From 1986 to 1988, he was technical advisor to the Cabinet of Gérard Longuet, then Deputy Minister for the Postal and Telecommunications Service. In 1988, he joined Matra Marconi Space as Head of Telecommunication Satellites, a position he held until 1993. From 1993 to 1994, he was appointed Director of the Cabinet of Gérard Longuet, at the time French Minister for Industry, Postal and Telecommunications Service and Foreign Trade. He subsequently held the positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Matra Communication from 1995 to 1998. From 1998 to 2002, he was Chief Executive Officer and later Managing Partner responsible for Corporate Finance at Oddo et Cie. He joined Vivendi in August 2002 as Chief Executive Officer. He chaired Vivendi’s Management Board from 2005 to 2012. He was both Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thalès from December 2012 until November 2014. Since 2014 to November 2022, he has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EDF.

Other mandates held in French listed companies
Director: Forvia (formerly Faurecia SA) (since 2021).

Other mandates held in French unlisted companies
Chairman: JBL Consulting & Investment (since January 2023).
Director: Tehtris (since January 2023).

Other offices and positions held in other companies in the past five years
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Edison S.p.A* (Italy) (from 2014 to 2019).
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: EDF* (from 2014 to 2022).
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Framatome* (from 2018 to 2022).
Director: Dalkia* (from 2014 to 2022), EDF Renouvelables* (from 2015 to 2022), Edison S.p.A* (Italy) (from 2019 to 2022), EDF Energy Holdings* (United Kingdom) (from 2017 to 2022).

*EDF Group