Board of Directors

Fady Khallouf was appointed as Director and CEO on 15 November 2019. He has a 35-year experience in the energy, the environment, the engineering, and the infrastructure sectors. He has previously held the position of CEO and CFO of FUTUREN (Renewable Energy, listed on Euronext Paris) where he achieved the restructuring and the turnaround of the group. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Tecnimont group (Petrochemicals and Oil and gas), the Vice-President Strategy and Development of EDISON group (Electricity and Gas, E&P), the Head of M&A of EDF group (Energy). Fady Khallouf had beforehand held various management positions at ENGIE (Energy), Suez (Environmental Services), and DUMEZ (Construction and Infrastructures).

Michel Meeùs was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 23 June 2014. Mr. Meeùs was former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Theolia, an independent international developer and operator of wind energy projects. Since 2007, he has been a director within the Alcogroup SA Company (which gathers the ethanol production units of the Group), as well as within some of its subsidiaries. Before joining Alcogroup, Mr Meeùs carved out a career in the financial sector, at Chase Manhattan Bank in Brussels and London, then at Security Pacific Bank in London, then finally at Electra Kingsway Private Equity in London.

Michel is currently Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Lilia Jolibois was appointed as Director on 15 November 2019. She is currently a member of three Boards: Cadogan Energy Solutions Plc, INSEAD Foundation, and Tremau SA. She is also a Venture and CEO Advisor at Loyal Venture Capital, a global VC fund. Her career spans Merrill Lynch Investment Banking, Sara Lee, and Lafarge in the USA and Europe. At Lafarge Group, Ms. Jolibois served in numerous positions in finance, strategy, business development, CEO and Chair of the Board for Lafarge Cement and Gypsum in Ukraine, and SVP and Chief Marketing-SalesSupply Chain Officer for Lafarge Aggregates, Asphalt & Paving.

Lilia is currently Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Gilbert Lehmann was appointed to the Board on 18 November 2011. He was an adviser to the Executive Board of Areva, the French nuclear energy business, having previously been its Deputy Chief Executive Officer responsible for finance. He is also a former Chief Financial Officer and deputy CEO of Framatone, the predecessor to Areva, and was CFO of Sogee, part of the Rothschild Group. Mr Lehmann was also Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Eramet, the French minerals and alloy business. He is Deputy Chairman and Audit Committee Chairman of Assystem SA, the French engineering and innovation consultancy. He was Chairman of ST Microelectronics NV, one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies, from 2007 to 2009, and stepped down as Vice Chairman in 2011.

Gilbert is currently a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Charles Mack is both an advocate and a certified insolvency practitioner focused on cross-border restructuring cases. He has been appointed as administrator, liquidator and CRO manager in several national/international medium size as well as large companies. He is a member of the bar in both Munich and Padova and a Registered European Lawyer at the Bar of England & Wales. Charles has been with Studio Legale Trabucchi since he passed his law examinations and a partner since 2000 and has been a partner with White & Case as well as Brinkmann Partners in Germany. He is currently a member of the board of TMA Europe and a former president of Insol Europe.

Charles is currently a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Thibaut de Gaudemar has more than 35 years of experience in investment banking working for prominent international financial institutions in London. His last position was Vice Chairman of Capital Markets for EMEA at Credit-Suisse. He previously co-managed the Global Markets Solution Group, which encompassed Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, Leveraged Finance and Derivatives. He was a member of the Global and the European Investment Banking Committees. Prior to joining Credit-Suisse in 2005, he was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust in charge of the Strategic Equity Derivative Business in Europe.

Thibaut is currently a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.