Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance Charter – update of April 2013
| Composition of the Board of Directors (as at 31 December 2012) | Joined the Board in | End of term | |
| Roland D’Ieteren (70) 1 | Chairman of the Board Graduate of Solvay Business School, MBA (INSEAD). Chairman and managing director of D’Ieteren from 1975 to 2005. Chairman of the Board of Directors of D’Ieteren since 2005. Honorary Director of Belron. |
1973 | June 2014 |
| Maurice Périer (74) 1 | Deputy Chairman of the Board Bachelor Civil Engineer and Bachelor Commercial Engineer, Solvay Business School (ULB). Career at ELECTROBEL (1971-1987): management controller; CEO of an electro-acoustical equipment subsidiary; research department; company secretary of ELECTROBEL Engineering Int’l. Director of D’Ieteren since 1978. Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1993. |
1978 | May 2015 |
| Jean-Pierre Bizet (64) | Managing Director Graduate of Solvay Business School, MBA (Harvard), PhD in Applied Economics (ULB). Consultant, partner and director at McKinsey (1980-1994). Managing director of GIB Group (1999-2002). Joined D’Ieteren in 2002, managing director since 2005. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Belron. |
2005 | May 2015 |
| Nicolas D’Ieteren (37) 1 | Non-executive Director BSc Finance & Management (University of London); Asia Int’l Executive Program and Human Resources Management in Asia Program (INSEAD). Led projects at Bentley Germany and Porsche Austria. From 2003 to 2005, finance director of a division of Total UK. Since 2005, managing director of a Private Equity fund investing in young companies. Director of Belron. |
2005 | May 2015 |
| Olivier Périer (41) 1 | Non-executive Director Degree in architecture and urban planning (ULB); Executive Program for the Automotive Industry (Solvay Business School); International Executive Program (INSEAD). Since 2000, founding partner of architectural firm Urban Platform. Managing director of private equity company SPDG since August 2010. Member of the advisory committee of BeCapital and Amethis Finance. Director of Belron. |
2005 | May 2015 |
| s.a. de Participations et de Gestion (SPDG) 1 | Non-executive Director – Permanent representative: Michel Allé (61) Civil engineer and economist (ULB). Joined Cobepa in 1987, member of the its Executive Committee (1995-2000). Finance Director of Brussels Airport (2001-2005). Finance Director of SNCB Holding since 2005. Director of Zetes Industries. Represents SPDG at the Board of Directors of D’Ieteren. Professor at ULB. |
2001 | June 2014 |
| Nayarit Participations s.c.a. 1 | Non-executive Director – Permanent representative: Gilbert van Marcke de Lummen (74) Civil Engineer (ULB). Member (1968-1992), then Deputy Chairman (1992-2002), of the Executive Committee of D’Ieteren. Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, Cofinimmo. |
2001 | June 2014 |
| Christine Blondel (54) | Independent non-executive Director Ecole Polytechnique (France), MBA (INSEAD). Held executive positions at Procter & Gamble and led the Wendel Centre for Family Businesses at INSEAD, where she is Adjunct professor of Family Companies (INSEAD); consultant in family company corporate governance; director, INSEAD Foundation. |
2009 | May 2013 |
| Axel Miller (48) | Independent non-executive Director Law degree (ULB). Partner at Stibbe Simont, then at Clifford Chance (1996-2001). After holding several executive positions at Dexia Bank and within the Dexia Group, became managing director in 2006. Partner at Petercam from 2009 to March 2012. Directorships, Carmeuse (Chairman); Spadel, Duvel Moortgat, IPM (Chairman). |
2010 | June 2014 |
| Pascal Minne (62) | Non-executive Director Law degree (ULB), Masters in Economics (Oxford). Partner and Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Belgium (until 2001). Partner and Director of Petercam since 2001. Various directorships. Professor of tax law at ULB. |
2001 | June 2014 |
| Alain Philippson (73) | Non-executive Director Graduate of Solvay Business School. Joined Banque Degroof in 1972, currently Chairman. Chairman of the Board of Banque Degroof Luxembourg and Degroof Banque Privée Genève. Chairman of the advisory committee of SBSEM (ULB) and of several foundations. |
1987 | May 2013 |
| Michèle Sioen (47) | Independent non-executive Director Degree in economics. CEO of Sioen Industries. Deputy Chairman of the FEB. Director at Belgacom and ING Belgium, amongst others. Member of the Corporate Governance Committee. |
2011 | May 2015 |
| Christian Varin (64) 2 | Non-executive Director Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Paris), MBA (Wharton), PhD in management (Université de Paris). BNP Paribas (until 2004). Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cobepa. Directorships (ISOS, Helse, Sapec, Gingko, Yareal, Cie Financière Rothschild). |
2001 | June 2014 |
