The Supervisory Board

Nicolas ver Hulst is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and holds an MBA from Insead.

He began his career at the French department of Telecommunications before joining BNP.

From 1985 to 1995, he worked in various positions at CGIP, including as head of business development.

From 1989 to 2017, he held management positions at Alpha Associés Conseil, initially as an Executive Board member, then as CEO, and from 2007 as Chairman. His term of office at Alpha Group ended on October 16, 2017.

Key skills: 
Private equity
Finance
CEO

Appointments as of December 31, 2022:
Wendel Group
Director of Wendel-Participations SE

Other
Member of the Supervisory Board of Qovetia
Member of the Supervisory Board of MPM Advisors
Director of Septagon Sicav
Manager of Milkyway Capital Soparfi
Manager of Northstar SC
Manager of Orion SC
Director of Midas Wealth Management
Director of Centre Pompidou-Metz

Mandates expired in the last five years:
Member of the Executive Board of Alpha Associés Conseil
Chief Executive Officer of Glacies Holding
Director of Cyrillus-Vertbaudet
Member of the Supervisory Board of Financière Ramses

Chairman of Wendel’s Supervisory Board 
Date appointed to first term: May 18, 2017
Current term expires: Annual Meeting to be held in 2025

Number of Wendel shares held as of December 31, 2022: 906

Born on August 21, 1953
French nationality

Address:
Wendel
2-4 rue Paul Cézanne
75008 Paris
France

Gervais Pellissier is a graduate of HEC, as well as Berkeley in California and the University of Cologne in Germany. He joined Bull in 1983 and held positions of increasing responsibility in finance and management control in France, Africa, South America, and Eastern Europe. In 1994, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Services and Systems Integration division, and then of the IT Outsourcing division. He became Director of Management Control at Bull and in 1998, its Chief Financial Officer.

From April 1, 2004 to February 1, 2005, Gervais Pellissier was the Associate Manager guiding the Board of Directors and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Bull. From February 2005 to mid-2008, he was Vice-Chairman of the Bull Board of Directors.

He joined the France Télécom Group on October 17, 2005 and was appointed CEO of France Télécom Operadores de Telecomunicaciones in November 2005. ln this role he merged France Télécom’s landline and mobile activities in Spain into a single structure.

From January 2006 to February 2009, he served as a member of France Télécom’s General Management Committee, in charge of Finance and Operations in Spain.

From March 2009 to March 2010, he served as the Executive Vice-President in charge of Finance and Information Systems.

In November 2011, Gervais Pellissier was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of France Télécom-Orange, which became Orange on July 1, 2013, retaining the full scope of his activities.

On September 1, 2014, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director in charge of European operations (excluding France).

In May 2018, Gervais Pellissier took over new responsibilities in the Orange Group Executive Committee as the Group’s Deputy CEO for Transformation, as well as Chairman of Orange Business Services. Since September 1, 2020, Gervais Pellissier is Deputy CEO, Human Resources and Group Transformation Director and Chairman of Orange Business Services.

He holds two of France’s highest honors: Knight of the Legion of Honor and Officer of the National Order of Merit.

Key skills:
CFO
Experience in the field of digital and new technologies
Management

Appointments and positions as of December 31, 2022:
Orange Group
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orange Business Services since 2018
Director of Orange Spain since 2006 and Chairman since 2016

Other
Founder and director of the Fondation des Amis de Médecins du Monde since 2014

Appointments expired in the last five years: 
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Orange SA
Member of the Supervisory Board of Orange Polska SA
Director of Orange Horizons
Director of Mobistar/Orange Belgium

Vice-Chairman of Wendel’s Supervisory Board
Chairman of the Audit, Risks and Compliance Committee​
Lead member of the Board
Independent member

Date appointed to first term: June 5, 2015
Current term expires: Annual Meeting to be held in 2023

Number of Wendel shares held as of December 31, 2022: 500

Born on May 14, 1959
French nationality

Business address:
Orange
78 rue Olivier-de-Serres
75015 Paris
France

Franca Bertagnin Benetton is a graduate of Boston University and holds an MBA from Harvard University (1996).

She started her career at Colgate Palmolive in Global Business Development, in New York (USA) and Hamburg (Germany), as Product Manager.

She later worked at Bain & Co in Itlay until joining the Benetton group in 1997.

In 2003, she moved to the investment sector managing a diversified portfolio of private and public investments as CEO of her family office Evoluzione (until 2021) and CEO of Evoluzione 2 (since 2021) and BCapital (since 2022).

She is a director of Benetton (since 2013), Autogrill Spa (since 2017), Telepass Spa (since 2019) and Fondazione Benetton (since 2019). She has also been a director of Edizione, the investment holding company of the Benetton family, for 16 years.

She currently serves on the European Advisory Board of the Harvard Business School and the International Advisory Board of Boston University.

Key skills:
Private equity
Family business
International experience

Mandates and functions on December 31, 2022:
Chief Executive Officer of BCapital Srl
Chief Executive Officer of Evoluzione 2
Director of Autogrill Spa (listed company)
Director of Benetton Srl
Director of Telepass Spa
Director of Fondazione Benetton

Mandates expired in the last five years:
Director of Edizione Srl
CEO of Evoluzione Spa
Director of Aidaf, the Italian Chapter of FBN (Family Business Network)

Member of Wendel’s Supervisory Board
Member of the Audit, Risks and Compliance Committee
Independent member

Date appointed to first term: May 17, 2018
Current term expires: Annual Meeting to be held in 2026 (submitted for renewal)

Number of Wendel shares held as of December 31, 2022: 500

Born on 23rd October, 1968
Italian nationality

Evoluzione 2 Srl
Piazza Rinaldi, 10
31 100 Treviso
Italy

Bénédicte Coste is a graduate of the École des hautes études commerciales (HEC) (with a major in finance) and holds a degree in law.

She began her career in the finance division of Elf Aquitaine where she managed a portfolio in the Markets & Portfolio department from 1980 to 1984.

In 1986, she started a portfolio management business first as an independent, then created Financière Lamartine SA, a portfolio management company, which obtained approval from the French market regulatory authority (COB) in 1990 (authorization No. GP 9063 on July 27, 1990). Financière Lamartine is specialized in discretionary management for private clients.

She is a member of the Bank and Asset Management Group at the HEC Association.

She was President of AFER, the French savings and retirement association, from April 2004 to November 2007.

In 2011, she graduated with a BTS in agricultural management from l’École supérieure d’agriculture d’Angers.

Key skills:
Finance
Strategy
CEO

Appointments and positions as of December 31, 2022:
Wendel Group:
Director of Wendel-Participations SE

Other:
Chairwoman and CEO of Financière Lamartine
Chairwoman of Association samarienne de défense contre les éoliennes industrielles
Chairwoman of Fédération Stop Eoliennes Hauts de France
Manager of SCEA Domaine de Tailly (farm)
Manager of Groupement forestier de la Faude

Member of Wendel’s Supervisory Board
Member of the Gouvernance and Sustainability Committee

Date appointed to first term: May 28, 2013
Current term expires: Annual Meeting to be held in 2025

Number of Wendel shares held as of December 31, 2022: 1,060

Born on August 2, 1957
French nationality

Business address:
Wendel
2-4 rue Paul Cézanne
75008 Paris
France

Fabienne Lecorvaisier is a graduate of École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, with a degree in civil engineering.

After eight years in banking (Société Générale, Barclays, Banque du Louvre) where she worked in project financing and mergers and acquisitions, Fabienne Lecorvaisier joined the Essilor group in September 1993 as Development Director. In January 1996, she was appointed Finance and Information Systems Director of Essilor America (in New York for 3 years), before being appointed Chief Financial Officer in January 2001 and Chief Strategy and Acquisitions Officer in January 2007. Fabienne Lecorvaisier joined Air Liquide in 2008. From 2008 to 2021, she was Chief Financial Officer of the Air Liquide Group. She is Executive Vice-President in charge of Sustainable Development, Public and International Affairs, Social Programs and General Secretariat until May 4, 2023, when she stepped down from her duties at Air Liquide to focus on her non-executive mandates.

Fabienne Lecorvaisier was a member of the Executive Committee of Air Liquide from 2008 to May 2023.

Appointments as of December 31, 2022:
Executive Vice-President in charge of Sustainable Development, Public and International Affairs, Social Programs and General Secretariat of Air Liquide (listed company)
Director of Air Liquide International
Director of Air Liquide Finance
Director of The Hydrogen Company
Executive Vice-President of Air Liquide International Corporation
Director of American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc.
Director of Safran (listed company)
Director of Sanofi (listed company)

Appointments expired in the last five years:
President of Air Liquide US LLC
Director of Air Liquide Eastern Europe
Director of ANSA (Association Nationale des Sociétés par Actions)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Liquide Finance

Member of Wendel’s Supervisory Board
Member of the Audit, Risks and Compliance Committee
Independant member

Date appointed to first term: June 15, 2023
Current term expires: Annual Meeting to be held in 2027

Number of Wendel shares held as of December 31, 2022: none

Born on August 27, 1962
French nationality

Business address:
Wendel
2-4 rue Paul Cézanne
75008 Paris
France

Harper holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Harper Mates is a Managing Director and member of the Investment and Development Committee of Wendel.

Prior to joining the Wendel New York office in 2015, Harper was a Vice President at MidOcean Partners, a US-based middle market private equity firm where she was responsible for investments in the Services and Media sectors.

She began her career at J.P. Morgan as an Investment Banking Analyst and then Citi Private Equity as an Associate.

Appointments and positions as of December 31, 2022:
Wendel Group:
Managing Director at Wendel
Director of Elevator Holdco Inc. (Crisis Prevention Institute)
Director of Avalon Parent Holdco, Inc (ACAMS)

Member of Wendel’s Supervisory Board, employee representative​

Date appointed to first term: January 1, 2022
Current term expires: December 31, 2024

Number of Wendel shares held as of December 31, 2022: 687

Born on June 10, 1982
American nationality

Business address:
Wendel North America
101 Park Avenue, 46th Floor
New York, NY 10178

François de Mitry holds a Master’s degree in Economics and a postgraduate diploma in Finance from Dauphine Paris University and the Institut d’études politiques in Paris.

François de Mitry began his career in the M&A team of HSBC in London. He joined Société Générale in 1991 as business manager of the LBO/Financing department, and then as deputy director from 1994.

He then joined in 1997 the alternative asset manager Intermediate Capital Group Plc (ICG) in London, of which he became Managing Director in 2005.

Between 2004 and 2012, François de Mitry was a member of the Wendel Supervisory Board.

In 2012, il joined the investment fund Astorg in London, of which he became managing partner in 2018. Astorg primarily invests in software, healthcare, business services and technology-based industrial companies, in Europe and in the USA.

Key skills:
Investment
International experience
Experience as top management of a listed company

Other appointments as of December 31, 2022:
Wendel Group
Director of Wendel-Participations SE

Other
Manager of Astorg Asset Management
Manager of Astorg Group
Class A Manager of Astorg Advisory Services Mid-Cap
Manager of Astorg Advisory Services
Manager of Astorg Advisory Services Growth Luxembourg
Director of Astorg Advisory Services Growth UK Branch
Manager of Astorg Advisory Services Niederlassung Deutschland
Member of the Supervisory Board of Saphilux
Class A Manager of Saphilux GP
Manager of AAM UK Branch, AAS UK Branch
Director of Axiom UK Midco Ltd, Axiom UK Topco Ltd, Axiom UK Nominee Ltd
Director of A7 Invest Bidco Ltd
Director of Cidron Healthcare IT 4 Ltd
Member of the Supervisory Board of Loire UK Holdco Ltd
Director of TopNexus Ltd
Director A of Greyhound Dutch Topco BV
Director of Cronos Holdings Ltd
Manager of Foreigner Topco SARL
Manager of Infinity Luxco
Member of the Supervisory Board of Solina Group Holding

Appointments expired in the last five years:
Class A Manager of Hosta/Megadyne
Advisor of Megadyne Spa
Director of Audiotonix Group Ltd
Director of Audio UK 2, Audio UK 3, A6 Audio Bidco Ltd
Managing Director of Astorg Partners UK Branch
Chairman of the Board of French Park 1/Parkeon
Member of the Supervisory Board of Flowbird Holding 1
Director of Tremolo Holdco Ltd, Tremolo Bidco Ltd, Tremolo Midco Ltd

Member of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Audit, Risks and Compliance Committee

Date appointed to first term: June 29, 2021
Date current term ends: AGM to be held in 2025

Number of Wendel shares held as of December 31, 2022: 3,000

Born on January 27, 1966
Luxembourg nationality

Professional address:
Astorg
3 St James Square
London SW1 Y4JU3
United Kingdom

Priscilla de Moustier holds an MBA from INSEAD, a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in economics from the Paris University as well as the diploma of the Institut d’études politiques.

After negotiating the sale of turnkey manufacturing facilities for Creusot-Loire Entreprises and working as a consultant at McKinsey, Ms. de Moustier joined Berger-Levrault, where she was responsible for new project development in the Metz technology park.

Since 1997, she has supervised Wendel’s involvement in the university teaching chair and subsequently the Wendel center at Insead.

She also represents Wendel-Participations in the Family Business Network.

Key skills: 
Family business
ESG
International experience

Appointments and positions as of December 31, 2022:
Wendel Group
Chairman and CEO of Wendel-Participatiosns SE
Other
Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Oxus Holding
Vice-President of the French chapter of the Family Business Network
Member of the Supervisory Board of F-451
Chairwoman of Fondation Acted
Director of Acted
Director of Somala (Marais de Larchant SA)

Appointments expired in the last five years:
Director of American Library of Paris
Director of FBN International

Member of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Governance and Sustainability Committee

Date appointed to first term: May 28, 2013
Current term expires: Annual Meeting to be held in 2025

Number of Wendel shares held as of December 31, 2022: 150,443

Born on May 15, 1952
French nationality

Business address:
Wendel
2-4 rue Paul Cézanne
75008 Paris
France

Sophie Tomasi Parise holds post graduate degrees in corporate and tax law from the University of Cergy Pontoise and the University of Montpellier.

She started her professional career with Wendel (CGIP at the time) in 2001 as a junior member of the tax team, with a main focus on tax compliance.

She has gradually taken charge of tax audits, the supervision of tax compliance and the tax coordination of certain M&A projects and deals.

Apointments as of December 31, 2022:
Wendel Deputy Tax Director

Member of Wendel’s Supervisory Board, employee representative​
Member of the Governance and Sustainability Committee​

Date appointed to first term by the Works Council: September 5, 2018
Current term expires: November 20, 2026

Number of Wendel shares held as of December 31, 2022: 2,941 shares and 7,445.16 FCPE Wendel shares (equivalent to 1,233 Wendel shares at that date)

Born on April 19, 1978
French nationality

Business address:
Wendel
2-4 rue Paul Cézanne
75008 Paris
France

He holds a BA from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

William D. Torchiana has spent his entire career with the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, which he joined as an associate in 1986 and where he has been a partner since 1995, in the Financial Institutions department. He was also Managing Partner of the Paris office from 2004 to 2018. He is a member of the New York and Paris bars.

Key skills:
Experience in the US
International executive management
Law, governance and compliance

Appointments as of December 31, 2022:
Director and Member of the Executive Committee of the American Hospital of Paris
Member of the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee (IPAC) of the United States Federal Reserve
Chairman of the Board of the American Library of Paris

Appointments expired in the last five years: none

Member of Wendel’s Supervisory Board
Member of the Audit, Risks and Compliance Committee​
Member of the Governance and Sustainability Committee
Independent member

Date appointed to first term: June 16, 2022
Current term expires: Annual Meeting to be held in 2026

Number of Wendel shares held as of December 31, 2022: none

Born on September 19, 1958
American nationality

Business address:
Sullivan & Cromwell
51 rue de la Boétie
75008 Paris
France

Thomas de Villeneuve is a graduate of École des hautes études commerciales (HEC).

He began his career as a consultant at strategic consultancy firm Boston Consulting Group, in Paris and New York, from 1994 to 2001.

He then joined the private equity firm, Apax Partners, specialist in the mid-market segment in France, Italy and Benelux, where he is now Managing Director, responsible for investment in the fields of telecom/media/technologies.

In the course of his career he has been a member of a number of company Boards and, in particular, director of the listed company Altran Technologies, an international engineering and research and development firm, for around 10 years.

Key skills:
Private equity and investment
Experience in the telecoms, media and technology sectors
International experience

Appointments as of December 31, 2022:
Wendel Group
Director of Wendel-Participations SE

Other
Director of Apax Partners SAS
Director of Clarisse SA
Director of the association We2Go
Managing Director of Société Civile Hermine
Director MelitaLink Advisor Limited (Malta)
Director MelitaLink Management Limited (Malta)
Managing Director of SCI La Valentine
Member of the Supervisory Board of Oditop SAS
Chairman of Apax Avenir SAS
Director of Destilink BV (Belgium)
Chairman of Graifin SAS
Member of the Supervisory Board of Grailink SAS
Director of Efficy SA
Member of the Supervisory Board of Ristretto Topco BV (Netherlands)

Appointments expired in the last five years:
Chairman and Board member of A Stichting Administratiekantoor ShadesofGreen Capital (Netherlands)
Permanent representative of Destiling Finco BV (Belgium)
Director of Altran Technologies (listed company)
Class A Manager of Cabolink SARL (Luxembourg)
Manager of Cabolink Gérance SARL (Luxembourg)
Class A Manager of Cabolink Holdco SARL (Luxembourg)
Chairman & Non-Executive Board member of Experlink Holding B.V. (Netherlands)
Chairman and Board member of A ShadesofGreen Capital B.V. (Netherlands)
Managing Director of Experlink BV (Netherlands)
Director of Comitium SAS
Director of Comitium HoldCo SAS

Member of Wendel’s Supervisory Board
Member of the Governance and Sustainability Committee

Date appointed to first term: July 2, 2020
Current term expires: Annual Meeting to be held in 2024

Number of Wendel shares held as of December 31, 2022: 500

Born on May 19, 1972
French nationality

Business address:
Apax Partners
1 rue Paul Cézanne
75008 Paris
France

Humbert de Wendel is a graduate of the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and ESSEC.

He has spent his entire career with the Total Group, which he joined in 1982, mainly holding positions in the Finance department, first heading trading floor operations and then financial operations, successively, for several divisions in the Group. He also spent several years in London at the finance division of one of Total’s joint ventures.

Director of acquisitions and divestments and in charge of the Group’s corporate business development from 2006 to 2011, he was Director of Financing and Cash Management and Treasurer of the Group until 2016.

Key skills: 
CFO
Experience in the industrial sector
Finance

Appointments and positions as of December 31, 2022:
Wendel Group
Director of Wendel-Participations SE

Other
Manager of OGQ-L SÀRL

Member of Wendel’s Supervisory Board
Member of the Audit, Risks and Compliance Committee

Date appointed to first term: May 30, 2011
Current term expires: Annual Meeting to be held in 2023

Number of Wendel shares held as of December 31, 2022: 225,064

Born on April 20, 1956
French nationality

Business address:
Wendel
2-4 rue Paul Cézanne
75008 Paris
France