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Members of the Board
The Board of Directors is composed of 14 directors elected by shareholders, and 2 employee-elected directors. The term length for directors is fixed at 3 years.
The listed mandates were correct as of 31 December 2010. Those in italic are not governed by the provisions of Act n° 2001 -401 of 15 May 2001, relating to concurrent mandates.
The number of shares held is expressed at 31 December 2010.
Baudouin Prot
Fonction principale :
Chairman of the BNP Paribas Board of Directors (as of 1 December 2011)
Date of birth: 24 May 1951
Term start and end dates: 11 May 2011 – 2014 AGM
First elected to the Board on: 7 March 2000
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 146,129
Functions at 31 December 2011
Director of:
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute
Veolia Environnement
Erbé SA (Belgium)
Pargesa Holding SA (Switzerland)
Member of:
Vice-Chairman of the International Monetary Conference
Institute of International Finance (IIF)
International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore
Michel Pébereau
Fonction principale :
Honorary Chairman of BNP Paribas (as of 1 December 2011)
Date of birth: 23 January 1942
Term start and end dates: 13 May 2009 – 2012 AGM.
First elected to the Board on: 14 May 1993
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 231,772
Functions at 31 December 2011
Director of:
AXA
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
Lafarge
Total
BNP Paribas SA (Switzerland)
Eads N.V. (Netherlands)
Pargesa Holding SA (Switzerland)
Member of the Supervisory Board of:
Banque Marocaine pour le Commerce et l’Industrie (Morocco)
Non-voting director of:
Société Anonyme des Galeries Lafayette
Chairman of :
Management Board of Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris
Member of :
Académie des sciences morales et politiques
Executive Committee of Mouvement des Entreprises de France
International Business Leaders’ Advisory Council for the Mayor of Shanghai (IBLAC)
Claude Bébéar
Fonction principale :
Honorary Chairman of AXA
Date of birth: 29 July 1935
Term start and end dates: 13 May 2009 – 2012 AGM
First elected to the Board on: 23 May 2000
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 3,074
Director whose independance has been assessed by the Board of directors, in accordance with the provisions of the AFEP-MEDEF Corporate Governance Code.
Functions at 31 December 2011
Director of :
AXA Assurances Iard Mutuelle
AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle
Member of the Supervisory Board of:
Vivendi
Non-voting director of :
Schneider Electric
Chairman of :
IMS - Entreprendre pour la Cité
Institut Montaigne
Member of :
International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore
Jean-Laurent Bonnafé
Fonction principale :
Chief Executive Officer and Director of BNP Paribas (as of 1 December 2011)
Date of birth: 14 July 1961
Term start and end dates: 12 May 2010 – 2013 AGM
First elected to the Board on: 12 May 2010
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 59,675*
*Jean-Laurent Bonnafé owns the equivalent of 15,530 BNP Paribas shares under the Company Savings Plan.
Functions at 31 December 2011
Director of:
Carrefour
BNP Paribas Personal Finance
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (Italy)
BNP Paribas Fortis (Belgium)
Jean-Marie Gianno
Fonction principale :
Sales associate
Date of birth: 7 September 1952
Director elected to a three-year term by BNP Paribas employees on 5 February 2009
First elected to the Board on: 15 March 2004
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 10
Jean-Marie Gianno was an employee representative on the Board of Banque Nationale de Paris from 1993 to 1999.
Functions at 31 December 2010
Member of:
Comité des établissements de crédit et des entreprises d'investissements (CECEI)
“Confrontations” (a European think tank)
Denis Kessler
Fonction principale :
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SCOR SE
Date of birth: 25 March 1952
Term start and end dates: 13 May 2009 – 2012 AGM
First elected to the Board on: 23 May 2000
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 2,684
Director whose independance has been assessed by the Board of directors, in accordance with the provisions of the AFEP-MEDEF Corporate Governance Code.
Functions at 31 December 2011
Director of:
Bolloré
Dassault Aviation
Fonds Stratégique d'Investissement
Invesco Ltd (United States)
Member of the Supervisory Board of:
Yam Invest N.V. (Netherlands)
Member of:
Commission Économique de la Nation
Board of Directors of Le Siècle
Board of Directors of Association de Genève
Board of the French Foundation for Medical Research
Strategic Board of the European Insurance federation
Global Reinsurance Forum
Reinsurance Advisory Board
Meglena Kuneva
Fonction principale :
Chairman of the Governing Board of the European Policy Centre (Brussels)
Date of birth: 22 June 1957
Term start and end dates: 12 May 2010 – 2013 AGM.
First elected to the Board on: 12 May 2010
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 10
Functions at 31 December 2011
Member of:
Board of Trustees of the American University in Bulgaria
Jean-François Lepetit
Fonction principale :
Director of companies
Date of birth: 21 June 1942
Term start and end dates: 11 May 2011 – 2014 AGM
First elected to the Board on: 5 May 2004
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 8,739
Functions at 31 December 2011
Director of:
Smart Trade Technologies SA
Shan SA
Member of:
Board of the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (Doha)
Laurence Parisot
Fonction principale :
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of IFOP SA
Date of birth: 31 August 1959
Term start and end dates: 13 May 2009 – 2012 AGM
First elected to the Board on: 23 May 2006
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 755
Director whose independance has been assessed by the Board of directors, in accordance with the provisions of the AFEP-MEDEF Corporate Governance Code.
Functions at 31 December 2011
Chairman of:
Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF)
Director of:
Coface SA
Member of the Supervisory Board of:
Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA
Nicole Misson
Fonction principale :
Customer Advisor
Date of birth: 21 May 1950
Term start and end dates: Elected alternate Board Member by BNP Paribas executives, became a full Board Member for the remainder of Patrick Auguste’s term when he retired
1 July 2011 – 15 February 2012
First elected on the Board on: 1 July 2011
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 174
Functions at 31 December 2011
Judge at the Paris Employment Tribunal, Management Section
Member of the Commission Paritaire de la Banque (Association Française des Banques – Recourse Commission)
Hélène Ploix
Fonction principale :
Chairman of Pechel Industries SAS, Pechel Industries Partenaires SAS, and FSH SAS
Date of birth: 25 September 1944
Term start and end dates: 11 May 2011 – 2014 AGM
First elected to the Board on: 21 March 2003
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 1,609
Functions at 31 December 2011
Director of:
Lafarge
Ferring SA (Switzerland)
Sofina (Belgium)
Permanent representative of:
Pechel Industries Partenaires (SAS) to Ypso Holding (Luxembourg)
Goëmar Développement (France)
Laboratoires Goëmar (France)
Goëmar Holding (Luxembourg)
Store Electronic Systems (France)
Member of the Supervisory Board of:
Publicis Groupe
Manager of:
Hélène Ploix SARL
Hélène Marie Joseph SARL
Sorepe Société Civile
Goëmar Holding (Luxembourg)
Member of:
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund Investment Committee (until end-2011)
Independent Expert Oversight Advisory Committee (IEOAC) of the World Health Organization (WHO)
Institut Français des Administrateurs
Louis Schweitzer
Fonction principale :
Chairman of France Initiative, Honorary Chairman of Renault
Date of birth: 8 July 1942
Term start and end dates: 12 May 2010 – 2013 AGM
First elected to the Board on: 14 December 1993
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 24,501
Functions at 31 December 2011
Chairman of the Board of Directors of:
AstraZeneca plc (United Kingdom)
AB Volvo (Sweden)
Director of:
L’Oréal
Veolia Environnement
Member of the Advisory Committee of:
Allianz (Germany)
Bosch (Germany)
Member of the Board of:
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques
Musée du Quai Branly
Chairman of:
Avignon Arts Festival
Maison de la Culture of the Seine-Saint-Denis district (near Paris)
Michel Tilmant
Fonction principale :
Manager of Srafin sprl (Belgium)
Date of birth: 21 July 1952
Term start and end dates: 12 May 2010 – 2013 AGM
First elected to the Board on: 12 May 2010
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 500
Michel Tilman was a non-voting Director of BNP Paribas from 4 November 2009 to 11 May 2010.
Functions at 31 December 2011
Chairman of:
Green Day Holdings Limited (Jersey)
Green Day Acquisitions Limited (UK)
Director of:
Sofina SA (Belgium)
Groupe Lhoist SA (Belgium)
Foyer Assurances SA (Luxembourg)
CapitalatWork Foyer Group SA (Luxembourg)
Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Royal Automobile Club of Belgium
Senior Advisor:
Cinven Ltd (UK)
Emiel Van Broekhoven
Fonction principale :
Economist, Honorary Professor at the University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Date of birth: 30 April 1941
Term start and end dates: 12 May 2010 – 2013 AGM
First elected to the Board on: 12 May 2010
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 550
Emiel Van Broekhoven was a non-voting Director of BNP Paribas from 4 November 2009 to 11 May 2010.
Functions at 31 December 2011
None
Daniela Weber-Rey
Fonction principale :
Partner at Cliffort Chance, Frankfurt, Germany
Date of birth: 18 November 1957
Term start and end dates: 11 May 2011 – 2014 AGM
First elected to the Board on: 21 May 2008
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 2,148
Functions at 31 December 2011
Member of:
German Government’s Code of Corporate Governance Commission
Stakeholder Group of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
Clifford Chance Partnership Council
Fields Wicker-Miurin
Fonction principale :
Co-founder and partner of Leaders' Quest (United Kingdom)
Date of birth: 30 July 1958
Term start and end dates: 11 May 2011 – 2014 AGM
First elected to the Board on: 11 May 2011
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 139
Functions at 31 December 2011
Director of:
CDC Group plc
Ballarpur International Graphic Paper Holdings
Member of:
Battex School of Leadership - University of Virginia Board of advisors
Other Corporate Officers
Philippe Bordenave
Fonction principale :
Chief Operating Officer of BNP Paribas (as of 1 December 2011)
Date of birth: 2 August 1954
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 37,232
Functions at 31 December 2011
Director of:
BNP Paribas UK Holdings Ltd (United Kingdom)
BNP Paribas Personal Finance
Permanent representative of:
Antin Participation 5 SAS to BNP Paribas Securities Services SCA
Georges Chodron de Courcel
Fonction principale :
Chief Operating Officer of BNP Paribas
Date of birth: 20 May 1950
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 71,943
Functions at 31 December 2011
Chairman of:
Compagnie d'Investissement de Paris SAS
Financière BNP Paribas SAS
BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA
Vice-Chairman of:
Fortis Bank SA/NV (Belgium)
Director of:
Alstom
Bouygues
Société Foncière, Financière et de Participations SA
Nexans
CNP – Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille (Belgium)
Erbé SA (Belgium)
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (Belgium)
SCOR Holding (Switzerland) AG (Switzerland)
SCOR Global Life Rückversicherung Schweiz AG (Switzerland)
SCOR Switzerland AG (Switzerland)
Verner Investissements SAS
Member of the Supervisory Board of:
Lagardère SCA
Non-voting director of:
Exane
SCOR SE
François Villeroy de Galhau
Fonction principale :
Chief Operating Officer of BNP Paribas (as of 1 December 2011)
Date of birth: 24 February 1959
Number of BNP Paribas shares held: 1,411*
* François Villeroy de Galhau owns the equivalent of 876 BNP Paribas shares under the Company Savings Plan.
Functions at 31 December 2011
Director of:
BNP Paribas Cardif
BNP Paribas Développement
BGL BNP Paribas (Luxembourg)
Member of the Supervisory Board of:
Bayard Presse
Villeroy-Boch AG
