Board of Directors
At February 28, 2022, the Capgemini SE Board of Directors has 14 members. 12 directors are elected by the shareholders and 2 are appointed according to the employee representation system. 82% of directors are independent and 45% are women. The wide range of their experience and expertise contributes to the quality of discussions and the smooth operation of the Board, ensuring the best possible balance taking account of the Group‘s situation and the different challenges facing Capgemini.
Paul Hermelin
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Chairman of the Strategy & CSR Committee
Nationality: French
First appointment: 2000
Attendance rate (Board)*: 100%
Read Paul Hermelin’s biography
Xiaoqun Clever
Independent Director
Member of the Audit & Risk Committee
Nationality: German
First appointment: 2019
Attendance rate (Board)*: 92%
Read Xiaoqun Clever’s biography
Laurence Dors
Independent Director
Chairman of the Compensation Committee, Member of the Audit & Risk and Ethics & Governance Committees
Nationality: French
First appointment: 2010
Attendance rate (Board)*: 100%
Read Laurence Dors’ biography
Aiman Ezzat
Chief Executive Officer
Member of the Strategy & CSR Committee
Nationality: French
First appointment: 2020
Attendance rate (Board)*: 100%
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Pierre Goulaieff
Director representing employees
Nationality: French
First appointment: 2022
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Siân Herbert-Jones
Independent Director
Member of the Audit & Risk Committee
Nationality: British
First appointment: 2016
Attendance rate (Board)*: 100%
Read Siân Herbert-Jones’s biography
Hervé Jeannin
Director representing employees
Member of the Strategy & CSR Committee
Nationality: French
First appointment: 2020
Attendance rate (Board)*: 100%
Read Hervé Jeannin’s biography
Belen Moscoso del Prado
Independent Director
Member of the Compensation Committee
Nationality: Spanish
First appointment: 2020
Attendance rate (Board)*: 86%
Read Belen Moscoso del Prado’s biography
Xavier Musca
Independent Director
Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee, Member of the Ethics & Governance Committee
Nationality: French
First appointment: 2014
Attendance rate (Board)*: 100%
Read Xavier Musca’s biography
Frédéric Oudéa
Independent Director
Lead Independent Director and Chairman of the Ethics & Governance Committee
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Nationality: French
First appointment: 2018
Attendance rate (Board)*: 100%
Read Frédéric Oudéa’s biography
Patrick Pouyanné
Independent Director
Member of the Strategy & CSR and Ethics & Governance Committees
Nationality: French
First appointment: 2017
Attendance rate (Board)*: 100%
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Tanja Rueckert
Independent Director
Member of the Strategy & CSR Committee
Nationality: German
First appointment: 2021
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Kurt Sievers
Independent Director
Member of the Strategy & CSR and Compensation Committees
Nationality: German
First appointment: 2021
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Lucia Sinapi-Thomas
Director representing employee shareholders
Member of the Compensation Committee
Nationality: French
First appointment: 2012
Attendance rate (Board)*: 100%
Read Lucia Sinapi-Thomas’s biography
*As of December 31, 2020
Composition of the Board of Directors
In accordance with its diversity policy, the Board of Directors ensures the balance and plurality of expertise on the Board with regard to the challenges facing the Group. It maintains a range of experience and nationalities and respects gender balance, while ensuring the commitment of all directors to the Group’s fundamental values.
Board meetings
The Board meets at least six times a year. Meetings are convened by the Chairman in accordance with a timetable agreed upon by the Board before the end of the prior year. This timetable may be amended during the year in response to unforeseen circumstances or at the request of more than one director. In 2020, the Board met 12 times and held 3 executive sessions. The average attendance rate was 97%.
Internal Rules of Operation
The Board has established and adopted internal rules of operation mainly in order to clarify the scope of (and bases for exercising) the various powers entrusted to the Board, the specialized Board committees, the Chairman and CEO, the Vice-Chairman and the Lead Independent Director. It also sets out the list of obligations under the “Code of Business Ethics” with which directors undertake to comply.
Download the Charter of the Board of Directors
Board Committees
The Board of Directors has set four specialized committees that have a consultative role and which general purpose is to contribute to the Board’s good operations, studying in detail certain issues within their scope of competence to prepare decisions taken by the Board of Directors.
Audit and Risk Committee*
Chairman: Xavier Musca
Members: Xiaoqun Clever, Laurence Dors, Siân Herbert-Jones
Meetings: 9 in 2020 with an average attendance rate of 95%
Download the Charter of the Audit & Risk Committee
Compensation Committee*
Chairman: Laurence Dors
Members: Kevin Masters, Belen Moscoso del Prado, Kurt Sievers, Lucia Sinapi-Thomas
Meetings: 5 in 2020 with an average attendance rate of 96%
Download the Charter of the Compensation Committee
Ethics and Governance Committee*
Chairman: Frédéric Oudéa
Members: Laurence Dors, Xavier Musca, Patrick Pouyanné
Meetings: 5 in 2020 with an average attendance rate of 100%
Download the Charter of the Ethics and Governance Committee
Strategy and CSR Committee*
Chairman: Paul Hermelin
Members: Aiman Ezzat, Hervé Jeannin, Patrick Pouyanné, Tanja Rueckert, Kurt Sievers
Meetings: 5 in 2020 with an average attendance rate of 100%
NB : The Strategy and Investment Committee was renamed Strategy and CSR Committee in March 2019
Download the Charter of the Strategy and CSR Committee
** Committees composition as of May 20, 2021