Gérard Mestrallet
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Suez
Born on April 1st, 1949
Mandate and number of AXA shares:
- Elected on May 14, 2007 - Term expires on the 2011 Shareholders' Meeting
- First elected to the Board on January 22, 1997
- Member of the AXA Selection, Ethics, Governance and Human Resources Committee
- Member of the AXA Compensation Committee
- Number of AXA shares held on December 31, 2007: 2,825
As of December 31, 2007
Expertise and experience
Mr. Gérard Mestrallet is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA). He joined the Compagnie de Suez in 1984 as Vice-President, Special Projects. In 1986, he was appointed Executive Vice-President, Industry and then in February 1991, Executive Director and Chairman of the Management Committee of Société Générale de Belgique. In 1995, he became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie de Suez and in June 1997, Chairman of the Management Board of the Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux. On May 4, 2001, Mr. Gérard Mestrallet was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Suez.
Directorships currently held
- Suez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Chairman of the Board of Directors:Suez Energie Services, Suez Environnement, Suez-Tractebel (Belgium), Electrabel (Belgium)
- Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors: Hisusa (Spain), Aguas de Barcelona (Spain)
- Director or member of the Supervisory Board: Saint-Gobain, Pargesa Holding S.A (Switzerland)
Previous directorships held during the last five years
- Société Générale de Belgique (Belgium), Chairman
- Hisusa (Spain), Chairman
- Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona (Spain), Vice-Chairman
- Director or member of the Supervisory Board: Crédit Agricole S.A., Taittinger