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Nexans board of directors comprises 15 members.

Directors are appointed by the general shareholders meeting. Since 2003, the board’s functioning is governed by internal regulations.

The ethical rules that apply to members of the Board of directors are formalized in a Director’s Charter, attached to the Internal Regulations of the Board.

Frédéric Vincent Chairman of the Board

Board of Directors of Nexans
 

 From left to right: Guillermo Luksic Craig, Cyrille Duval, Gianpaolo Caccini, Colette Lewiner, Georges Chodron de Courcel, Mouna Sepehri, Frédéric Vincent, Nicolas de Tavernost, Francisco Pérez Mackenna, François Polge de Combret, Véronique Guillot-Pelpel, Jérôme Gallot, Robert Brunck, Hubert Porte.
(Board of Directors picture at December 31, 2011)

Robert Brunck Director
Gianpaolo Caccini Director
Georges Chodron de Courcel Director
François Polge de Combret Director
Cyrille Duval Director
Jérôme Gallot Director
Véronique Guillot-Pelpel Director
Colette Lewiner Director
Guillermo Luksic Craig Director
Francisco Pérez Mackenna Director
Hubert Porte  Director
Mouna Sepehri Director
Nicolas de Tavernost Director
Lena Wujek Director representing employees shareholders

  
 

Frédéric Vincent is Chairman and CEO of Nexans since May 26, 2009, and was previously Chief Operating Officer of Nexans. After joining Alcatel in 1986, Frédéric Vincent integrated the Cables and Components sector in 1989, where he was appointed in 1994 Deputy Managing Director (Administration and Finance) of Alcatel's undersea telecommunications activities, and in 1997 of Saft, Alcatel's batteries activity. From 1978 to 1985 he was a member of a major audit firm.

 

Robert Brunck is Chairman of the Board of Directors of CGGVeritas. He is also Chairman of the Association for Research and Development of Industrial Methods and Processes « Association pour la Recherche et le développement des Méthodes et Processus Industriels (ARMINES) », Director of the European Center of Permanent Education « Centre Européen d’Education Permanente (CEDEP) », Director of National School of Geology « Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie (ENSG) », Director of Mining Geology Search Agency « Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) » and Director of French Oil and Gas Supplies and Services Council « Groupement des Entreprises Parapétrolières et Paragazières (GEP) ».

 

Gianpaolo Caccini is President of Assovetro, Italian Association of Glass Manufacturers. He is also Chairman of Saint-Gobain Corporation*.

  

Georges Chodron de Courcel is Chief Operating Officer of BNP Paribas and Member of the Executive Committee. He is also Chairman of Financière BNP Paribas SAS, Compagnie d’Investissement de Paris SAS, and BNP Paribas (Switzerland) SA* , Vice-Chairman of Fortis Bank SA/NV*, Member of the Board of Directors of Bouygues SA, Alstom, F.F.P. (Société Foncière, Financière et de Participations), Verner Investissements SAS, Erbé SA*, GBL (Groupe Bruxelles Lambert)*, Scor Holding (Switzerland) AG*, Scor Global Life Rückversichering Schweiz AG* and Scor Switzerland AG*, Member of the Supervisory Board of Lagardère SA and non-voting director of Exane, Scor SA, Safran. 

 

François Polge de Combret has held various financial positions with the French Administration before joining the corporate bank Lazard in 1982. He then successively worked at UBS, starting in 2006, and at Crédit Agricole CIB (previously Calyon), starting in 2010. He is also Member of the Board of Directors of Bouygues Telecom and Member of the Supervisory Board of Safran.

 

Cyrille Duval is General Secretary of Eramet Alloys, Director of Eramet. He is also Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Sima (group Eramet), Chief Executive officer of CEIR SAS, Chairman of Forges de Monplaisir (group Eramet), Chairman of AD TAF (group Eramet), Managing Director of Transmet (group Eramet) and Sorame SCA, Director of Metal Securities, permanent representative of Sima (group Eramet), Director of Comilog (group Eramet), Stard SA and Eramet.

 

Jérôme Gallot is Chief Executive Officer of Veolia Transdev. He is also member of the Management Committee Group of the Caisse des Dépôts, Director of Caixa Seguros*, Plastic Omnium, member of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric SA and non-voting Director of NRJ Group.

  

Véronique Guillot-Pelpel, currently a judge at the Paris Commercial Court, held the position of Director of Human Resources and Communications for the Group between 2006 and 2008 and had previously held the position of Communication Director for the Group between 2000 and 2006. Mrs Guillot-Pelpel was a member of Nexans' Executive Committee from October 2001 until she left the Group in 2008.

 

Colette Lewiner is Vice President, Global Leader Energy, Utilities & Chemicals of Cap Gemini. She is also Member of the Board of Directors of Lafarge, Bouygues, La Poste and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA*, Non-executive Chairman of TDF, Member of the Académie des Technologies and Member of the European Commission’s Advisory Group on Energy.

  

Guillermo Luksic Craig is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Quiñenco. He is also Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the Chilean companies : Madeco*, CCU*, and Viña San Pedro*. Member of the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile*, SM Chile S.A.*, LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A.*, Antofagasta plc*, Antofagasta Minerals*, Embotelladoras Chilenas Unidas* and Compañia Pisquera de Chile S.A.*. He is member of and advisor to the Ena Craig foundation* and the Centro de Estudios Publicos* (non-profit organizations). He is also a trustee of the University of Finis Terrae*.

 

Francisco Pérez Mackenna Chief Executive Officer of the Chilean Company Quiñenco S.A. He is also Director of the following companies belonging to Quiñenco group: Banco de Chile, SM Chile S.A.*, Madeco, Cïa. Cervecerías Unidas S.A. Chile*, CCU Argentina S.A.*, Cía Industrial Cervecera S.A. Argentina*, Inversiones y Rentas*, Idalum S.A.*, Madeco Mills S.A.*, LQ Inversiones Financieras, Embotelladoras Chilenas Unidas S.A.*, Foods Cía. Alimentos CCU S.A.*, Cía. Pisquera de Chile S.A.* and Advisor to the Board of Viña San Pedro Tarapacá (Quiñenco group).

 

Hubert Porte is Executive Chairman of Ecus Private Equity S.A. investment company, which was founded in 2004 and is dedicated to investments in South America through private equity fund Axa Capital Chile. Hubert Porte is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chilean companies Albia and Central Frenos and is member of the Board of Vitamina. He is also general partner of Latin American Asset Management Advisors Ltd (LAAMA), that he founded in 2004, currently the exclusive distributor of Axa Investment Managers’ mutual funds in Latin America for which LAAMA currently manages over 1,5 billion US dollars. 

 

Mouna Sepehri is Delegate Director to the Chairman and CEO Office of Renault and member of the Executive Committee of Renault.   

 

Nicolas de Tavernost is Chairman of the Management Board of the M6 Group. He is also Member of the Board of Directors of Antena 3*, GL Events SA, Club des Girondins de Bordeaux , Extension TV SA, TF6 Gestion SA and Société Nouvelle de Distribution SA, and member of the Supervisory Board of Ediradio SA (RTL). 

 

Lena Wujek is member of the Supervisory Board of the “FCPE Actionnariat Nexans” and  Nexans France employee as securities legal
Counsel.

 

  

* Positions held in foreign companies or institutions.


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Internal Regulations of the Board

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