2. Corporate Governance
2.2. Composition of the Board of Directors2.2. COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
average age of directors
independent directors***
female directors***
male directors***
Chairman
Mr Jean-Paul Agon
Age: 65
Female/Male: M
Nationality: French
No. of offices in listed: 1
Initial date of appointment: 25/04/2006
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2022
Years of service on the Board: 15
Board Committees
Strategy and Sustainability: Chairman of the Committee
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Nicolas Hieronimus
Age: 57
Female/Male: M
Nationality: French
Initial date of appointment: 20/04/2021
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2025
Years of service on the Board: < 1
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers and her family
Ms Françoise Bettencourt Meyers Vice-Chairwoman
Age: 68
Female/Male: F
Nationality: French
Initial date of appointment: 12/06/1997
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2025
Years of service on the Board: 24
Board Committees
Strategy and Sustainability: Member of the Committee
HR and Remuneration: Member of the Committee
Nominations and Governance: Member of the Committee
Mr Jean-Victor Meyers
Age: 35
Female/Male: M
Nationality: French
Initial date of appointment: 13/02/2012
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2024
Years of service on the Board: 9
Board Committees
Strategy and Sustainability: Member of the Committee
Mr Nicolas Meyers
Age: 33
Female/Male: M
Nationality: French
Initial date of appointment: 30/06/2020
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2024
Years of service on the Board: 1
Board Committees
Audit: Member of the Committee
Directors linked to Nestlé
Mr Paul Bulcke**
Vice-Chairman
Age: 67
Female/Male: M
Nationality: Belgian Swiss
No. of offices in listed: 2
Initial date of appointment: 20/04/2017
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2025
Years of service on the Board: 4
Board Committees
Strategy and Sustainability: Member of the Committee
HR and Remuneration: Member of the Committee
Nominations and Governance: Member of the Committee
Ms Béatrice Guillaume-Grabisch
Age: 57
Female/Male: F
Nationality: French
Initial date of appointment: 20/04/2016
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2024
Years of service on the Board: 5
Board Committees
Audit: Member of the Committee
Independent directors
Ms Sophie Bellon
Age: 60
Female/Male: F
Nationality: French
No. of offices in listed: 1
Independence: Independence within the meaning of the criteria of the AFEP-MEDEF Code as assessed by the Board of Directors
Initial date of appointment: 22/04/2015
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2023
Years of service on the Board: 6
Board Committees
Audit: Member of the Committee
HR and Remuneration: Chairman of the Committee
Nominations and Governance: Chairman of the Committee
Mr Patrice Caine
Age: 51
Female/Male: M
Nationality: French
No. of offices in listed: 1
Independence: Independence within the meaning of the criteria of the AFEP-MEDEF Code as assessed by the Board of Directors
Initial date of appointment: 17/04/2018
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2022
Years of service on the Board: 3
Board Committees
Strategy and Sustainability: Member of the Committee
Nominations and Governance: Member of the Committee
Ms Fabienne
Age: 54
Female/Male: F
Nationality: French
No. of offices in listed: 1
Independence: Independence within the meaning of the criteria of the AFEP-MEDEF Code as assessed by the Board of Directors
Initial date of appointment: 18/04/2019
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2023
Years of service on the Board: 2
Board Committees
Audit: Member of the Committee
HR and Remuneration: Member of the Committee
Ms Belén Garijo
Age: 61
Female/Male: F
Nationality: Spanish
No. of offices in listed: 2
Independence: Independence within the meaning of the criteria of the AFEP-MEDEF Code as assessed by the Board of Directors
Initial date of appointment: 17/04/2014
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2022
Years of service on the Board: 7
Board Committees
HR and Remuneration: Member of the Committee
Ms Ilham Kadri
Age: 53
Female/Male: F
Nationality: French Moroccan
No. of offices in listed: 2
Independence: Independence within the meaning of the criteria of the AFEP-MEDEF Code as assessed by the Board of Directors
Initial date of appointment: 30/06/2020
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2024
Years of service on the Board: 1
Ms Virginie Morgon
Age: 52
Female/Male: F
Nationality: French
No. of offices in listed: 2
Independence: Independence within the meaning of the criteria of the AFEP-MEDEF Code as assessed by the Board of Directors
Initial date of appointment: 26/04/2013
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2025
Years of service on the Board: 8
Board Committees
Audit: Chairman of the Committee
Mr Alexandre Ricard
Age: 49
Female/Male: M
Nationality: French
No. of offices in listed: 1
Independence: Independence within the meaning of the criteria of the AFEP-MEDEF Code as assessed by the Board of Directors
Initial date of appointment: 20/04/2021
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2025
Years of service on the Board: < 1
Director representing employees
Ms Ana Sofia Amaral
Age: 56
Female/Male: F
Nationality: Portuguese
No. of offices in listed: 2
Initial date of appointment: 15/07/2014
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2022
Years of service on the Board: 7
Board Committees
HR and Remuneration: Member of the Committee
Mr Georges Liarokapis
Age: 59
Female/Male: M
Nationality: French Greek
Initial date of appointment: 15/07/2014
Expiry date of term of office (AGM): 2022
Years of service on the Board: 7
Board Committees
Audit: Member of the Committee
♦ Independence within the meaning of the criteria of the AFEP-MEDEF Code as assessed by the Board of Directors ● Member of the Committee C Chairman of the Committee
* Number of offices (excluding L’Oréal) held in listed companies, including foreign companies, in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of the AFEP-MEDEF Code (i.e. excluding offices in subsidiaries and shareholdings, held alone or in concert, by a corporate executive officer of companies whose main activity is to acquire and manage such holdings).
** Paul Bulcke was a Director of L’Oréal from 2012 to June2014 and then again since 2017.
*** Excluding directors representing employees.