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Denis Machuel
Denis Machuel assumed the role of CEO of the Adecco Group on July 1, 2022.
A highly experienced global leader, Denis has committed his entire career to people-focused businesses and has a proven track record of addressing business challenges.
He was most recently Group CEO of Sodexo, a company with more than 400,000 employees in 56 countries. Here, he led the turnaround of underperforming segments (including in the US, the Company’s largest market), drove a digital and data transformation of the legacy core businesses, and strengthened execution, leading to improved growth. Before becoming Group CEO, Denis held several global leadership positions at Sodexo, including CEO of two of the Company’s business units, as well as Group Chief Digital Officer.
Prior to his 14-year career at Sodexo, Denis spent 16 years with Altran Group, including as Group Head of Offshore Strategy and Operations, and CEO of Altran Technologies.
The Adecco Group’s purpose of `Making the Future Work for Everyone` resonates deeply with him, and he is highly motivated by the Group`s challenges and opportunities.
He will be based in Zurich.
Denis was appointed to the Board of Directors of Kyndryl in 2021.
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Caroline Basyn
A Belgian national, Caroline joined the Adecco Group as Chief Digital and IT Officer and member of the Executive Committee in August 2023.
In a career that has spanned over 30 years, Caroline has an extensive track record as a senior business leader in global information, digital and business services.
Before joining the Adecco Group, Caroline served as Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, Europe at PepsiCo. She also previously held leadership positions as Global Business Services and Chief Information Officer at Mondelez and Group CIO at Bacardi. Prior to this, she had an over 20-year career at Procter & Gamble in IT and Global Services, leading large cross functional transformation programs in sales, marketing, supply chain and marketing.
Caroline received her Candidatures et Licenses, Mathématiques from Universite Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve in Belgium.
Valerie Beaulieu
French born, Valerie joined the Adecco Group as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer and member of the Executive Committee in November 2020.
Before joining the Adecco Group, Valerie served as Chief Marketing Officer for Microsoft US, leading the marketing function across the region’s B2B portfolio.
Her career at Microsoft spanned 23 years, where she held various senior leadership roles across North America, Asia and Europe.
Since January 2015, Valerie has been Vice President of the French Foreign Trade Advisors, a voluntary position that uses her experience to promote France's economic presence around the world.
Valerie holds an English Masters Degree and International Sales Degree.
Christophe Catoir
President of Adecco and member of the EC since September 2015.
A French national born 1972, Christophe Catoir joined Groupe Adecco France as Internal Auditor in 1995.
Christophe graduated from the IESEG School of Management, France.
Between 1995 and 2005, Christophe held positions as Finance Manager and Regional Manager. In 2005, he was appointed Head of Permanent Placement activities in France and became a member of the Groupe Adecco France management team in 2007. In 2009, he was appointed Managing Director of Adecco South-East France and in 2012 took over as Managing Director for Professional Staffing Groupe Adecco France. In February 2019, he was appointed as Regional Head of France and Northern Europe and most recently to President of Adecco from January 2021. Christophe was elected to the board of the Global Apprenticeship Network (GAN) in April 2021. He previously held the role of President of the GAN in France from 2017 to end of 2020.
Dr. Jan Gupta
Executive Vice-President and Member of the Executive Committee at The Adecco Group
Dr. Jan Gupta, a German national, brings extensive experience of managing successful global teams in engineering and technology businesses.
Jan joined the Adecco Group in May 2019 as member of the Executive Committee and President of Modis. With the announcement of AKKA and Modis joining forces in 2021, Jan became President of Akkodis in May 2022, while continuing to serve on the EC.
At the convergence of technology and talent, Akkodis is a technology and engineering powerhouse with 50,000 engineers and digital experts with deep cross-sector expertise, a global footprint, and a balanced industry profile. Akkodis is a commercial brand under which both AKKA and Modis entities operate.
With a strong academic background in mechanical engineering and economics, his career spans more than 20 years in the technology industry, more recently as Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board of Schunk Group, a German advanced engineering company. He previously held various senior leadership roles at the Freudenberg Group, including leading several of its global divisions. Dr. Gupta holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Aachen University, Germany.
Gaëlle de la Fosse
Gaëlle de la Fosse, a French national who has lived and worked in 10 countries around the world, was appointed as president of LHH and member of The Adecco Group executive committee in January 2022.
In a career that has spanned more than 20 years, Gaëlle has become a true global expert in both the strategic and operational aspects of business transformation.
She is a graduate of the prestigious Paris Institute of Political Studies, commonly known as Sciences Po, and holds a master’s degree in business administration from HEC Paris.
Before taking the helm at LHH, Gaëlle served as CEO of Celio, a global menswear brand headquartered in Paris. There, she oversaw an award-winning people and business transformation, implementing new customer-focused strategies to modernize the brand and make it more relevant and sustainable. Prior to her work at Celio, Gaëlle was partner at Roland Berger, Europe’s leading business strategy consulting firm.
In 2020, Gaëlle was named by LSA magazine as one of the 50 top women in French commerce.
Gordana Landen
Gordana is a Swedish national, born in 1964. She graduated from Stockholm University with a BSc in Human Resource Development and Labour Relations. Gordana joined the Adecco Group in 2019 and has been a Member of the Executive Committee since January 2019.
Before joining the Adecco Group, she served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Signify (formerly Philips Lighting) in Amsterdam from November 2015.
Between 2008 and 2015, she was Senior Vice President for Group Human Resources and Member of the Executive Committee at Svenska Cellulosa AB, a Swedish hygiene and forest products company.
Gordana spent 15 years working for Swedish telecoms company Ericsson in Sweden, the UK and the United States. She was Vice President for Human Resources, Organisation and Business Services between from 2006 to 2008, having risen through the ranks with a wide range of human resources roles, including Regional HR Manager and Director for Human Resources and Organisation.
Gordana was elected to the Board of Directors of Sika in April 2022.
Ian Lee
Ian Lee assumed the role of President, Geographic Regions for the Adecco Group with effect from 1st January 2023.
Ian will also continue in his role as Regional President, Asia Pacific, Adecco; he is a highly respected and experienced leader with a successful track record of working in matrix organisations. Ian is also the Supervisor of the Board for our Fesco Adecco Joint Venture in China.
Ian joined The Adecco Group in 2017 as President China. Previously, he had spent the last 14 years with the Whirlpool Corporation, holding various positions, including VP and Head of North Asia, VP and President of China, and VP and CFO of Asia Pacific. His most recent position with Whirlpool was as VP of Strategy, Corporate Affairs & Business Development, Asia Pacific - which he held from January 2015 to August 2017.
Ian obtained his BSc with Honours in Finance in 1989, graduating Magna cum Laude from Indiana University, Kelley School of Business. He completed his MBA in Finance at the same university in 1990. Throughout his career, Ian has kept strong links with academia. Today, he continues to be part of the Global Dean's Advisory Council at Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Ian was also an Adjunct Professor of Business at Nanjing University, China, from 2010-2012.
Coram Williams
British born Coram joined the Adecco Group as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the Executive Committee in May 2020.
Before joining the Adecco Group, he served as CFO of Pearson Plc from 2015. Prior to that Coram was CFO of Penguin Random House from 2013 to 2015, based in New York.
He also held several other senior leadership positions in both finance and operations within the Pearson Group. Coram’s experience spans Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
He holds an MBA from London Business School and a BA (Hons) from the University of Oxford.
Jean-Christophe Deslarzes
Swiss national, born 1963. Jean-Christophe Deslarzes has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since April 2015. He has been Chair of the Board of Directors since April 2020 and a member of the Governance and Nomination Committee since April 2018. He was Chair of the Compensation Committee from April 2018 until April 2020 (member since April 2016) and a member of the Audit Committee from April 2015 until April 2018. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Jean-Christophe Deslarzes holds a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Jean-Christophe Deslarzes began his career in 1991 as a tax and legal consultant at Arthur Andersen in Switzerland. From 1994 to 2010, he worked at Rio Tinto and its predecessor companies, Alcan and Alusuisse, in human resources and general management roles in Europe and Canada, including as Senior Vice President Human Resources and member of the Executive Committee of Alcan Group as well as President and CEO, Downstream Aluminium Businesses, Rio Tinto, based in Canada. He served as Chief Human Resources and Organisation Officer and member of the Executive Board at Carrefour Group, based in France, from 2010 to 2013. From 2013 to 2019, Jean-Christophe Deslarzes was Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the Executive Committee of ABB Group, based in Switzerland. From February 2018 until February 2021, he was Chair of the Board of Directors of ABB India Limited, India.
Other mandates: Since January 2021, Jean-Christophe Deslarzes has been a Member of the Executive Faculty at the University of St. Gallen. Since May 2021, he has been a Member and since June 2022 Chair of the Board of Directors of Constellium¹, headquartered in France.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Kathleen Taylor
Canadian national, born 1957. Kathleen Taylor has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee since April 2015, and since April 2017 Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors and a member of the Compensation Committee, the Governance and Nomination Committee, and of the Digital Committee since April 2019 (except from April 2021 until April 2022). Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Kathleen Taylor obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Schulich School of Business, a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Toronto, all in Canada.
Kathleen Taylor is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Canada, where she served in a variety of senior leadership roles from 1989 to 2013.
Other mandates: Kathleen Taylor was a member of the Board of the Royal Bank of Canada¹ since November 2001, and its Chair since January 2014, both until April 2023. She has also been a director of CPP Investments since October 2013 and her term on the board will be completed in 2023. Kathleen Taylor has served as the Chair of Altas Partners, Canada, since April 2019, has been a director of Air Canada¹ since May 2016 and is a member of the Board of Mattamy Asset Management, all in Canada. She is also Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital for Sick Children and a member of the SickKids Foundation, Canada.
Kathleen Taylor is Chancellor of York University and a member of the Dean’s Global Advisory Council at the Schulich School of Business, York University, all in Canada. She is a member of the National Council of the C.D. Howe Institute, Canada, and the Co-Chair of its Human Capital Policy Council.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Rachel Duan
Chinese national, born 1970. Rachel Duan has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors and a member of the Compensation Committee since April 2021. Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Rachel Duan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and International Business from Shanghai International Studies University, China and an MBA degree from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Until June 2020 Rachel Duan was Senior Vice President of General Electric Company (’GE’) and President & CEO of GE’s Global Markets, with responsibilities for global emerging markets, including China, APAC, India, Africa, Middle East and Latin America. Rachel Duan joined GE in 1996 and has worked at GE in the USA, Japan and China. Since 2006, she held senior leadership positions including CEO of GE Advanced Materials China and then Asia Pacific, CEO of GE Healthcare China, and CEO of GE China.
Other mandates: Since 2018, Rachel Duan has served as non-executive board member and as member of the compensation and governance committee (since 2019) of AXA S.A.¹, since 2020 as non-executive board member of Sanofi¹, both France, and since 2021 as non-executive board member of HSBC Holdings PLC¹, UK.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Ariane Gorin
French and United States national, born 1974. Ariane Gorin has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since April 2017 and a member of the Audit Committee from April 2017 to April 2023, a member of the Governance and Nomination Committee since April 2023 and has been Chair of the Digital Committee since April 2019. Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
She obtained an MBA degree from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
From 2000 to 2002 Ariane Gorin served as consultant at The Boston Consulting Group in France and in the USA. From 2003 to 2013, Ariane Gorin served in various sales, marketing and general management functions at Microsoft Corporation, USA, both in the Europe, Middle East and Africa headquarters and then at Microsoft France. From December 2019 until February 2021, Ariane Gorin was a member of the Supervisory Board of Trivago, Germany.
Other mandates: Since 2013, Ariane Gorin has been a member of the management team of Expedia Group¹, headquartered in the USA. In June 2021 Ariane Gorin was named President of Expedia for Business, responsible forv all business relationships for Expedia Group. She previously was President of the Expedia Business Services brand (2019-2021), President of the Expedia Partner Solutions brand (2017-2019) and Senior Vice President and General Manager, Expedia Affiliate Network brand (2014-2017), based in the UK. Ariane Gorin is a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, UK.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Alexander Gut
British and Swiss national, born 1963. Alexander Gut has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since May 2010. He has been Chair of the Governance and Nomination Committee since April 2018 and a member of the Digital Committee since April 2019. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Alexander Gut holds a doctorate degree in business administration (Dr. oec. publ.) from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and is a Swiss Certified Public Accountant.
From 1991 to 2001 he was with KPMG in Zurich and London and from 2001 to 2003 with Ernst & Young in Zurich, where he became a partner in 2002. From 2003 to 2007 he was a partner with KPMG in Zurich, where he became a member of the Executive Committee of KPMG Switzerland in 2005.
Other mandate: Alexander Gut is the founder and managing partner of Gut Corporate Finance AG.
Didier Lamouche
French national, born 1959. Didier Lamouche has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since April 2011. He has been Chair of the Compensation Committee since April 2020 (member since April 2019) and a member of the Digital Committee since April 2019. He was a member of the Audit Committee from April 2017 until April 2019 and of the Corporate Governance Committee from April 2011 until April 2017. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Didier Lamouche obtained a PhD and Engineering degree in semiconductor technology from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France.
He was CEO of Altis Semiconductor from 1998 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he held the position of Vice President of Worldwide Semiconductor Operations at IBM Microelectronics. From 2005 to 2010, Didier Lamouche was Chair and Chief Executive Officer at Bull. From 2006 he held various Board and Executive roles at STMicroelectronics, Switzerland and from December 2011 until March 2013, he was President of the Executive Board and CEO of ST-Ericsson S.A., Switzerland. From April 2013 to October 2018, he was CEO of Idemia (formerly Oberthur Technologies), France.
Other mandates: Didier Lamouche has been non-executive director of QUADIENT¹, France (Chairman) since 2019 and of ASM International¹, The Netherlands since 2020. He was a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of ACI Worldwide¹, USA from 2020 to June 2023. Furthermore, Didier Lamouche has been non-executive Chairman of the Advisory Board of UTIMACO, Germany (non-listed company) since 2019.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
David Prince
British national, born 1951. David Prince has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since June 2004. He has served on various Committees and was Chair of the Audit Committee from April 2015 until April 2019 where he is still a member. From April 2017 to April 2023, he was a member of the Governance and Nomination Committee. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
David Prince is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).
He started his career in the oil and gas industry as part of a management trainee scheme at British Gas, later attending business school in the UK. Following accountancy roles at Philips Industries and TRW, he joined Cable & Wireless, holding accountancy, general management and group marketing positions in the UK and in Hong Kong. From 1994 to 2000, he worked for Hong Kong Telecom plc (HKT) as Group Finance Director, followed by an appointment as Deputy CEO. In 2000, David Prince became Group CFO of PCCW plc, Hong Kong. From 2002 to 2004, he worked for Cable & Wireless as Group Finance Director. Since 2004 he has acted as investment advisor to companies based in Asia, China and Australia. David Prince was a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee of ARK Therapeutics, UK until March 2013.
Other mandates: He is a member of the Board of Directors of SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd¹, Hong Kong and the Wilson Group Companies with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia. He has been a non-executive director of the Board of Sunevision Holdings Ltd.¹, Cayman Islands since October 2016. Since 2020 he has been a non-executive Director of the Joint Venture Board of FESCO Adecco Shanghai, China.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Sandhya Venugopal
Canadian and American national, born 1982. Sandhya Venugopal has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee and the Digital Committee since April 2023. Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Sandhya Venugopal holds a Master Degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computing Science and Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Sandhya Venugopal started her career in consulting and worked from 2005 to 2009 at Accenture Inc. as a Management Consultant with clients across Canada and the US. After working at eMeter Corporation (subsequently acquired by Siemens) in 2009, she worked at LinkedIn Corporation from 2010 until 2019 in various technology and IT roles, culminating as Senior Director, Strategic Planning and Delivery.
From 2019 until April 2023, Sandhya Venugopal was working at Uber Technologies, Inc.¹, US, as Director, Business Systems and Applications, from 2020 until April 2023 as Chief Information Officer. Since April 2023, Sandhya Venugopal has been working at SentinelOne¹ as Chief Information Officer.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Regula Wallimann
Swiss national, born 1967. Regula Wallimann has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since April 2018. She has been Chair of the Audit Committee since April 2019 (member since April 2018). Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
She obtained a business degree (lic. oec. HSG) from University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and is a Certified Public Accountant, both Swiss and US.
From 1993 to 2017, Regula Wallimann worked for KPMG Switzerland, where for 14 years she was global lead partner for various large listed and non-listed international and national clients. From 2012 to 2014, Regula Wallimann was a member of KPMG Switzerland’s strategic Partners’ Committee.
Other mandates: Regula Wallimann has been a non-executive board member and member of the audit committee of Straumann Holding AG¹, Switzerland since 2017, and Chair of the audit and risk committee since April 2019 and member of the HR and compensation committee since April 2020. In addition, she has been a non-executive board member, head of the finance and audit committee since 2017 and vice-president and member of the HR committee since 2022 of Swissgrid AG, Switzerland. Furthermore, she has been a non-executive board member and member of the audit committee since April 2018 and member of the nomination committee since April 2019 of Helvetia Holding AG¹, Switzerland. Since February 2022, she has held board memberships in Swissport Group, Switzerland and its holding company Radar Topco S.à.r.l., Luxembourg, incl. Chair of the audit committee of Swissport International Ltd., Switzerland. She has been a member of the supervisory board of the Institute for Accounting, Control and Auditing of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, since 2010.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Regula Wallimann
Swiss national, born 1967. Regula Wallimann has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since April 2018. She has been Chair of the Audit Committee since April 2019 (member since April 2018). Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
She obtained a business degree (lic. oec. HSG) from University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and is a Certified Public Accountant, both Swiss and US.
From 1993 to 2017, Regula Wallimann worked for KPMG Switzerland, where for 14 years she was global lead partner for various large listed and non-listed international and national clients. From 2012 to 2014, Regula Wallimann was a member of KPMG Switzerland’s strategic Partners’ Committee.
Other mandates: Regula Wallimann has been a non-executive board member and member of the audit committee of Straumann Holding AG¹, Switzerland since 2017, and Chair of the audit and risk committee since April 2019 and member of the HR and compensation committee since April 2020. In addition, she has been a non-executive board member, head of the finance and audit committee since 2017 and vice-president and member of the HR committee since 2022 of Swissgrid AG, Switzerland. Furthermore, she has been a non-executive board member and member of the audit committee since April 2018 and member of the nomination committee since April 2019 of Helvetia Holding AG¹, Switzerland. Since February 2022, she has held board memberships in Swissport Group, Switzerland and its holding company Radar Topco S.à.r.l., Luxembourg, incl. Chair of the audit committee of Swissport International Ltd., Switzerland. She has been a member of the supervisory board of the Institute for Accounting, Control and /Auditing of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, since 2010.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
David Prince
British national, born 1951. David Prince has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since June 2004. He has served on various Committees and was Chair of the Audit Committee from April 2015 until April 2019 where he is still a member. From April 2017 to April 2023, he was a member of the Governance and Nomination Committee. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
David Prince is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).
He started his career in the oil and gas industry as part of a management trainee scheme at British Gas, later attending business school in the UK. Following accountancy roles at Philips Industries and TRW, he joined Cable & Wireless, holding accountancy, general management and group marketing positions in the UK and in Hong Kong. From 1994 to 2000, he worked for Hong Kong Telecom plc (HKT) as Group Finance Director, followed by an appointment as Deputy CEO. In 2000, David Prince became Group CFO of PCCW plc, Hong Kong. From 2002 to 2004, he worked for Cable & Wireless as Group Finance Director. Since 2004 he has acted as investment advisor to companies based in Asia, China and Australia. David Prince was a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee of ARK Therapeutics, UK until March 2013.
Other mandates: He is a member of the Board of Directors of SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd¹, Hong Kong and the Wilson Group Companies with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia. He has been a non-executive director of the Board of Sunevision Holdings Ltd.¹, Cayman Islands since October 2016. Since 2020 he has been a non-executive Director of the Joint Venture Board of FESCO Adecco Shanghai, China.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Kathleen Taylor
Canadian national, born 1957. Kathleen Taylor has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee since April 2015, and since April 2017 Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors and a member of the Compensation Committee, the Governance and Nomination Committee, and of the Digital Committee since April 2019 (except from April 2021 until April 2022). Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Kathleen Taylor obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Schulich School of Business, a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Toronto, all in Canada.
Kathleen Taylor is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Canada, where she served in a variety of senior leadership roles from 1989 to 2013.
Other mandates: Kathleen Taylor was a member of the Board of the Royal Bank of Canada¹ since November 2001, and its Chair since January 2014, both until April 2023. She has also been a director of CPP Investments since October 2013 and her term on the board will be completed in 2023. Kathleen Taylor has served as the Chair of Altas Partners, Canada, since April 2019, has been a director of Air Canada¹ since May 2016 and is a member of the Board of Mattamy Asset Management, all in Canada. She is also Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital for Sick Children and a member of the SickKids Foundation, Canada.
Kathleen Taylor is Chancellor of York University and a member of the Dean’s Global Advisory Council at the Schulich School of Business, York University, all in Canada. She is a member of the National Council of the C.D. Howe Institute, Canada, and the Co-Chair of its Human Capital Policy Council.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Sandhya Venugopal
Canadian and American national, born 1982. Sandhya Venugopal has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee and the Digital Committee since April 2023. Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Sandhya Venugopal holds a Master Degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computing Science and Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Sandhya Venugopal started her career in consulting and worked from 2005 to 2009 at Accenture Inc. as a Management Consultant with clients across Canada and the US. After working at eMeter Corporation (subsequently acquired by Siemens) in 2009, she worked at LinkedIn Corporation from 2010 until 2019 in various technology and IT roles, culminating as Senior Director, Strategic Planning and Delivery.
From 2019 until April 2023, Sandhya Venugopal was working at Uber Technologies, Inc.¹, US, as Director, Business Systems and Applications, from 2020 until April 2023 as Chief Information Officer. Since April 2023, Sandhya Venugopal has been working at SentinelOne¹ as Chief Information Officer.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Didier Lamouche
French national, born 1959. Didier Lamouche has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since April 2011. He has been Chair of the Compensation Committee since April 2020 (member since April 2019) and a member of the Digital Committee since April 2019. He was a member of the Audit Committee from April 2017 until April 2019 and of the Corporate Governance Committee from April 2011 until April 2017. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Didier Lamouche obtained a PhD and Engineering degree in semiconductor technology from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France.
He was CEO of Altis Semiconductor from 1998 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he held the position of Vice President of Worldwide Semiconductor Operations at IBM Microelectronics. From 2005 to 2010, Didier Lamouche was Chair and Chief Executive Officer at Bull. From 2006 he held various Board and Executive roles at STMicroelectronics, Switzerland and from December 2011 until March 2013, he was President of the Executive Board and CEO of ST-Ericsson S.A., Switzerland. From April 2013 to October 2018, he was CEO of Idemia (formerly Oberthur Technologies), France.
Other mandates: Didier Lamouche has been non-executive director of QUADIENT¹, France (Chairman) since 2019 and of ASM International¹, The Netherlands since 2020. He was a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of ACI Worldwide¹, USA from 2020 to June 2023. Furthermore, Didier Lamouche has been non-executive Chairman of the Advisory Board of UTIMACO, Germany (non-listed company) since 2019.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Kathleen Taylor
Canadian national, born 1957. Kathleen Taylor has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee since April 2015, and since April 2017 Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors and a member of the Compensation Committee, the Governance and Nomination Committee, and of the Digital Committee since April 2019 (except from April 2021 until April 2022). Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Kathleen Taylor obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Schulich School of Business, a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Toronto, all in Canada.
Kathleen Taylor is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Canada, where she served in a variety of senior leadership roles from 1989 to 2013.
Other mandates: Kathleen Taylor was a member of the Board of the Royal Bank of Canada¹ since November 2001, and its Chair since January 2014, both until April 2023. She has also been a director of CPP Investments since October 2013 and her term on the board will be completed in 2023. Kathleen Taylor has served as the Chair of Altas Partners, Canada, since April 2019, has been a director of Air Canada¹ since May 2016 and is a member of the Board of Mattamy Asset Management, all in Canada. She is also Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital for Sick Children and a member of the SickKids Foundation, Canada.
Kathleen Taylor is Chancellor of York University and a member of the Dean’s Global Advisory Council at the Schulich School of Business, York University, all in Canada. She is a member of the National Council of the C.D. Howe Institute, Canada, and the Co-Chair of its Human Capital Policy Council.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Rachel Duan
Chinese national, born 1970. Rachel Duan has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors and a member of the Compensation Committee since April 2021. Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Rachel Duan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and International Business from Shanghai International Studies University, China and an MBA degree from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Until June 2020 Rachel Duan was Senior Vice President of General Electric Company (’GE’) and President & CEO of GE’s Global Markets, with responsibilities for global emerging markets, including China, APAC, India, Africa, Middle East and Latin America. Rachel Duan joined GE in 1996 and has worked at GE in the USA, Japan and China. Since 2006, she held senior leadership positions including CEO of GE Advanced Materials China and then Asia Pacific, CEO of GE Healthcare China, and CEO of GE China.
Other mandates: Since 2018, Rachel Duan has served as non-executive board member and as member of the compensation and governance committee (since 2019) of AXA S.A.¹, since 2020 as non-executive board member of Sanofi¹, both France, and since 2021 as non-executive board member of HSBC Holdings PLC¹, UK.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Alexander Gut
British and Swiss national, born 1963. Alexander Gut has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since May 2010. He has been Chair of the Governance and Nomination Committee since April 2018 and a member of the Digital Committee since April 2019. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Alexander Gut holds a doctorate degree in business administration (Dr. oec. publ.) from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and is a Swiss Certified Public Accountant.
From 1991 to 2001 he was with KPMG in Zurich and London and from 2001 to 2003 with Ernst & Young in Zurich, where he became a partner in 2002. From 2003 to 2007 he was a partner with KPMG in Zurich, where he became a member of the Executive Committee of KPMG Switzerland in 2005.
Other mandate: Alexander Gut is the founder and managing partner of Gut Corporate Finance AG.
Jean-Christophe Deslarzes
Swiss national, born 1963. Jean-Christophe Deslarzes has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since April 2015. He has been Chair of the Board of Directors since April 2020 and a member of the Governance and Nomination Committee since April 2018. He was Chair of the Compensation Committee from April 2018 until April 2020 (member since April 2016) and a member of the Audit Committee from April 2015 until April 2018. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Jean-Christophe Deslarzes holds a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Jean-Christophe Deslarzes began his career in 1991 as a tax and legal consultant at Arthur Andersen in Switzerland. From 1994 to 2010, he worked at Rio Tinto and its predecessor companies, Alcan and Alusuisse, in human resources and general management roles in Europe and Canada, including as Senior Vice President Human Resources and member of the Executive Committee of Alcan Group as well as President and CEO, Downstream Aluminium Businesses, Rio Tinto, based in Canada. He served as Chief Human Resources and Organisation Officer and member of the Executive Board at Carrefour Group, based in France, from 2010 to 2013. From 2013 to 2019, Jean-Christophe Deslarzes was Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the Executive Committee of ABB Group, based in Switzerland. From February 2018 until February 2021, he was Chair of the Board of Directors of ABB India Limited, India.
Other mandates: Since January 2021, Jean-Christophe Deslarzes has been a Member of the Executive Faculty at the University of St. Gallen. Since May 2021, he has been a Member and since June 2022 Chair of the Board of Directors of Constellium¹, headquartered in France.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Kathleen Taylor
Canadian national, born 1957. Kathleen Taylor has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee since April 2015, and since April 2017 Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors and a member of the Compensation Committee, the Governance and Nomination Committee, and of the Digital Committee since April 2019 (except from April 2021 until April 2022). Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Kathleen Taylor obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Schulich School of Business, a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Toronto, all in Canada.
Kathleen Taylor is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Canada, where she served in a variety of senior leadership roles from 1989 to 2013.
Other mandates: Kathleen Taylor was a member of the Board of the Royal Bank of Canada¹ since November 2001, and its Chair since January 2014, both until April 2023.She has also been a director of CPP Investments since October 2013 and her term on the board will be completed in 2023. Kathleen Taylor has served as the Chair of Altas Partners, Canada, since April 2019, has been a director of Air Canada¹ since May 2016 and is a member of the Board of Mattamy Asset Management, all in Canada. She is also Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital for Sick Children and a member of the SickKids Foundation, Canada.
Kathleen Taylor is Chancellor of York University and a member of the Dean’s Global Advisory Council at the Schulich School of Business, York University, all in Canada. She is a member of the National Council of the C.D. Howe Institute, Canada, and the Co-Chair of its Human Capital Policy Council.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Ariane Gorin
French and United States national, born 1974. Ariane Gorin has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since April 2017 and a member of the Audit Committee from April 2017 to April 2023, a member of the Governance and Nomination Committee since April 2023 and has been Chair of the Digital Committee since April 2019. Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
She obtained an MBA degree from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
From 2000 to 2002 Ariane Gorin served as consultant at The Boston Consulting Group in France and in the USA. From 2003 to 2013, Ariane Gorin served in various sales, marketing and general management functions at Microsoft Corporation, USA, both in the Europe, Middle East and Africa headquarters and then at Microsoft France. From December 2019 until February 2021, Ariane Gorin was a member of the Supervisory Board of Trivago, Germany.
Other mandates: Since 2013, Ariane Gorin has been a member of the management team of Expedia Group¹, headquartered in the USA. In June 2021 Ariane Gorin was named President of Expedia for Business, responsible for all business relationships for Expedia Group. She previously was President of the Expedia Business Services brand (2019-2021), President of the Expedia Partner Solutions brand (2017-2019) and Senior Vice President and General Manager, Expedia Affiliate Network brand (2014-2017), based in the UK. Ariane Gorin is a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, UK.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Ariane Gorin
French and United States national, born 1974. Ariane Gorin has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since April 2017 and a member of the Audit Committee from April 2017 to April 2023, a member of the Governance and Nomination Committee since April 2023 and has been Chair of the Digital Committee since April 2019. Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
She obtained an MBA degree from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
From 2000 to 2002 Ariane Gorin served as consultant at The Boston Consulting Group in France and in the USA. From 2003 to 2013, Ariane Gorin served in various sales, marketing and general management functions at Microsoft Corporation, USA, both in the Europe, Middle East and Africa headquarters and then at Microsoft France. From December 2019 until February 2021, Ariane Gorin was a member of the Supervisory Board of Trivago, Germany.
Other mandates: Since 2013, Ariane Gorin has been a member of the management team of Expedia Group¹, headquartered in the USA. In June 2021 Ariane Gorin was named President of Expedia for Business, responsible for all business relationships for Expedia Group. She previously was President of the Expedia Business Services brand (2019-2021), President of the Expedia Partner Solutions brand (2017-2019) and Senior Vice President and General Manager, Expedia Affiliate Network brand (2014-2017), based in the UK. Ariane Gorin is a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, UK.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Alexander Gut
British and Swiss national, born 1963. Alexander Gut has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since May 2010. He has been Chair of the Governance and Nomination Committee since April 2018 and a member of the Digital Committee since April 2019. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Alexander Gut holds a doctorate degree in business administration (Dr. oec. publ.) from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and is a Swiss Certified Public Accountant.
From 1991 to 2001 he was with KPMG in Zurich and London and from 2001 to 2003 with Ernst & Young in Zurich, where he became a partner in 2002. From 2003 to 2007 he was a partner with KPMG in Zurich, where he became a member of the Executive Committee of KPMG Switzerland in 2005.
Other mandate: Alexander Gut is the founder and managing partner of Gut Corporate Finance AG.
Didier Lamouche
French national, born 1959. Didier Lamouche has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since April 2011. He has been Chair of the Compensation Committee since April 2020 (member since April 2019) and a member of the Digital Committee since April 2019. He was a member of the Audit Committee from April 2017 until April 2019 and of the Corporate Governance Committee from April 2011 until April 2017. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Didier Lamouche obtained a PhD and Engineering degree in semiconductor technology from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France.
He was CEO of Altis Semiconductor from 1998 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he held the position of Vice President of Worldwide Semiconductor Operations at IBM Microelectronics. From 2005 to 2010, Didier Lamouche was Chair and Chief Executive Officer at Bull. From 2006 he held various Board and Executive roles at STMicroelectronics, Switzerland and from December 2011 until March 2013, he was President of the Executive Board and CEO of ST-Ericsson S.A., Switzerland. From April 2013 to October 2018, he was CEO of Idemia (formerly Oberthur Technologies), France.
Other mandates: Didier Lamouche has been non-executive director of QUADIENT¹, France (Chairman) since 2019 and of ASM International¹, The Netherlands since 2020. He was a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of ACI Worldwide¹, USA from 2020 to June 2023. Furthermore, Didier Lamouche has been non-executive Chairman of the Advisory Board of UTIMACO, Germany (non-listed company) since 2019.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Kathleen Taylor
Canadian national, born 1957. Kathleen Taylor has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee since April 2015, and since April 2017 Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors and a member of the Compensation Committee, the Governance and Nomination Committee, and of the Digital Committee since April 2019 (except from April 2021 until April 2022). Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Kathleen Taylor obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Schulich School of Business, a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Toronto, all in Canada.
Kathleen Taylor is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Canada, where she served in a variety of senior leadership roles from 1989 to 2013.
Other mandates: Kathleen Taylor was a member of the Board of the Royal Bank of Canada1 since November 2001, and its Chair since January 2014, both until April 2023. She has also been a director of CPP Investments since October 2013 and her term on the board will be completed in 2023. Kathleen Taylor has served as the Chair of Altas Partners, Canada, since April 2019, has been a director of Air Canada1 since May 2016 and is a member of the Board of Mattamy Asset Management, all in Canada. She is also Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital for Sick Children and a member of the SickKids Foundation, Canada.
Kathleen Taylor is Chancellor of York University and a member of the Dean’s Global Advisory Council at the Schulich School of Business, York University, all in Canada. She is a member of the National Council of the C.D. Howe Institute, Canada, and the Co-Chair of its Human Capital Policy Council.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
Sandhya Venugopal
Canadian and American national, born 1982. Sandhya Venugopal has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee and the Digital Committee since April 2023. Her one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Sandhya Venugopal holds a Master Degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computing Science and Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Sandhya Venugopal started her career in consulting and worked from 2005 to 2009 at Accenture Inc. as a Management Consultant with clients across Canada and the US. After working at eMeter Corporation (subsequently acquired by Siemens) in 2009, she worked at LinkedIn Corporation from 2010 until 2019 in various technology and IT roles, culminating as Senior Director, Strategic Planning and Delivery.
From 2019 until April 2023, Sandhya Venugopal was working at Uber Technologies, Inc.¹, US, as Director, Business Systems and Applications, from 2020 until April 2023 as Chief Information Officer. Since April 2023, Sandhya Venugopal has been working at SentinelOne¹ as Chief Information Officer.
¹ For current mandates: Listed company.
