Born on May 6, 1958 (Belgian nationality)

Director since March 20, 2024

Main activity: President of companies

Wilfried is an experienced international leader with remarkable expertise in financial services with high technological components. He began his career as an internal auditor, before gaining extensive management experience within the France Télécom ecosystem as the financial director of the Group's key divisions.

He then joined Allianz in Munich as the CFO of AGCS, the corporate and specialty services division. In early 2009, he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Euler Hermes (now Allianz Trade), a subsidiary of Allianz SE. During his tenure, he managed the impacts of the global financial crisis and the Covid period.

Over the twelve years leading Euler Hermes, Wilfried Verstraete successfully transformed the group from a traditional credit insurer to an undisputed market leader, fully integrated and agile, offering cutting-edge digital solutions to its clients. He also played a key role in the comprehensive technological overhaul of the Group, balancing ambition with execution.

Wilfried has worked in several countries and has a strong international perspective.

Wilfried Verstraete holds a degree in economics from Hogeschool-Universiteit in Brussels and a master's degree in financial management from Vrije Universiteit in Brussels (Belgium).

He also participated in an international executive program at INSEAD in France and a business and management program at INSEAD in Singapore.

Born December 29, 1959 (Italian and American nationality)

Director since November 30, 2018

Main activities: Financial Services Expert and Technology & Digitalization Expert

Giulia Fitzpatrick is a non-Executive Director on profit and not-for-profit Boards in the capacity as Chairwoman and/or Board member.

She has 30+ years’ senior executive experience in transforming organizations for premier global financial services and agricultural firms with deep knowledge of technology, risk management, finance and operations with a focus on digital & innovation.

She has a proven track record in leading organizations in complex and fast-changing international environments across the US, Europe, Asia and South America and has worked for global financial services firms such as Bankers Trust, National Securities Clearing Corporation, Instinet, Merrill Lynch and UBS and at Bunge Ltd, one of the largest agricultural commodities processors.

Giulia Fitzpatrick holds a MBA in Finance and a MA in International Studies from the Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania, respectively.

Born January 17, 1961 (Norwegian nationality)

Director since April 30, 2019

Main activity: Advisor at M-K Consulting AS

Mette Kamsvåg has twenty years’ experience in the IT and payment services sectors. She has been a member of the management of BBS and Nets for fifteen years with responsibility for sales, products and business development.

She was CEO of Nets from 2011 to 2014.

Since 2014, she has been on the Board of several companies and is currently an active Board member of SpareBank1 SMN. She is currently chair of the Boards of group.ONE, WebMed and SmartCraft ASA.

She has deep knowledge of the payment services, in particular as regards the Nordic markets.

She holds a master in Business and Economics from BI Norwegian School of Management.

Born August 20, 1970 (French and South-Korean nationality)

Director since June 13, 2024

Main activity: Group Chief Human Resources at Valeo

Agnès Park is a trained lawyer and has also studied human resources.

She began her career in 1994 at Daewoo and then at Chevrolet/General Motors as a corporate lawyer.

In 1999, she was appointed Director of Human Resources for one of General Motors’ subsidiaries in France and Southern Europe.

In 2007, she joined Varian Medical System, an American medical high tech company, where she successively held the positions of HR Director for France and Belgium, then HR Director for Western Europe and finally HR Director for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India in 2018.

In 2019, Agnès Park joined the Pierre Fabre Group as Vice President of Human Resources for the Pharmaceutical Division. The same year, she was appointed Deputy General Manager in charge of Human Resources and Ethics.

Agnès Park joined the Valeo Group on June 27, 2022, as Group Chief Human Resources Officer.

Agnès Park holds a Master Degree in International Business Law (University of Paris II), an Executive Master of Strategic HR Management from HEC (Paris) and an Executive Coaching Certificate from INSEAD.

Born June 6, 1968 (Swiss nationality)

Director since March 19, 2020

Main activity: Chief Financial Officer of SIX Group AG

Daniel Schmucki is a member of the Executive Board at SIX Group AG and has been Chief Financial Officer since March 2017.

From 1994 to 1999 he has held various finance positions at Bosch group in Switzerland and Germany.

In 1999, he took on the role of Head of Controlling, Treasury and Investor Relations at Flughafen Zürich AG, which he held for nine years.

In 2008, he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of Global Airport Operations and then Deputy CEO. He held this position until 2017, before he moved to SIX Group AG, a Financial Markets Infrastructure company. He is since also a member of the Executive Committee.

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Born December 10, 1969 (French nationality)

Director since October 28, 2020

Main activity: Director of the Capital Development department at Bpifrance Investissement, Head of Technology, Media and Telecom

Thierry Sommelet is Director of the Capital Development department in charge of the Technology, Media and Telecom sectors and a member of the Executive Committee of Bpifrance Investissement.

He has twenty years’ investment experience in listed and unlisted companies in the Technologies, Media and Telecom (TMT) sector.

He began his career in the capital markets at Crédit Commercial de France in 1992 in Paris and later in New York.

He subsequently became Manager of the financial engineering team at Renaissance Software in London and then joined the media company InfosCE as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 2001.

In 2002, he joined the Investments and Digital Holdings department of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, a French Public entity, which he headed up in 2007.

After joining Fonds stratégique d’investissement in 2009, Thierry Sommelet became part of the team at Bpifrance Investissement when it was created in 2013.

He graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), Civil Engineering School in Paris. He also holds a MBA from INSEAD.

Born June 17, 1966 (German nationality)

Director since October 28, 2020

Main activity: Chief Executive Officer of Deutscher Sparkassen Verlag GmbH (DSV Group)

Dr. Michael Stollarz has been Chief Executive Officer of Deutscher Sparkassen Verlag GmbH (DSV group) since January 2018.

He began his career with an apprenticeship in banking.

After a series of internships at Westdeutscher Handwerkskammertag and Hornblower Fischer, he joined the publishing house Handelsblatt as legal counsel. He was quickly promoted to Head of the Investment department.

In 2007, he was appointed to the Executive Committee. In particular, he was responsible for the digitalization of the Group, specialized media and corporate publishing.

After twelve years at Handelsblatt, he took over the management of Hubert Burda International GmbH as Director of Digital Strategy and Managing Director of the International Affairs branch.

He was then founding partner at Executive Interim Partners GmbH and Managing Director at Flick Gocke Schaumburg shortly afterwards.

He later joined the DSV group. In addition to his role as Chief Executive Officer of the DSV group, he is a member of several Supervisory Boards, Advisory Boards and Committees.

He has also been manager of Otto Schmidt Beteiligungsgesellschaft since 2016.

He holds a doctorate in law.

Born March 7, 1956 (French nationality)

Director since June 13, 2014

Main activity: Director of companies

Aldo Cardoso is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and holds a master’s degree in business Law and is a Certified Public Accountant.

From 1979 to 2003, Aldo Cardoso held several successive positions at Arthur Andersen, including: consultant, partner (1989), Chief Executive Officer audit and financial advisory France (1993-1996), member of the Board of Directors of Andersen Worldwide (1996), Chairman of the Board of Directors (non-executive) of Andersen Worldwide (2000) and Chief Executive Officer of Andersen Worldwide (2002-2003).

Since 2003, he is a Director and Senior Advisor of French and foreign companies. 

Born March 26, 1962 (French nationality)

Director since April 23, 2025

Main activity: Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole S.A.

A graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (Institut d’études politiques) in Paris, the National School of Administration (École nationale d’administration) and ESSEC, Jérôme Grivet began his career at the French Inspection Générale des finances in 1989. He was Advisor for European Affairs to then-Prime Minister Alain Juppé before joining Crédit Lyonnais in 1998 as Head of the Finance and Management Control department of the commercial bank in France. In 2001 he was appointed Head of Strategy at Crédit Lyonnais. He went on to hold the same position at Crédit Agricole S.A. In 2004 he was in charge of Finance, Corporate Secretariat and Strategy at Calyon before being appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 2007. At the end of 2010, Jérôme Grivet was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole Assurances and Chief Executive Officer of Predica. In May 2015, he was appointed Deputy General Manager of Crédit Agricole S.A., in charge of the Group Finance division. From September 2022 to May 2025, Jérôme Grivet has served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole S.A. in charge of steering and control functions. Since May 2025, he is Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole S.A.

Born January 28, 1963 (French nationality)

Director since May 17, 2019

Main activity: Project Leader at Worldline

Marie-Christine Lebert joined Atos as a programmer analyst in 1986, working in the payments sector.

She has worked as an international Project Leader, with over twenty years of experience in project and application portfolio management as well as team management.

From 2000, she has engaged herself in employee representation exercising high level of responsibilities as successively secretary and treasurer of local and international Works Boards. From 2001 to 2017, she assumed the highest function as vice-secretary and secretary of the European Works of Atos group, after having initiated and taken part to the prior negotiations to the establishment of this European Social dialog.

All these roles have provided her with a deep knowledge of French and European social dialogue, and a solid understanding of the Group's and sectors economy, organizations, jobs and conditions, technological environments and human aspects.

Marie-Christine Lebert gained her first experience in the Atos group Board of Directors and in particular, she took over the Vice Chair of the CSR Committee.

She is trained as part of the Board Member Certification at IFA/IEP Paris and the Executive Education in Finance at HEC Paris.

Born March 19, 1962 (Mexican and Swiss nationality)

Director since June 5, 2025

Main activity: Chief Financial Officer of SoftwareOne

Rodolfo J. Savitzky is passionate about value creation through investing behind growth and innovation, driving operational excellence and developing talent.

In 2022, he took over as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Board of SoftwareOne, where he led the implementation of an operational excellence program to enable profitable and efficient growth. This set the foundation for a major acquisition, expected to close in mid-2025, delivering significant synergies and EPS accretion.

With this milestone, Rodolfo is leaving SoftwareOne to focus on his non-executive roles and on privately backed ventures. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors and of the Audit Committee of Euroapi since September 2022 and a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of UCB since April 2024.

During 2016 to 2021, he served as Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Group Executive Committee of Lonza, where he played a key role in the company’s transformation into a pure-play pharma services company. Moreover, he was a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Unilabs in 2021 until the company was sold to A.P. Moller Holding.

He joined Novartis in 2002 in the Pharmaceutical Division, first as Head of Finance for the Ophthalmic Business Unit and then as Head of Business Planning and Analysis followed by Head of Strategic Planning and Analysis for the Pharmaceutical Division. He was appointed CFO for Novartis Animal Health in 2006 where he significantly contributed to both the Division’s growth acceleration and margin improvement and its sale to Eli Lilly in 2015.

He started his career at P&G where he held various finance leadership positions, including Finance Director for the Beverage Division in Europe and then for the Beauty Care Division in Latin America.

Rodolfo J. Savitzky holds a Bachelor´s Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico and an MBA in Finance and Economics from University of Chicago Booth School of Business in the USA.

Born November 6, 1963 (Turkish nationality)

Director since October 28, 2020

Main activity: Independent Director of companies

Nazan Somer Özelgin has an undergraduate degree from the Business Administration Faculty of the Bosphorus university of Istanbul. She qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in 1993.

She is a member of the Supervisory Board of Unicredit Slovenia, Unicredit Romania and Zagrebacka Banka (Unicredit Croatia). She is a Board Director of Mapfre Insurance (Turkey) of which she is the Chairwoman. She is Deputy Chair, Chairwoman of the Risk Committee and member the Audit Committee of Zagrebacka Banka (Croatia). In addition she is the Chairwoman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk Committee and Nomination Committee at Unicredit Romania. She is Deputy Chair, the Audit Committee Chair and a member of the Risk Committee and the Remuneration Committee of Unicredit Slovenia. She is also a Board Director of Alpha Bank Romania since November 2024 which is a temporary mandate until the merger of Alpha Bank Romania with Unicredit Romania (targeted as August 2025) also holding Audit Committee Chair, Risk Committee member and Nomination Committee member responsibilities under this temporary mandate.

She has also been a member of the Board of Directors, Chairwoman of the Audit Committee and member of the Corporate Governance Committee of TAV Airport Operations Holding ( Groupe ADP) since March 2024. She was previously Executive Vice President in charge of Retail Banking and a member of the Executive Committee of Yapi Kredi Bank, one of the largest bank in Turkey from 2009 to 2018. She joined Yapi Kredi Bank in 2000 as Executive Vice President in charge of personal banking. Between 2003 and 2009, she served as Executive Vice President in charge of payment systems and consumer lending. From 2009 to 2018, she was member of the Executive Committee managing the retail business line end to end and leading many transformation projects including but not limited to digital transformation of the bank.

She worked for Arthur Andersen Turkey between 1988 and 2000. She was the partner in charge of financial sector in her final two years at Arthur Andersen Turkey. During her career at Arthur Andersen, she also held responsibilities for financial sector clients in Bucharest and Sofia. She also assumed auditing and financial consultancy responsibilities for companies in various sectors such as banking and finance sectors. In addition she ran various internal control and workflow reviews, restructuring and due diligence projects as well as company valuations especially in the financial sector.

Born January 18, 1965 (German nationality)

Director since June 13, 2024

Main activity: Director of companies

Sylvia Steinmann studied business administration and information technology at the Technische Universität Berlin and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

She began her career as an IT and financial services consultant with McKinsey, before joining Swiss Re, where she headed the IT Strategy and Planning department. Sylvia Steinmann then spent several years as Chief Information Officer for the Financial Service Business Arm at SwissRe and was a member of the Executive Team.

Sylvia Steinmann pursued her career at Zurich Insurance (Chief Operating Officer of Global IT) and the logistics company DHL (Chief Information Officer of Global Forwarding and Freight).

Before joining Swiss Life, Sylvia Steinmann had been Chief Information Officer of the medical diagnostics company SYNLAB International in Munich since 2017.

From 2018 until 2023, Sylvia Steinmann was the Chief Information and Transformation Officer at Swiss Life Switzerland and a member of the Management Board.

Born September 20, 1967 (Belgian nationality)

Director since June 8, 2023

Main activity: Transversal Major Incident Manager at Worldline

Stephan Van Hellemont is Transversal Major Incident Manager.

In his role, Stephan Van Hellemont is notably in charge of the management of business-critical incidents across Europe and the rest of the world. In addition, he coordinates the onboarding of the escalation process.

During his long career, mainly in the secure payment services sector, Stephan Van Hellemont has gained significant experience in the areas of PCI compliance, data confidentiality, ITIL processes, ISO27001 auditing and vulnerability management.

Stephan Van Hellemont has had the opportunity to work and gain experience in Worldline's three main business lines, which has given him a very broad understanding of the business portfolio, organization and governance. He was a member of the local Belgian Works Council and the Health and Safety Committee. Stephan Van Hellemont was a member of the negotiating group for the implementation of the agreement for the creation of the Worldline European Works Council. Stephan Van Hellemont joined Atos in 1991.

Born March 7, 1956 (French nationality)

Director since June 13, 2014

Main activity: Director of companies

Aldo Cardoso is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and holds a master’s degree in business Law and is a Certified Public Accountant.

From 1979 to 2003, Aldo Cardoso held several successive positions at Arthur Andersen, including: consultant, partner (1989), Chief Executive Officer audit and financial advisory France (1993-1996), member of the Board of Directors of Andersen Worldwide (1996), Chairman of the Board of Directors (non-executive) of Andersen Worldwide (2000) and Chief Executive Officer of Andersen Worldwide (2002-2003).

Since 2003, he is a Director and Senior Advisor of French and foreign companies. 

Born March 19, 1962 (Mexican and Swiss nationality)

Director since June 5, 2025

Main activity: Chief Financial Officer of SoftwareOne

Rodolfo J. Savitzky is passionate about value creation through investing behind growth and innovation, driving operational excellence and developing talent.

In 2022, he took over as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Board of SoftwareOne, where he led the implementation of an operational excellence program to enable profitable and efficient growth. This set the foundation for a major acquisition, expected to close in mid-2025, delivering significant synergies and EPS accretion.

With this milestone, Rodolfo is leaving SoftwareOne to focus on his non-executive roles and on privately backed ventures. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors and of the Audit Committee of Euroapi since September 2022 and a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of UCB since April 2024.

During 2016 to 2021, he served as Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Group Executive Committee of Lonza, where he played a key role in the company’s transformation into a pure-play pharma services company. Moreover, he was a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Unilabs in 2021 until the company was sold to A.P. Moller Holding.

He joined Novartis in 2002 in the Pharmaceutical Division, first as Head of Finance for the Ophthalmic Business Unit and then as Head of Business Planning and Analysis followed by Head of Strategic Planning and Analysis for the Pharmaceutical Division. He was appointed CFO for Novartis Animal Health in 2006 where he significantly contributed to both the Division’s growth acceleration and margin improvement and its sale to Eli Lilly in 2015.

He started his career at P&G where he held various finance leadership positions, including Finance Director for the Beverage Division in Europe and then for the Beauty Care Division in Latin America.

Rodolfo J. Savitzky holds a Bachelor´s Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico and an MBA in Finance and Economics from University of Chicago Booth School of Business in the USA.

Born November 6, 1963 (Turkish nationality)

Director since October 28, 2020

Main activity: Independent Director of companies

Nazan Somer Özelgin has an undergraduate degree from the Business Administration Faculty of the Bosphorus university of Istanbul. She qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in 1993.

She is a member of the Supervisory Board of Unicredit Slovenia, Unicredit Romania and Zagrebacka Banka (Unicredit Croatia). She is a Board Director of Mapfre Insurance (Turkey) of which she is the Chairwoman. She is Deputy Chair, Chairwoman of the Risk Committee and member the Audit Committee of Zagrebacka Banka (Croatia). In addition she is the Chairwoman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk Committee and Nomination Committee at Unicredit Romania. She is Deputy Chair, the Audit Committee Chair and a member of the Risk Committee and the Remuneration Committee of Unicredit Slovenia. She is also a Board Director of Alpha Bank Romania since November 2024 which is a temporary mandate until the merger of Alpha Bank Romania with Unicredit Romania (targeted as August 2025) also holding Audit Committee Chair, Risk Committee member and Nomination Committee member responsibilities under this temporary mandate.

She has also been a member of the Board of Directors, Chairwoman of the Audit Committee and member of the Corporate Governance Committee of TAV Airport Operations Holding ( Groupe ADP) since March 2024. She was previously Executive Vice President in charge of Retail Banking and a member of the Executive Committee of Yapi Kredi Bank, one of the largest bank in Turkey from 2009 to 2018. She joined Yapi Kredi Bank in 2000 as Executive Vice President in charge of personal banking. Between 2003 and 2009, she served as Executive Vice President in charge of payment systems and consumer lending. From 2009 to 2018, she was member of the Executive Committee managing the retail business line end to end and leading many transformation projects including but not limited to digital transformation of the bank.

She worked for Arthur Andersen Turkey between 1988 and 2000. She was the partner in charge of financial sector in her final two years at Arthur Andersen Turkey. During her career at Arthur Andersen, she also held responsibilities for financial sector clients in Bucharest and Sofia. She also assumed auditing and financial consultancy responsibilities for companies in various sectors such as banking and finance sectors. In addition she ran various internal control and workflow reviews, restructuring and due diligence projects as well as company valuations especially in the financial sector.

Born January 17, 1961 (Norwegian nationality)

Director since April 30, 2019

Main activity: Advisor at M-K Consulting AS

Mette Kamsvåg has twenty years’ experience in the IT and payment services sectors. She has been a member of the management of BBS and Nets for fifteen years with responsibility for sales, products and business development.

She was CEO of Nets from 2011 to 2014.

Since 2014, she has been on the Board of several companies and is currently an active Board member of SpareBank1 SMN. She is currently chair of the Boards of group.ONE, WebMed and SmartCraft ASA.

She has deep knowledge of the payment services, in particular as regards the Nordic markets.

She holds a master in Business and Economics from BI Norwegian School of Management.

Born June 6, 1968 (Swiss nationality)

Director since March 19, 2020

Main activity: Chief Financial Officer of SIX Group AG

Daniel Schmucki is a member of the Executive Board at SIX Group AG and has been Chief Financial Officer since March 2017.

From 1994 to 1999 he has held various finance positions at Bosch group in Switzerland and Germany.

In 1999, he took on the role of Head of Controlling, Treasury and Investor Relations at Flughafen Zürich AG, which he held for nine years.

In 2008, he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of Global Airport Operations and then Deputy CEO. He held this position until 2017, before he moved to SIX Group AG, a Financial Markets Infrastructure company. He is since also a member of the Executive Committee.

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Born January 18, 1965 (German nationality)

Director since June 13, 2024

Main activity: Director of companies

Sylvia Steinmann studied business administration and information technology at the Technische Universität Berlin and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

She began her career as an IT and financial services consultant with McKinsey, before joining Swiss Re, where she headed the IT Strategy and Planning department. Sylvia Steinmann then spent several years as Chief Information Officer for the Financial Service Business Arm at SwissRe and was a member of the Executive Team.

Sylvia Steinmann pursued her career at Zurich Insurance (Chief Operating Officer of Global IT) and the logistics company DHL (Chief Information Officer of Global Forwarding and Freight).

Before joining Swiss Life, Sylvia Steinmann had been Chief Information Officer of the medical diagnostics company SYNLAB International in Munich since 2017.

From 2018 until 2023, Sylvia Steinmann was the Chief Information and Transformation Officer at Swiss Life Switzerland and a member of the Management Board.

Born June 6, 1968 (Swiss nationality)

Director since March 19, 2020

Main activity: Chief Financial Officer of SIX Group AG

Daniel Schmucki is a member of the Executive Board at SIX Group AG and has been Chief Financial Officer since March 2017.

From 1994 to 1999 he has held various finance positions at Bosch group in Switzerland and Germany.

In 1999, he took on the role of Head of Controlling, Treasury and Investor Relations at Flughafen Zürich AG, which he held for nine years.

In 2008, he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of Global Airport Operations and then Deputy CEO. He held this position until 2017, before he moved to SIX Group AG, a Financial Markets Infrastructure company. He is since also a member of the Executive Committee.

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Born March 7, 1956 (French nationality)

Director since June 13, 2014

Main activity: Director of companies

Aldo Cardoso is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and holds a master’s degree in business Law and is a Certified Public Accountant.

From 1979 to 2003, Aldo Cardoso held several successive positions at Arthur Andersen, including: consultant, partner (1989), Chief Executive Officer audit and financial advisory France (1993-1996), member of the Board of Directors of Andersen Worldwide (1996), Chairman of the Board of Directors (non-executive) of Andersen Worldwide (2000) and Chief Executive Officer of Andersen Worldwide (2002-2003).

Since 2003, he is a Director and Senior Advisor of French and foreign companies. 

Born January 17, 1961 (Norwegian nationality)

Director since April 30, 2019

Main activity: Advisor at M-K Consulting AS

Mette Kamsvåg has twenty years’ experience in the IT and payment services sectors. She has been a member of the management of BBS and Nets for fifteen years with responsibility for sales, products and business development.

She was CEO of Nets from 2011 to 2014.

Since 2014, she has been on the Board of several companies and is currently an active Board member of SpareBank1 SMN. She is currently chair of the Boards of group.ONE, WebMed and SmartCraft ASA.

She has deep knowledge of the payment services, in particular as regards the Nordic markets.

She holds a master in Business and Economics from BI Norwegian School of Management.

Born on May 6, 1958 (Belgian nationality)

Director since March 20, 2024

Main activity: President of companies

Wilfried is an experienced international leader with remarkable expertise in financial services with high technological components. He began his career as an internal auditor, before gaining extensive management experience within the France Télécom ecosystem as the financial director of the Group's key divisions.

He then joined Allianz in Munich as the CFO of AGCS, the corporate and specialty services division. In early 2009, he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Euler Hermes (now Allianz Trade), a subsidiary of Allianz SE. During his tenure, he managed the impacts of the global financial crisis and the Covid period.

Over the twelve years leading Euler Hermes, Wilfried Verstraete successfully transformed the group from a traditional credit insurer to an undisputed market leader, fully integrated and agile, offering cutting-edge digital solutions to its clients. He also played a key role in the comprehensive technological overhaul of the Group, balancing ambition with execution.

Wilfried has worked in several countries and has a strong international perspective.

Wilfried Verstraete holds a degree in economics from Hogeschool-Universiteit in Brussels and a master's degree in financial management from Vrije Universiteit in Brussels (Belgium).

He also participated in an international executive program at INSEAD in France and a business and management program at INSEAD in Singapore.

Born March 26, 1962 (French nationality)

Director since April 23, 2025

Main activity: Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole S.A.

A graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (Institut d’études politiques) in Paris, the National School of Administration (École nationale d’administration) and ESSEC, Jérôme Grivet began his career at the French Inspection Générale des finances in 1989. He was Advisor for European Affairs to then-Prime Minister Alain Juppé before joining Crédit Lyonnais in 1998 as Head of the Finance and Management Control department of the commercial bank in France. In 2001 he was appointed Head of Strategy at Crédit Lyonnais. He went on to hold the same position at Crédit Agricole S.A. In 2004 he was in charge of Finance, Corporate Secretariat and Strategy at Calyon before being appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 2007. At the end of 2010, Jérôme Grivet was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole Assurances and Chief Executive Officer of Predica. In May 2015, he was appointed Deputy General Manager of Crédit Agricole S.A., in charge of the Group Finance division. From September 2022 to May 2025, Jérôme Grivet has served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole S.A. in charge of steering and control functions. Since May 2025, he is Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole S.A.

Born December 10, 1969 (French nationality)

Director since October 28, 2020

Main activity: Director of the Capital Development department at Bpifrance Investissement, Head of Technology, Media and Telecom

Thierry Sommelet is Director of the Capital Development department in charge of the Technology, Media and Telecom sectors and a member of the Executive Committee of Bpifrance Investissement.

He has twenty years’ investment experience in listed and unlisted companies in the Technologies, Media and Telecom (TMT) sector.

He began his career in the capital markets at Crédit Commercial de France in 1992 in Paris and later in New York.

He subsequently became Manager of the financial engineering team at Renaissance Software in London and then joined the media company InfosCE as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 2001.

In 2002, he joined the Investments and Digital Holdings department of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, a French Public entity, which he headed up in 2007.

After joining Fonds stratégique d’investissement in 2009, Thierry Sommelet became part of the team at Bpifrance Investissement when it was created in 2013.

He graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), Civil Engineering School in Paris. He also holds a MBA from INSEAD.

Born December 29, 1959 (Italian and American nationality)

Director since November 30, 2018

Main activities: Financial Services Expert and Technology & Digitalization Expert

Giulia Fitzpatrick is a non-Executive Director on profit and not-for-profit Boards in the capacity as Chairwoman and/or Board member.

She has 30+ years’ senior executive experience in transforming organizations for premier global financial services and agricultural firms with deep knowledge of technology, risk management, finance and operations with a focus on digital & innovation.

She has a proven track record in leading organizations in complex and fast-changing international environments across the US, Europe, Asia and South America and has worked for global financial services firms such as Bankers Trust, National Securities Clearing Corporation, Instinet, Merrill Lynch and UBS and at Bunge Ltd, one of the largest agricultural commodities processors.

Giulia Fitzpatrick holds a MBA in Finance and a MA in International Studies from the Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania, respectively.

Born August 20, 1970 (French and South-Korean nationality)

Director since June 13, 2024

Main activity: Group Chief Human Resources at Valeo

Agnès Park is a trained lawyer and has also studied human resources.

She began her career in 1994 at Daewoo and then at Chevrolet/General Motors as a corporate lawyer.

In 1999, she was appointed Director of Human Resources for one of General Motors’ subsidiaries in France and Southern Europe.

In 2007, she joined Varian Medical System, an American medical high tech company, where she successively held the positions of HR Director for France and Belgium, then HR Director for Western Europe and finally HR Director for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India in 2018.

In 2019, Agnès Park joined the Pierre Fabre Group as Vice President of Human Resources for the Pharmaceutical Division. The same year, she was appointed Deputy General Manager in charge of Human Resources and Ethics.

Agnès Park joined the Valeo Group on June 27, 2022, as Group Chief Human Resources Officer.

Agnès Park holds a Master Degree in International Business Law (University of Paris II), an Executive Master of Strategic HR Management from HEC (Paris) and an Executive Coaching Certificate from INSEAD.

Born on May 6, 1958 (Belgian nationality)

Director since March 20, 2024

Main activity: President of companies

Wilfried is an experienced international leader with remarkable expertise in financial services with high technological components. He began his career as an internal auditor, before gaining extensive management experience within the France Télécom ecosystem as the financial director of the Group's key divisions.

He then joined Allianz in Munich as the CFO of AGCS, the corporate and specialty services division. In early 2009, he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Euler Hermes (now Allianz Trade), a subsidiary of Allianz SE. During his tenure, he managed the impacts of the global financial crisis and the Covid period.

Over the twelve years leading Euler Hermes, Wilfried Verstraete successfully transformed the group from a traditional credit insurer to an undisputed market leader, fully integrated and agile, offering cutting-edge digital solutions to its clients. He also played a key role in the comprehensive technological overhaul of the Group, balancing ambition with execution.

Wilfried has worked in several countries and has a strong international perspective.

Wilfried Verstraete holds a degree in economics from Hogeschool-Universiteit in Brussels and a master's degree in financial management from Vrije Universiteit in Brussels (Belgium).

He also participated in an international executive program at INSEAD in France and a business and management program at INSEAD in Singapore.

Born December 10, 1969 (French nationality)

Director since October 28, 2020

Main activity: Director of the Capital Development department at Bpifrance Investissement, Head of Technology, Media and Telecom

Thierry Sommelet is Director of the Capital Development department in charge of the Technology, Media and Telecom sectors and a member of the Executive Committee of Bpifrance Investissement.

He has twenty years’ investment experience in listed and unlisted companies in the Technologies, Media and Telecom (TMT) sector.

He began his career in the capital markets at Crédit Commercial de France in 1992 in Paris and later in New York.

He subsequently became Manager of the financial engineering team at Renaissance Software in London and then joined the media company InfosCE as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 2001.

In 2002, he joined the Investments and Digital Holdings department of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, a French Public entity, which he headed up in 2007.

After joining Fonds stratégique d’investissement in 2009, Thierry Sommelet became part of the team at Bpifrance Investissement when it was created in 2013.

He graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), Civil Engineering School in Paris. He also holds a MBA from INSEAD.

Born on May 6, 1958 (Belgian nationality)

Director since March 20, 2024

Main activity: President of companies

Wilfried is an experienced international leader with remarkable expertise in financial services with high technological components. He began his career as an internal auditor, before gaining extensive management experience within the France Télécom ecosystem as the financial director of the Group's key divisions.

He then joined Allianz in Munich as the CFO of AGCS, the corporate and specialty services division. In early 2009, he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Euler Hermes (now Allianz Trade), a subsidiary of Allianz SE. During his tenure, he managed the impacts of the global financial crisis and the Covid period.

Over the twelve years leading Euler Hermes, Wilfried Verstraete successfully transformed the group from a traditional credit insurer to an undisputed market leader, fully integrated and agile, offering cutting-edge digital solutions to its clients. He also played a key role in the comprehensive technological overhaul of the Group, balancing ambition with execution.

Wilfried has worked in several countries and has a strong international perspective.

Wilfried Verstraete holds a degree in economics from Hogeschool-Universiteit in Brussels and a master's degree in financial management from Vrije Universiteit in Brussels (Belgium).

He also participated in an international executive program at INSEAD in France and a business and management program at INSEAD in Singapore.

Born January 28, 1963 (French nationality)

Director since May 17, 2019

Main activity: Project Leader at Worldline

Marie-Christine Lebert joined Atos as a programmer analyst in 1986, working in the payments sector.

She has worked as an international Project Leader, with over twenty years of experience in project and application portfolio management as well as team management.

From 2000, she has engaged herself in employee representation exercising high level of responsibilities as successively secretary and treasurer of local and international Works Boards. From 2001 to 2017, she assumed the highest function as vice-secretary and secretary of the European Works of Atos group, after having initiated and taken part to the prior negotiations to the establishment of this European Social dialog.

All these roles have provided her with a deep knowledge of French and European social dialogue, and a solid understanding of the Group's and sectors economy, organizations, jobs and conditions, technological environments and human aspects.

Marie-Christine Lebert gained her first experience in the Atos group Board of Directors and in particular, she took over the Vice Chair of the CSR Committee.

She is trained as part of the Board Member Certification at IFA/IEP Paris and the Executive Education in Finance at HEC Paris.

Born December 10, 1969 (French nationality)

Director since October 28, 2020

Main activity: Director of the Capital Development department at Bpifrance Investissement, Head of Technology, Media and Telecom

Thierry Sommelet is Director of the Capital Development department in charge of the Technology, Media and Telecom sectors and a member of the Executive Committee of Bpifrance Investissement.

He has twenty years’ investment experience in listed and unlisted companies in the Technologies, Media and Telecom (TMT) sector.

He began his career in the capital markets at Crédit Commercial de France in 1992 in Paris and later in New York.

He subsequently became Manager of the financial engineering team at Renaissance Software in London and then joined the media company InfosCE as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 2001.

In 2002, he joined the Investments and Digital Holdings department of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, a French Public entity, which he headed up in 2007.

After joining Fonds stratégique d’investissement in 2009, Thierry Sommelet became part of the team at Bpifrance Investissement when it was created in 2013.

He graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), Civil Engineering School in Paris. He also holds a MBA from INSEAD.

Born December 29, 1959 (Italian and American nationality)

Director since November 30, 2018

Main activities: Financial Services Expert and Technology & Digitalization Expert

Giulia Fitzpatrick is a non-Executive Director on profit and not-for-profit Boards in the capacity as Chairwoman and/or Board member.

She has 30+ years’ senior executive experience in transforming organizations for premier global financial services and agricultural firms with deep knowledge of technology, risk management, finance and operations with a focus on digital & innovation.

She has a proven track record in leading organizations in complex and fast-changing international environments across the US, Europe, Asia and South America and has worked for global financial services firms such as Bankers Trust, National Securities Clearing Corporation, Instinet, Merrill Lynch and UBS and at Bunge Ltd, one of the largest agricultural commodities processors.

Giulia Fitzpatrick holds a MBA in Finance and a MA in International Studies from the Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania, respectively.

Born August 20, 1970 (French and South-Korean nationality)

Director since June 13, 2024

Main activity: Group Chief Human Resources at Valeo

Agnès Park is a trained lawyer and has also studied human resources.

She began her career in 1994 at Daewoo and then at Chevrolet/General Motors as a corporate lawyer.

In 1999, she was appointed Director of Human Resources for one of General Motors’ subsidiaries in France and Southern Europe.

In 2007, she joined Varian Medical System, an American medical high tech company, where she successively held the positions of HR Director for France and Belgium, then HR Director for Western Europe and finally HR Director for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India in 2018.

In 2019, Agnès Park joined the Pierre Fabre Group as Vice President of Human Resources for the Pharmaceutical Division. The same year, she was appointed Deputy General Manager in charge of Human Resources and Ethics.

Agnès Park joined the Valeo Group on June 27, 2022, as Group Chief Human Resources Officer.

Agnès Park holds a Master Degree in International Business Law (University of Paris II), an Executive Master of Strategic HR Management from HEC (Paris) and an Executive Coaching Certificate from INSEAD.

Born August 20, 1970 (French and South-Korean nationality)

Director since June 13, 2024

Main activity: Group Chief Human Resources at Valeo

Agnès Park is a trained lawyer and has also studied human resources.

She began her career in 1994 at Daewoo and then at Chevrolet/General Motors as a corporate lawyer.

In 1999, she was appointed Director of Human Resources for one of General Motors’ subsidiaries in France and Southern Europe.

In 2007, she joined Varian Medical System, an American medical high tech company, where she successively held the positions of HR Director for France and Belgium, then HR Director for Western Europe and finally HR Director for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India in 2018.

In 2019, Agnès Park joined the Pierre Fabre Group as Vice President of Human Resources for the Pharmaceutical Division. The same year, she was appointed Deputy General Manager in charge of Human Resources and Ethics.

Agnès Park joined the Valeo Group on June 27, 2022, as Group Chief Human Resources Officer.

Agnès Park holds a Master Degree in International Business Law (University of Paris II), an Executive Master of Strategic HR Management from HEC (Paris) and an Executive Coaching Certificate from INSEAD.

Born January 18, 1965 (German nationality)

Director since June 13, 2024

Main activity: Director of companies

Sylvia Steinmann studied business administration and information technology at the Technische Universität Berlin and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

She began her career as an IT and financial services consultant with McKinsey, before joining Swiss Re, where she headed the IT Strategy and Planning department. Sylvia Steinmann then spent several years as Chief Information Officer for the Financial Service Business Arm at SwissRe and was a member of the Executive Team.

Sylvia Steinmann pursued her career at Zurich Insurance (Chief Operating Officer of Global IT) and the logistics company DHL (Chief Information Officer of Global Forwarding and Freight).

Before joining Swiss Life, Sylvia Steinmann had been Chief Information Officer of the medical diagnostics company SYNLAB International in Munich since 2017.

From 2018 until 2023, Sylvia Steinmann was the Chief Information and Transformation Officer at Swiss Life Switzerland and a member of the Management Board.

Born December 29, 1959 (Italian and American nationality)

Director since November 30, 2018

Main activities: Financial Services Expert and Technology & Digitalization Expert

Giulia Fitzpatrick is a non-Executive Director on profit and not-for-profit Boards in the capacity as Chairwoman and/or Board member.

She has 30+ years’ senior executive experience in transforming organizations for premier global financial services and agricultural firms with deep knowledge of technology, risk management, finance and operations with a focus on digital & innovation.

She has a proven track record in leading organizations in complex and fast-changing international environments across the US, Europe, Asia and South America and has worked for global financial services firms such as Bankers Trust, National Securities Clearing Corporation, Instinet, Merrill Lynch and UBS and at Bunge Ltd, one of the largest agricultural commodities processors.

Giulia Fitzpatrick holds a MBA in Finance and a MA in International Studies from the Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania, respectively.

Born September 20, 1967 (Belgian nationality)

Director since June 8, 2023

Main activity: Transversal Major Incident Manager at Worldline

Stephan Van Hellemont is Transversal Major Incident Manager.

In his role, Stephan Van Hellemont is notably in charge of the management of business-critical incidents across Europe and the rest of the world. In addition, he coordinates the onboarding of the escalation process.

During his long career, mainly in the secure payment services sector, Stephan Van Hellemont has gained significant experience in the areas of PCI compliance, data confidentiality, ITIL processes, ISO27001 auditing and vulnerability management.

Stephan Van Hellemont has had the opportunity to work and gain experience in Worldline's three main business lines, which has given him a very broad understanding of the business portfolio, organization and governance. He was a member of the local Belgian Works Council and the Health and Safety Committee. Stephan Van Hellemont was a member of the negotiating group for the implementation of the agreement for the creation of the Worldline European Works Council. Stephan Van Hellemont joined Atos in 1991.