VINCI - 2005 annual report

2.1 APPOINTMENTS AND FUNCTIONS OF COMPANY OFFICERS
The table below lists the appointments and functions of the 15 directors
serving at the date of this registration document, of the two persons whose
Directors
Antoine Zacharias
Age: 66 • 1990-2008
VINCI
19, rue Balzac
75008 Paris
Chairman of the Strategy
and Investments Committee and
of the Appointments Committee
Xavier Huillard
Age: 51 • 9 January 2006-2006 (1)
VINCI
1, cours Ferdinand-de-Lesseps
92500 Rueil-Malmaison
Bernard Huvelin
Age: 69 • 1983-1988
and 1999-2009
VINCI
19, rue de Balzac
75008 Paris
Member of the Strategy
and Investments Committee,
the Audit Committee and
the Appointments Committee
appointment as Directors is proposed to the Shareholders Meeting and of
the Senior Executive Vice-President who is not a Director.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of VINCI
Main appointments within the VINCI Group: Chairman of the Board of Directors of VINCI Concessions; Chairman of the Supervisory
Board of VINCI Deutschland GmbH; permanent representative of VINCI on the Board of Directors of Autoroutes du Sud de la
France; Director of VINCI Energies, VINCI Park, VINCI plc and Cofi route; Chairman of the Fondation d’Entreprise VINCI pour la
Cité.
Appointments outside the VINCI Group: Director of Nexity and member of the Supervisory Board of Veolia Eau - Compagnie Générale
des Eaux.
Appointments outside the VINCI Group that have expired during the last fi ve fi nancial years: Director of Nexity Topco; member of the Supervisory
Board of Nexity.
Background: a graduate of ENSEEIHT, Antoine Zacharias has held various positions of responsibility within Compagnie Générale
des Eaux, where he has spent most of his career. In particular he was Regional Manager in Lyons and was in charge of the
development and monitoring of the Group’s activities in Germany. He was appointed Executive Vice-President of Compagnie
Générale des Eaux in 1994 and member of the Executive Committee of Vivendi in 1995. He was appointed Director and Chief
Executive Offi cer of VINCI in 1991 and became its Chairman in June 1997.
Director and Chief Executive Offi cer of VINCI
Main appointments within the VINCI Group: Director of VINCI Energies, VINCI Park and VINCI plc.
Appointments outside the VINCI Group: Director of Soletanche
Appointments outside the VINCI Group that have expired during the last fi ve fi nancial years: none
Background: Xavier Huillard is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. He has spent
most of his working life in the construction industry in France and abroad. He joined Sogea in December 1996 as Deputy Chief
Executive Offi cer in charge of international activities and specifi c projects, and then became its Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer.
He was appointed Deputy General Manager of VINCI in March 1998, and was Chairman of VINCI Construction from 2000 to 2002.
He was appointed Co-Chief Operating Offi cer of VINCI and Chairman of VINCI Energies in April 2002. He became Director and
Chief Executive Offi cer in 2006.
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of VINCI and Adviser to the Chairman
Main appointments within the VINCI Group: Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer of Consortium Stade de France; Director and
President of VINCI USA Holdings Inc.; Director of VINCI Concessions, VINCI Park, VINCI Energies, and CFE; permanent
representative of Sogepar on the Board of Directors of Cofi route and of Semana on the Board of Directors of Eurovia; Director
of Fondation d’Entreprise VINCI pour la Cité.
Appointments outside the VINCI Group: Director of Société d’Economie Mixte Locale de Rueil 2000, Electro Banque, Cofi do and SAS
Sofi cot; Chairman of the professional association Entreprises Générales de France BTP (EGF-BTP).
Appointments outside the VINCI Group that have expired during the last fi ve fi nancial years: none
Background: a graduate of HEC, Bernard Huvelin joined SGE in November 1962 and has spent all his working life there. He was
appointed Company Secretary in January 1974 and had several General Management positions within the Group from 1982 to
1990 before becoming its Executive Vice-President in 1991, Chief Executive Offi cer in 1997, Director and Chief Executive Offi cer
in 1999, then Director and Co-Chief Operating Offi cer of VINCI in 2002. He was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Board of
Directors of VINCI and adviser to the Chairman in 2005.
(1) Xavier Huillard has been co-opted as a Director for the remaining period of Henri Saint Olive’s term of appointment. The renewal of his appointment for the four years from 2006 to 2010 will be proposed to
the Shareholders Meeting.
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