Supervisory Board
Philippe ALFROID
Mr. Alfroid was appointed Supervisory Board member at the General Meeting of the 27 september 2005 and was reappointed at the Combined General Meeting of 14 September 2011.
He has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board since 22 September 2009.
Philippe Alfroid is an engineer from ENSEHRMA-Grenoble and holds a Master of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Philippe Alfroid worked as a consultant for the company PSDI. He then joined Essilor in 1972, where he was Chief Executive Officer between 1996 and 2009.
François FAIVELEY
François Faiveley was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board at the Combined General Meeting of 27 September 2005 and was reappointed at the Combined General Meeting of 14 September 2011. He has been Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board since 22 September 2009.
François Faiveley is a graduate from ESCAE (Business School) in Dijon. He has served in operational and management positions within the Faiveley Transport Group since the start of the 1990s.
Didier ALIX
Didier Alix was co-opted as a member of the Supervisory Board at its meeting held on 27 November 2009 following the resignation of Christian Baffy. His appointment as a member of the Supervisory Board was ratified at the General Meeting of 13 September 2010 and renewed at the Combined General Meeting of 14 September 2011.
Didier Alix joined Société Générale in 1971, where he held a number of positions notably within the Inspection Générale then as Manager of Central risk Control. He was also manager of branches before being promoted General Manager of Franfinance, then Manager of Réseau France. In 1998, he became Deputy General Manager for Individuals and Businesses. In 2006, he became Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Société Générale. He is currently Advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Hélène AURIOL-POTIER
Mrs. Auriol-Potier was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board at the Combined General Meeting of 14 September 2011.
Hélène AURIOL-POTIER graduated as an engineer from the 'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications' in Paris and an executive programme from INSEAD. She started her career at France Telecom and then joined the company Nortel where she held several positions before becoming Vice President of the Service & Operations division. She then joined the company Dell where she was repsonsible for emerging markets as Chief Operating Officer and member of the Executive Committee. Today she is Chief Operating Officer and member of the Executive Committee of Microsoft France.
Serge CHOUMAKER
Serge Choumaker was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board representing employee shareholders at the Combined General Meeting of 13 September 2010.
He is Head of Accounting & Consolidation within the Faiveley Transport Group. Serge Choumaker holds a D.E.C.S. He joined the Faiveley Transport Group in September 2001. Previously, Serge Choumaker held management positions as Head of Accounting at the companies Lafarge and Ferembal.
Christian GERMA
Christian Germa was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board at the Combined General Meeting of 27 September 2005 and was reappointed at the Combined General Meeting of 14 September 2011.
Christian Germa is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and he is qualified as an ‘Ingénieur des Ponts’. He started his career in the Treasury Management of the Ministry of Finance, where he carried out the duties of deputy secretary general to the Comité Interministériel de Restructuration Industrielle (Inter-Ministerial Committee for Industrial Restructuring). He joined the Vinci Group in 2002, where he is today responsible for public-private partnerships.
Nicoletta GIADROSSI-MOREL
Nicoletta Giadrossi-Morel was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board at the Combined General Meeting of 14 September 2011.
Nicoletta Giadrossi-Morel began her university studies at YALE before graduating from Harvard with an MBA. She was a consultant at Boston Consulting Group before joining the company General Electric where she held several positions within the quality and purchasing departments before taking the responsibility of the management of the Petrol & Gaz division. She then joined the company LBO France, a private equity fund. Today she is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Dresser-Rand.
Robert JOYEUX
Robert Joyeux was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board at the Combined General Meeting of 14 September 2011.
Robert Joyeux holds a PhD in electronics and graduated from "Sciences Politiques Paris" with an economics and finance degree. He held several positions before joining the Faiveley Transport Group.
He worked for the company Thompson (Thales) for 17 years in a variety of industrial roles before joining Tekelec Airtronic as the General Manager of the Components and Systems Division and then Alstom as General Manager for the Protection, Energy and Control division and the British group Laird as Chief Operating Officer. Robert Joyeux held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Faiveley Transport between 2001-2011. He resigned from his positions on 31 March 2011 and today he is a consultant.
Maurice MARCHAND-TONEL
Maurice Marchand-Tonel was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board, at the General Meeting held on 22 September 2009, following the resignation of Mr Stépahne Volant, and reappointed at the Combined General Meeting of 14 September 2011.
Maurice Marchand-Tonel is an independent consultant. On leaving Harvard Business School he started his career with the Boston Consulting Group with whom he is co-founder of their French and German offices. Following this he was appointed Chairman of Compagnie Olivier, and subsequently Chief Executive Officer of Sommer and Chairman of Givenchy. He then managed Ciments Français International, before becoming Chairman of Transalliance until 1999. In 2000, he became a partner with Arthur Andersen, which has since become BearingPoint, where he has been Senior Advisor since 2004. Maurice Marchand-Tonel is Chairman of the European American Chamber of Commerce.
Christopher SPENCER
Christopher Spencer was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board at the Combined General Meeting of 22 September 2009, following the resignation of Denis Grand-Perret, and reappointed at the Combined General Meeting of 14 September 2011. He was previously a Director of the Board of Faiveley Transport (November 2004 – February 2009).
Christopher Spencer holds both a French and German degree in higher management studies (ESC Reims and Fachhochschule Reutlingen) and is a Chartered Accountant. After an experience of over 20 years in private equity in Europe, of which the last 6 years he spent with Sagard funds, which he helped establish in the French market, Mr. Spencer has focused since the start of 2010 on his private investment activities and as a Business Angel.
Mr. Xavier de Lavallade, responsible for the legal matters of the Group assumes the role of Corporate Secretary.
The members of the Supervisory Board may be contacted at Faiveley Transport, Immeuble Delage, Hall Parc - Bâtiment 6A, 6ème étage, 3 rue du 19 mars 1962, 92230, Gennevilliers
Management Board
Thierry Barel
Mr Barel was nominated member of the Management Board at the meeting of the Supervisory Board of 22 September 2009 for a period of three years. He replaced Mr Robert Joyeux as Chairman as of 1st April 2011.Thierry Barel graduated from ENSAM Cluny as an engineer and holds a degree from IMD.
Before joining the Faiveley Transport Group, between 2007-2009, Thierry Barel was Chief Executive Officer of Photo-Me International, a Group (quoted on the London Stock Exchange) that manufactures and operates automatic distribution machinery and instant photographic printing. Beforehand, he carried out the most part of his career in the industrial group, Staübli, a world leader in mechatronics, where he ultimately held the position of Chief Executive Officer.
Erwan Faiveley
Mr. Faiveley was nominated member of the Management Board at the meeting of the Supervisory Board held on 27nd September 2005.
Erwan Faiveley graduated from the Paris business school, ‘Ecole Supérieure de Paris. He joined the group Bacou-Dalloz between 2002-2004, before coming President and Chief Executive Officer of FFP, Financière Faiveley and CVVB in 2004. He is currently at the head of the family wine business, based in the Bourgogne.
Guillaume Bouhours
Mr. Bouhours was nominated member of the Management Board at the meeting of the Supervisory Board on 1st April 2011.
Guillaume Bouhours graduated from the engineering schools, ‘l’Ecole des Mines de Paris’ and l’Ecole Polytechnique.
Guillaume Bouhours was Director at Sagard, private equity, a previous shareholder of Faiveley Transport. Hence, he participated actively in Sagard’s investment decisions and was involved in all of the decision processes in the Leverage Buy Out followed by Sagard : including the analysis of the investment opportunity through to the finalisation of the financial and legal aspects of each operation.
Beforehand, Guillaume Bouhours worked in the European Merger & Acquisition department of the investment bank, Morgan Stanley.
