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ALD: Board Changes and Management Appointments
28-March-2019 / 18:30 CET/CEST
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PRESS RELEASE
Paris28 March 2019
ALD BOARD CHANGES AND MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS
ALD announces changes to its Board of Directors and reinforces its General
Management and Executive Committee.
ALD Board of Directors changes
At today's meeting, ALD's Board of Directors adopted the following
resolutions to be submitted to the Shareholder Meeting to be held on 22 May
2019. The Board has decided to propose to renew, for an additional four
years, the Director mandates of:
- Mike Masterson
- Patricia Lacoste
- Karine Destre-Bohn.
The Board will also propose to appoint Philippe Heim, Deputy CEO of Societe
Generale, as Board member, for four years, replacing Gianluca Soma, whose
mandate is due to expire.
The Board has further indicated that it intends to elect Philippe Heim as
its Chairman at the Board meeting to be held following the Shareholder
Meeting, replacing Didier Hauguel, who will remain as Director.
Didier Hauguel, Chairman of ALD, said: "ALD continues to grow following its
successful IPO, with the full support of Societe Generale Group. I welcome
the upcoming appointment of Philippe Heim to continue to oversee the
development of our company."
Appointments within ALD General Management
As proposed by CEO Mike Masterson, the Board of Directors has appointed John
Saffrett as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of ALD, effective 1 April 2019.
At the meeting to be held following the Shareholder Meeting on 22 May 2019,
the Board will reaffirm the appointment of the whole ALD General Management
team:
- Mike Masterson as CEO of ALD
- Tim Albertsen, Deputy CEO of ALD
- Gilles Bellemère, Deputy CEO of ALD
- John Saffrett, Deputy CEO of ALD.
Effective 1 June 2019, Gilles Bellemère, in addition to his role as Deputy
CEO of ALD, will be appointed Chief Executive Officer of ALD Automotive
France, the Group's largest subsidiary. He replaces Jean-François Chanal,
who will be retiring.
Reinforcement of ALD Executive Committee
CEO Mike Masterson has decided to expand ALD's Executive Committee, composed
of the General Management and Gilles Momper, Chief Financial Officer, to
include two new members, whose appointment will be effective 1 June 2019.
Hans van Beeck will join the Executive Committee as Chief Administrative
Officer, a newly created position. He will be responsible for supervising
ALD's corporate functions, including Risk, Compliance, Legal, Corporate
Social Responsibility and Communications, in addition to his current role as
Head of Investor Relations.
Guillaume de Léobardy will join the Executive Committee as Group Regional
Director and will be responsible for supervising ALD's regional hubs.
Mike Masterson, CEO of ALD, said: "I am convinced that, with these
managerial appointments and the expertise the new members bring to the
Executive Committee, we are well positioned to continue ALD's development
and enhance our position as a global leader in the provision of mobility
solutions. I would like to thank Jean-François Chanal for his long-standing
commitment to the Group and his outstanding contribution to ALD Automotive
in France."
Biographies:
John Saffrett
John Saffrett has served as Chief Operating Officer of ALD since 2017 and is
responsible for operational management of the company, including client
solutions and sales & business development, as well as managing the
company's IT and digitalization development strategy. He has held various
roles within ALD from 1997 to 2006, starting out in Sales Account Management
for the Group's subsidiary in the UK before being appointed IT Director UK
from 2002. In 2006, he joined Fimat/Newedge UK, now Societe Generale Prime
Services, as Europe CIO and Global Head of Corporate IT Services and went on
in 2011 to become Program Director of Fimat/Newedge UK. He returned to ALD
in 2015 and was appointed Chief Administrative Officer for ALD.
John Saffrett holds a Bachelor degree in IT from Hertfordshire University
and an MBA from Nottingham Trent University.
Gilles Bellemère
Gilles Bellemère has served as Deputy CEO of the Company since 2017. He was
also active within the Group, in ALD Automotive France, between 2001 and
2013, first as Operations Director (until 2006) and subsequently as Deputy
General Manager. Between 2014 and 2017, he was Regional Director in Societe
Generale's Retail Banking Division, in which he had previously held various
positions between 1987 and 2001.
Gilles Bellemère holds a Master degree in Management from Paris Dauphine
University and a Postgraduate degree in Foreign Trade from Paris Panthéon
Sorbonne University.
Hans van Beeck
Hans van Beeck joined ALD in April 2017 to take part in the preparations for
the company's successful IPO and to set up the Investor Relations function.
Prior to that, Hans had a variety of roles at Societe Generale, the most
recent of which were: Head of Financial Institutions Coverage for Societe
Generale in London (until 2017), Head of Investor Relations and Financial
Communications (2010-2014), Chief Country Officer for Japan (2007-2010) and
Country Head for Belgium (2005-2007).
Hans holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Finance from the University of
Pennsylvania and a M.A. in Mathematics and Management Studies from the
University of Cambridge.
Guillaume de Léobardy
Guillaume de Léobardy began his career in Parsys in 1998, where he held
several managerial positions in consulting and projects. He joined ALD
Automotive in 2004 in order to start up and lead the company in Russia. He
moved to Portugal in 2009, as the CEO of the subsidiary, and to Denmark in
2014, as both the country CEO and the Director of the Nordic region.
Guillaume de Léobardy holds a diploma of engineering in Industrial
management from AgroParisTech, as well as a postgraduate diploma of applied
studies (DEA) in logistics and transportation from the Ecole Centrale Paris.
Press contact:
ALD
Stephanie Jonville
+33 (0)6 46 14 81 90
stephanie.jonville@aldautomotive.com
ALD
ALD is a global leader in mobility solutions providing full service leasing
and fleet management services across 43 countries to a client base of large
corporates, SMEs, professionals and private individuals. A leader in its
industry, ALD places sustainable mobility at the heart of its strategy,
delivering innovative mobility solutions and technology-enabled services to
its clients, helping them focus on their everyday business.
With 6,500 employees worldwide, ALD manages 1.66 million vehicles (at end
December 2018).
ALD is listed on Euronext Paris, compartment A (ISIN: FR0013258662; Ticker:
ALD) and its share is included in the SBF120 index. ALD's controlling
shareholder is Societe Generale.
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