Governance

After serving as Chief Executive Officer since 2002, Robert Peugeot is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Peugeot Invest.

After studying at École Centrale Paris and INSEAD, Mr. Robert Peugeot held various senior positions within the PSA Group and was a member of the Group Executive Committee from 1998 to 2007, overseeing innovation and quality functions. He represented Peugeot Invest on the Supervisory Board of Peugeot SA until the merger of Peugeot SA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Since then, within Stellantis—the new entity resulting from the merger—he has served as Vice Chairman and Director.

Since November 1, 2018, he has also been a member of the High Committee on Corporate Governance (HCGE).

An aerospace engineer by training, Sophie Banzet-Bérets is an ESTACA graduate and holds a master’s degree in engineering and management from HEC/Supaero. After gaining some initial experience in the automotive and aerospace sectors, she began her career with Airbus in Toulouse working on the A350 programme.

She then held various A320-related industrial strategy and operational responsibilities. She is currently in charge of all ground testing on the final assembly lines in Hamburg. In 2023, she completed the IFA’s Certificate in Business Administration, which includes all aspects of CSR.

Xavier Barbaro, is a graduate of École Polytechnique and École des Ponts & Chaussées and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. He began his career in 2001 at Louis Dreyfus Communication, before joining Louis Dreyfus Commodities in Geneva as Attaché to the CEO. He was in charge of business planning, and then led several projects in Asia. He joined Direct Energie in 2007 as Director of Development, before setting up Neoen in 2008. Since then, as Chairman and CEO, he has managed the development of this company, which has become France's leading independent producer of exclusively renewable energy, with operations on three continents and has been listed on the Paris stock exchange since 2018.

Christine Dubus, is a graduate of IEP Paris and EM Lyon and is also a qualified chartered accountant and statutory auditor. After almost 30 years at Mazars in consulting and auditing, she has been working at Crédit Mutuel-CIC Equity since 2018, where she is in charge of strategic intelligence and forward-looking issues for the Executive Board. At the same time, she holds several directorships both on behalf of Crédit Mutuel Equity and as an independent director (Mobivia, Ioan Beam Applications, Société Phocéenne de Participations, PKF Arsilon). Christine Dubus has also been a member of the Institut Français des Administrateurs (IFA) since 2019, where she is involved in a wide range of activities as a member of the Audit Committee Chairmen's Commission, the ESG Commission and the working group on non-financial information. She has also been a member of the Association pour le Management des Risques et des Assurances de l'Entreprise since 2023.

Béatrice Dumurgier is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and Corps des Ponts et Chaussées schools and holds a Master of Science degree from MIT. She started her career as a consultant for McKinsey in France and in the US. In 2000, she joined the French Ministry of Economy and Finance as Vice-Chairwoman within the Paris Club, and then the Agence des Participations de l’Etat (French Government Shareholding Agency). In 2004, she joined Groupe BNP Paribas, successively holding the posts of M&A and Strategy Director at Cetelem, Secretary of the Group’s Executive Committee, Group Director in Retail Banking, Head of Operations for BNP Paribas Retail Banking, then Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas Personal Investors – BNP Paribas’ online brokerage subsidiary. In 2019, Béatrice Dumurgier joined BlaBlaCar as Chief Operating Officer, served as CEO of BlaBlaBus and a member of the Executive Committee, a position she held until early 2021, when she joined BlackFin Capital Partners as Senior Advisor.

Since September 2022, she has been the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Believe SA.

A HEC graduate, Luce Gendry was Chief Financial Officer of the Générale Occidentale group, then of Bolloré, before joining Rothschild bank in 1993. As managing partner of the bank until 2011, she specialised in M&A consulting and participated in numerous financial transactions in and outside France.

Mr Michel Giannuzzi has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Verallia since May 2022, where he previously served as Chairman and CEO for five years. By successfully executing a strategy of value creation and sustainable development, he led Verallia to an IPO on the Euronext Paris in October 2019. From 2007 to 2017, he had served as Chairman of the Executive Board of Tarkett, a world leader in innovative solutions for floor coverings and sports surfaces. During his term of office, he pursued a strategy of profitable and enduring growth that paved the way for Tarkett’s IPO on the Euronext Paris in November 2013. Prior to that, Michel Giannuzzi held several executive management positions with Valeo and Michelin in France, Japan and the United Kingdom. He is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and Harvard Business School.

Nicolas Huet is Etablissements Peugeot Frères’ Chief Executive Officer.

Nicolas Huet began his career as a lawyer at Moquet Borde & Associés in 1994, before becoming General Counsel of the Genoyer Group between 2000 and 2002. He subsequently became a partner at White & Case LLP. In 2011, Nicolas Huet joined Eurazeo as General Counsel and Secretary to the Executive Board. He then became Corporate Secretary of Eurazeo in 2015 and joined its Executive Board in 2018.

Anne Lange is a graduate of IEP Paris (Institute of Political Studies) and ENA (elite training school for senior civil servants). She began her career working for the French Prime Minister’s office where she had responsibility for public broadcasting affairs. She subsequently joined Thomson, the Forum of Internet Rights, then the Cisco group, before jointly founding and serving as CEO of Mentis. After selling that company, Anne Lange embarked on a new entrepreneurial project which revolutionised the residential sector. As an active Business Angel seasoned in detecting innovation, she acts as Senior Advisor for start-ups, large technology groups, strategy consulting firms and more traditionalcompanies looking to find their own way along the transformation path.

Dominique Netter has spent most of her career with Edmond de Rothschild France.
After acting as Chief Executive Officer, then Chairman of the Management Board of Rothschild Asset Management Board between 2001 and 2007, she became Chief Investment Officer of the private bank until October 2015. Previously, she had held executive responsibilities at HSBC CCF Securities (from 1995 to 2001) and Détroyat Associés (from 1991 to 1995).

Armand Peugeot is an ESSEC business school graduate. He has worked in advisory services and finance in Paris and in business outsourcing services in Singapore. He spent several years with Clipperton Finance, an international environment in which he supported fast-expanding tech companies with fundraising and M&A transactions. In 2022, Armand Peugeot moved to Alma, a French scale-up specialised in enabling brands to offer their customers buy-now, pay-later solutions both online and instore.

He was hired as Product Partnerships Manager to develop partnerships and integrations with leading players in fintech and retailtech ecosystems.

Mr. Edouard Peugeot is a graduate of Paris Dauphine University. After three years at the investment bank J.P. Morgan, he joined the private equity industry and joined TowerBrook Capital Partners in 2011, where he currently is Senior Principal, in charge of the French market. He has led numerous investments in a variety of sectors ranging from the industry to services and healthcare. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Peugeot Invest UK Ltd. since 2016.

Rodolphe Peugeot is a graduate of the INSEAD’s MBA programme and the ESCE International Business School. He began his career in the Treasury department of the French Ministry of Finance as economic attaché at the French embassy in Angola. In 2017, he joined Groupe OCEA, Europe’s leading aluminium shipbuilder, as head of international partnerships, before taking charge of the group’s international development, a role he held until December 2022. Rodolphe Peugeot has led and participated in projects to acquire and create new subsidiaries deploying the group’s industrial and commercial capabilities across four continents. He is now the Business Development Executive for the Infosys Group.

Pascaline Peugeot-de Dreuzy holds an EMBA from HEC and a board director diploma from Sciences Po-IFA, plus three ICCFHEC corporate finance modules. She has worked in a number of people-focused sectors, enabling her to bring her experience and harness synergies between diversified areas. Until 2021, she served as the Founding Chairwoman of P2D Technology, a company building bridges between people and technology in the healthcare sector, investing in online healthcare and AI start-ups and supporting their development. Throughout her career, as a Director in one of the family holding companies controlling the PSA group, she has taken a keen interest in corporate governance within the IFA, where she is a member of various expert groups (ESG, integrated reporting, risk appetite, family-owned businesses), and in June 2022 she completed the Governance and Climate programme at Paris-Dauphine University. As an Hôpitaux de Paris doctor, she pursued innovative, cross-disciplinary and cutting-edge projects at the Necker-Enfants malades hospital group from 1986 to 2011. She brings to Peugeot Invest the benefit of her insights in health and new technologies, her corporate governance expertise and a wealth of experience in innovation, ESG and risk management. Pascaline Peugeot-de Dreuzy is vice-president of the Charles Gide-Protestants for a Responsible Economy circle and in 2023 contributed to the IFA's guide entitled "Sustainability: the board's new commitments".

Camille Roncoroni holds a degree from Essec. In 2015, she joined the strategic consultancy firm Kea & Partners. She is currently a manager and provides strategic advice to her clients, including vision, business planning, new growth and innovation models, and performance reviews. She is particularly exposed to CSR issues in her role at Kea & Partners, which has become a “mission-driven company,” and belongs to the B-Corp community. In parallel, she is actively involved in the NextGen programme for the members of the ninth generation of the Peugeot family. In 2023, she completed the IFA’s Certificate in Business Administration.