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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Members and functioning of the Board of Directors
DIRECTOR REPRESENTING THE FRENCH STATE:
MARTIN VIAL, 64 YEARS OLD Position held within the Company Director – Representative of the French State Date of appointment to the Board 9 September 2015 Expiry of current term 20 November 2018 Other position(s) Member of the Appointments & Remuneration Committee and Strategy Committee Shares held 0 Nationality French
Graduate from the École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) and the École Nationale Supérieure des Postes et Télécommunications, Martin Vial began his career as postal services and telecommunications director at the financial division of the General Postal Directorate. In 1986, he joined the Treasury Division at the Ministry for the Economy and Finance. From 1988 to 1993, he was successively Technical Advisor, Deputy Director then Director of the offices of the Minister for Postal Services and Telecommunications and Space, the Minister for Equipment, Housing, Transport and Space, and finally the Postal Services and Telecommunications Minister. In 1993, Martin Vial was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aéropostale, airline and joint subsidiary of Air France, La Poste and TAT, and he was elected Chairman of the Chambre Syndicale du Transport Aérien (French air transport union) and Fédération Nationale de l’Aviation Marchande (French national commercial aviation union). At the end of 1997, he became Chief Executive Officer of La Poste group. In September 2000, he was appointed Chairman of La Poste group and at the same time Deputy Chairman of the Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance (CNP). Martin Vial joined the French National Audit Office in September 2002 as Chief Advisor. From 2003 to 2014, he was Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Europ Assistance group, world leader on the assistance market and director and Chief Executive Officer of Europ Assistance Holding. He also chairs several boards of directors of this group’s companies. In January 2015, he founded the Company Premium Care, which provides assistance to the elderly. Commissioner of the French State Shareholdings since August 2015, Martin Vial is a director of Renault and Bpifrance. He has been a Director of EDF since September 2015.
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Offices and positions held during 2017 Principal position held outside the Company Commissioner of the French State Shareholdings Agency ■
Office/Position
Name
Country
Director
Renault
France
C
Director
Bpifrance
France
G: EDF group company – C: listed company.
Expired offices held outside the Company over the past five years France Chief Executive Officer and director of Europ Assistance Holding ■ Chairman of International Health Solutions ■ Chairman of Sicav Libertés et Solidarités ■ Director of Hormair Vacances ■ Director of Business Solutions Capital ■ Director of Thales ■ Abroad Chairman of Club Santé Afrique (United States) ■ Chairman of Europ Assistance Brazil, Belgium, France, UK, USA ■ Director of Europ Assistance South Africa, Germany, China, Spain, Italy, Portugal ■
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EDF I Reference Document 2017
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