Sopra Steria - 2019 Universal registration document
3 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Organisation and operation of governance
SOPRA GMT KATHLEEN CLARK BRACCO
Number of shares in the Company held by Sopra GMT: 4,034,409 Date of first appointment: 27/06/2014 Date term of office ends: General Meeting to approve the financial statements for the year ended 31/12/2023
Permanent representative of Sopra GMT
Chairwoman of the Nomination, Governance, Ethics p and Corporate Responsibility Committee Member of the Compensation Committee p
Business address: Sopra Steria Group – 6, avenue Kleber 75116 Paris – France
Nationality: American
Age: 52
Appointments Outside France
Main positions and appointments currently held by Kathleen Clark Bracco Director of Corporate Development of Sopra Steria Group p Vice-Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Axway Software p Director or permanent representative of Sopra GMT at Sopra Steria Group p subsidiaries (direct and indirect) Other directorships and offices held during the last five years Director of Sopra Group – (19/06/2012 – 15/07/2014) p Deputy Director of Sopra GMT p
Outside the Group
Listed company
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Biography Kathleen Clark Bracco has worked at Sopra Steria Group for over 20 years. She is currently Director of Corporate Development. After graduating with a Master’s degree in arts and literature from the University of California (Irvine), she began her career in teaching in the United States. In 1998, she left Silicon Valley for France, where she joined Sopra, working in the Communications Department. She served as Director of Investor Relations from 2002 to 2015 In that role, she forged solid relationships between the Group’s executive bodies and a range of increasingly international shareholders. Kathleen Clark Bracco was also involved in the successful spin-off of Axway, which generates half its revenue in the United States. She joined Axway’s Board of Directors in 2011 and has served as its Deputy Chairman since 2013. This role therefore promotes strategic harmonisation between the two groups. In 2014, she made a significant contribution to the success of the merger between Sopra and Steria. In 2015, she was appointed Director of Corporate Development for the new Group, where she oversees acquisition opportunities to round out the business portfolio in line with the Group’s strategy. She is also involved in a number of the Group’s corporate initiatives, in particular those addressing issues of fairness, anti-corruption measures, ethics and employee share ownership. Thanks to her longstanding relationships with the Group’s executives, Kathleen Clark Bracco was also appointed Deputy Director of Sopra GMT in 2012 and Sopra GMT’s permanent representative on the Board of Directors of Sopra Steria Group in 2014. Kathleen Clark Bracco was first appointed to Sopra Steria’s Board of Directors in 2012 and has chaired its Nomination, Governance, Ethics and Responsibility Committee since 2014. In this role, her long experience within the Group and its governing bodies, her knowledge of the financial markets, her commitment to social and societal issues and her communication skills all contribute to the sound governance of Sopra Steria.
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SOPRA STERIA UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2019
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