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AIRBUS GROUP REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2015 l 115 l
Corporate Governance
Registration Document 2015
4.
4.1 Management and Control
73 years old
Director since 2012,
re-elected in 2013
Independent
Jean-Claude TRICHET
Curriculum Vitae
Jean-Claude Trichet was President of the European Central Bank, of the European Systemic Risk Board
and of the Global Economy meeting of Central Bank Governors in Basel until the end of 2011. Previously,
he was in charge of the French Treasury for six years and was Governor of Banque de France for ten
years. Earlier in his career, he held positions within the French Inspection Générale des Finances, as
well as the Treasury department, and was Advisor to the French President for microeconomics, energy,
industry and research (1978-1981). Mr.Trichet graduated from the École des Mines de Nancy, the Institut
d’Études Politiques de Paris and the University of Paris in Economics, is a Doctor Honoris Causa of several
universities and an alumnus of the École Nationale d’Administration.
Current Mandates:
- Member of the Board of Directors of AirbusGroupSE;
- President of “JCT Conseil, Paris”;
- Chairman and CEO of the G30 (non-profit organisation), Washington D.C.;
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BRUEGEL Institute, Brussels
(non-profitorganisation);
- European Chairman of the Trilateral Commission (non-profit organisation).
Former mandates for the last five years:
- President of the European Central Bank (end of mandate 01November 2011);
- President of the Global Economy meeting of Central Bank Governors in Basel
(endofmandate01November 2011);
- President of the European Systemic Risk Board (end of mandate 01November 2011);
- President of the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS)
(endofmandate01November 2011);
- President of SOGEPA -Société de Gestion de Participations Aéronautiques- (from 2012 up to 2013).
Independent Directors
The Independent Directors appointed pursuant to the criteria
of independence set out above are Denis Ranque, Manfred
Bischoff, Hans-Peter Keitel, Hermann-Josef Lamberti, Anne
Lauvergeon, Lakshmi N. Mittal, Sir John Parker, Michel
Pébereau, Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez (from AGM 2015)
and Jean-Claude Trichet.
Prior Offences and Family Ties
To the Company’s knowledge, none of the Directors (in either
their individual capacity or as Director or senior manager of
any of the entities listed above) has been convicted in relation
to fraudulent offences, been the subject of any bankruptcy,
receivership or liquidation, nor been the subject of any official
public incrimination and/or sanction by a statutory or regulatory
authority, nor been disqualified by a court from acting as a
Member of the administrative, management or supervisory
bodies of any issuer or conduct of affairs of any company,
during at least the last five years. As of the date of this document,
there are no family ties among any of the Directors.
(iii)Operation of the Board of Directors in2015
Board of Directors Meetings
The Board of Directors met 9 times during 2015, and was
regularly informed of developments through business reports
from the Chief Executive Officer, including progress on the
strategic and operational plans. The average attendance rate
at these meetings was at 91%.
Throughout 2015, the Board of Directors received reports on the
technical and commercial progress of significant programmes,
such as A400M, A350XWB, A320neo, A380, and the X6. During
two off-site Board meetings, one in Seville at the A400M final
assembly line, and the other in Toulouse, the Board of Directors
seized the opportunity to meet with local management and with
the operative workforce.
In 2015, the Board of Directors initiated the Group’s digital
transformation and streamlined its defence business. It
reviewed the Airbus product policy and cost competitiveness
as well as the evolution of Airbus Helicopters. Directors
supported Management’s initiative to establish a corporate
venture capital fund, dubbed AirbusGroup Ventures, as well
as a business innovation centre in Silicon Valley to enhance
the Company’s ability to identify and capitalise on innovative
and transformational technologies and business models.
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