Chapter 2 : Corporate governance
2.2. Composition of the Board at 31 December 20222.2. Composition of the Board at 31 December 2022
Chairman
Mr Jean-Paul Agon
Age : 66
Female/Male : M
Nationality : French
N° of offices in listed companies* : 0
Independence : no
Initial date of appointment : 25/04/2006
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2026
Years of service on the Board : 16
Board Committees
Strategy and Sustainability : Chairman of the Committee C
Chief Executive Officer
M. Nicolas Hieronimus
Age : 58
Female/Male : M
Nationality : French
N° of offices in listed companies* : 0
Independence : no
Initial date of appointment : 20/04/2021
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2025
Years of service on the Board : 1
Board Committees
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers and her family
Mme Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
Vice-Présidente
Age : 69
Female/Male : F
Nationality : French
N° of offices in listed companies* : 0
Independence : no
Initial date of appointment : 12/06/1997
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2025
Years of service on the Board : 25
Board Committees
Strategy and Sustainability : Member of the Committee ●
HR and Remuneration : Member of the Committee ●
Nominations and Governance : Member of the Committee ●
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers and her family
M. Jean-Victor Meyers
Age : 36
Female/Male : M
Nationality : French
N° of offices in listed companies* : 0
Independence : no
Initial date of appointment : 13/02/2012
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2024
Years of service on the Board : 10
Board Committees
Strategy and Sustainability : Member of the Committee ●
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers and her family
M. Nicolas Meyers
Age : 34
Female/Male : M
Nationality : French
N° of offices in listed companies* : 0
Independence : no
Initial date of appointment : 30/06/2020
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2024
Years of service on the Board : 2
Board Committees
Audit : Membre du Comité ●
Directors linked to Nestlé
M. Paul Bulcke **
Vice-Président
Age : 68
Female/Male : M
Nationality : Belgian Swiss
N° of offices in listed companies* : 1
Independence : no
Initial date of appointment : 20/04/2017
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2025
Years of service on the Board : 5
Board Committees
Strategy and Sustainability : Member of the Committee ●
HR and Remuneration : Member of the Committee ●
Nominations and Governance : Member of the Committee ●
Directors linked to Nestlé
Mme Béatrice Guillaume-Grabisch
Age : 58
Female/Male : F
Nationality : French
N° of offices in listed companies* : 0
Independence : no
Initial date of appointment : 20/04/2016
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2024
Years of service on the Board : 6
Board Committees
Audit : Member of the Committee ●
Independent directors
Mme Sophie Bellon
Age : 61
Female/Male : F
Nationality : French
N° of offices in listed companies* : 1
Independence : yes ◆
Initial date of appointment : 22/04/2015
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2023
Years of service on the Board : 7
Board Committees
HR and Remuneration : Chairman of the Committee C
Nominations and Governance : Chairman of the Committee C
Independent directors
M. Patrice Caine
Age : 52
Female/Male : M
Nationality : French
N° of offices in listed companies* : 1
Independence : yes ◆
Initial date of appointment : 17/04/2018
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2026
Years of service on the Board : 4
Board Committees
Strategy and Sustainability : Member of the Committee ●
Nominations and Governance : Member of the Committee ●
Independent directors
Mme Fabienne Dulac
Age : 55
Female/Male : F
Nationality : French
N° of offices in listed companies* : 1
Independence : yes ◆
Initial date of appointment : 18/04/2019
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2023
Years of service on the Board : 3
Board Committees
Audit : Member of the Committee ●
HR and Remuneration : Member of the Committee ●
Independent directors
Mme Belén Garijo
Age : 62
Female/Male : F
Nationality : Spanish
N° of offices in listed companies* : 2
Independence : yes ◆
Initial date of appointment : 17/04/2014
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2026
Years of service on the Board : 8
Board Committees
HR and Remuneration : Member of the Committee ●
Independent directors
Mme Ilham Kadri
Age : 53
Female/Male : F
Nationality : French Moroccan
N° of offices in listed companies* : 2
Independence : yes ◆
Initial date of appointment : 30/06/2020
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2024
Years of service on the Board : 2
Board Committees
Audit : Member of the Committee ●
Independent directors
Mme Virginie Morgon
Age : 53
Female/Male : F
Nationality: French
N° of offices in listed companies* : 1
Independence : yes ◆
Initial date of appointment : 26/04/2013
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2025
Years of service on the Board : 9
Board Committees
Audit : Chairman of the Committee C
Independent directors
M. Alexandre Ricard
Age : 50
Female/Male : M
Nationality : French
N° of offices in listed companies* : 1
Independence : yes ◆
Initial date of appointment : 20/04/2021
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2025
Years of service on the Board : 1
Board Committees
Strategy and Sustainability : Member of the Committee ●
Directors representing employees
M. Thierry Hamel
Age : 68
Female/Male : M
Nationality : French
N° of offices in listed companies* : 0
Independence : no
Initial date of appointment : 21/04/2022
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2026
Years of service on the Board : < 1
Board Committees
Directors representing employees
M. Benny de Vlieger
Age : 58
Female/Male : M
Nationality : Belgian
N° of offices in listed companies* : 0
Independence : no
Initial date of appointment : 21/04/2022
Expiry date of term of office (AGM) : 2026
Years of service on the Board : < 1
Board Committees
Composition of the Board at 31 December 2022
56.8
average age of directors
50 %
independent directors ***
50 %
female directors ***
50 %
male directors ***
◆ Independence within the meaning of the criteria of the AFEP-MEDEF Code as assessed by the Board of Directors ● Member of the Committee C Chairman of the Committee
* Number of offices (excluding L’Oréal) held in listed companies, including foreign companies, in accordance with the provisions of Article 20 of the AFEP-MEDEF Code (i.e. excluding offices in subsidiaries and shareholdings, held alone or in concert, by a corporate executive officer of companies whose main activity is to acquire and manage such holdings).
** Paul Bulcke was a Director of L’Oréal from 2012 to June 2014 and then again since 2017.
*** Excluding directors representing employees.