Corporate governance


GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLE

Groupe Steria has set up a particularly innovative and unique governance system designed to help the company distinguish itself from the competition, develop and enhance its appeal. This governance system uses the legal structure of a partnership limited by shares under French law (SCA) in an original way. Unlike the usual partnerships limited by shares, it does not seek to protect a founder or management in that:

  • the General Partner is unique and only represents the community of employee shareholders,
  • the General Manager and the General Partner are two different people, with the former reporting to the latter,
  • the aim is to involve employee shareholders in the governance of the company in order to boost their entrepreneurial spirit and commitment.

Such a governance system is a major competitive advantage in a service activity where the company’s main asset is its human dimension. It encourages the involvement and commitment of employees as well as being a significant asset to the Group's appeal in a highly competitive labour market.
It enables the Group to offer existing and future employees to become implicated in a project that goes far beyond their job at the company. Such a project involves an entrepreneurial dimension that encourages employees, if they are shareholders, to participate in defining and implementing the Group's strategy.

THE GENERAL MANAGER

The General Manager is responsible for directing and acting in the best interest of the Company, within the confines of its corporate purpose and in compliance with the powers granted by law and/or by the Articles of Association of the Company to the Supervisory Board, the General Meetings of Shareholders and the General Partner. François Enaud is responsible for managing the Group.

THE GROUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The General Manager is assisted by the Executive Committee, which is chaired by the General Manager.

  • François Enaud
    General Manager of Groupe Steria SCA
  • Mukesh Aghi
    CEO India – Group Executive Sales Director
  • Laurent Lemaire
    Group Chief Financial Officer
  • Johan Vermeule
    Group Human Resources Director
  • Jürgen Sponnagel
    Vice-President, CEO Central Europe, Spain & Scandinavia
    in charge of BPO development
  • John Torrie
    Vice-President, CEO United Kingdom - India, in charge of
    Group industrialisation
  • Olivier Vallet
    CEO France, in charge of the Group Innovation Policy

    • THE SUPERVISORY BOARD

    The Supervisory Board exercises continuous control over the management of the Company on behalf of its shareholders. Its members are as follows:

    • Jacques Bentz
      Chairman of the Board since 01/02/2007,
      Manager of Tecnet Participations
    • Eric Hayat
      Vice-Chairman of the Board
      Chairman of Groupement d'Intérêt Public (GIP)
      Modernisation des déclarations sociales
    • Patrick Boissier
      CEO of DCNS
    • Séverin Cabannes
      Member of the Société Générale Executive Committee
      Deputy CEO of the Société Générale Group
    • Elie Cohen
      Director of Research at CNRS, Sciences-PO-CAE
    • Pierre-Henri Gourgeon
      Executive CEO of Groupe Air France
    • Charles Paris de Bollardière
      Treasurer of the Total Group
    • Jacques Lafay
      Chairman of the Steria FCPE (mutual fund)
    • Jean Carteron
      Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board

    There are different Committees within the Supervisory Board: Strategic Committee, Audit Committee, Remuneration and Appointments Committee.

    THE MANAGING PARTNER (SODERI SAS)

    Soderi is a simplified joint-stock company (SAS) with variable capital owned by Groupe Steria’s employee shareholders. Soderi SAS is managed by a Board of Directors with 15 members (at present) who are elected by the Soderi General Meeting, i.e. the General Meeting of the company representing Steria’s employee shareholders. The Board of Directors elects one of its members as Chairman to represent the Board. Yves Rouilly was appointed Chairman of Soderi on 1 February 2007.