Steria governance

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.