GOVERNANCE – EXECUTIVE TEAM AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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and board of directors
SERGE CRASNIANSKI
CEO & Deputy Chairman
CHRISTIAN AUTIÉ
COO
TANIA CRASNIANSKI
Executive Director & Corporate Legal
Stéphane Gibon
CFO & CIO
Charlotte Delbès
Chief Marketing Officer
SIR JOHN LEWIS OBE
Non-executive Chairman
SIR JOHN LEWIS OBE
Non-executive Chairman
Joined the Board in 2008 and appointed Chairman in 2010. Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.
Until early 2019, a consultant to Eversheds Sutherland LLP (as now is), and currently a Director of AIM market company, Prime People plc, as well as various private companies. Previously a practising Solicitor and Partner in Lewis, Lewis & Co – which became part of Eversheds Sutherland LLP (as now is) after a series of mergers.
Previously served as Chairman of Cliveden plc and Principal Hotels plc and as Vice Chairman of John D Wood & Co plc and Pubmaster Group Ltd.
SERGE CRASNIANSKI
CEO & Deputy Chairman
Serge Crasnianski
CEO & DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
Appointed to the Board in 2009. Previously served on the Board from 1990 to 2007; until 1994 as a Non-executive Director, from 1994 as an Executive Director and as Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2007. Founded KIS in 1963.
JEAN-MARC Janailhac
Executive Director
Jean-Marc Janailhac
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Joined the Board in 2019. Designated executive director in July 2020, and appointed chairman of the newly formed Strategic Committee that is responsible for reviewing and implementing operational decisions across the Group.
Mr Janailhac has been a senior adviser of Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited since 2016. He has been a Non-executive Director of Athena Investments A/S, a Danish company dedicated to renewable energy (wind and solar) listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and included in the OMX Copenhagen Small Cap Index, since 2010.
TANIA CRASNIANSKI
Executive Director & Corporate Legal
Tania Crasnianski
Executive Director & Corporate Legal
Has been an independent legal adviser for the past seven years and prior to that held the role of Head of Global Investments at Stratford Capital between 2006-2014. Ms Crasnianski spent 12 years in the legal field; having worked in that time as a Criminal Lawyer for SCP Versini-Campinchi & Associés, Paris. Ms Crasnianski joined the Group on 1 June 2020 as head of legal and general secretary, and shortly thereafter took over the supervision of the Group’s entities in Germany and Austria.
EMMANUEL OLYMPITIS
Non-executive Director
Emmanuel Olympitis
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Appointed to the Board in 2009. Senior Independent Non-executive Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination and Audit Committees. Previous directorships include China Cablecom Holdings Limited (NASDAQ), Canoel International Energy Limited (Canada), Matica plc, Secure Fortress plc, Bulgarian Land Development plc, Norman 95 plc, Pacific Media plc (Executive Chairman) and Bella Media plc (Chairman). Early career in merchant banking and financial services, including as Executive Director of Bankers Trust International Ltd, Group Chief Executive of Aitken Hume International plc and Executive Chairman of Johnson & Higgins Ltd.
Françoise Coutaz-Replan
Non-executive Director
Francoise Coutaz-Replan
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Appointed to the Board in 2009. Retired from her
executive role as Group Finance
Director on 27 August 2015, continuing as a Nonexecutive Director. Joined KIS in 1991.
Appointed to the Audit Committee on 20 October 2016.
JEAN-MARCEL DENIS
Non-executive Director
Jean-Marcel Denis
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Appointed to the Board in 2012. Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Founded his own auditing firm in 1970 in Paris; Auditeurs & Conseils Associés (ACA) and sold his interest in ACA in 2005. Subsequently a consultant in Finance & Conseils Associés, which specialises in business valuations.
CAMILLE CLAVERIE
Non-executive Director
Camille Claverie
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Is a Director at Montefiore Investment where her responsibilities cover deal origination, and execution and investment monitoring to support companies and management teams in their growth plans. Ms. Claverie has previously held roles at Sagard, latterly as Principal, and at Morgan Stanley.
RENE PROGLIO
Non-executive Director
Rene Proglio
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Worked at Morgan Stanley for 17 years and during that time he held senior roles,
including as Managing Director (2004-2007) and as Head of Investment Banking
(2008-2010). Before this, he was a Partner at
Ernst & Young.
SIGIERI DIAZ DELLA VITTORIA PALLAVICINI
Non-executive Director
Sigieri Diaz Della Vittoria Pallavicini
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Is the founder and managing partner of Italian private equity firm Armònia SGR. For 15 years MrPallavicini was the founder CEO and Chairman of GWM Financial Group and he was CEO of Greentech Energey Systems A.S, a Danish renewable energy company. During his career, Sigieri has worked in several financial institutions including Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan.
DEL MANSI
Company Secretary
Del Mansi
COMPANY SECRETARY
Joined the Group in 2006. A qualified solicitor. Served as interim Company Secretary from April to July 2008. Appointed Group General Counsel in 2009, a role retained upon being appointed Company Secretary in May 2013.
The Board has delegated various matters to committees.
These committees of the Board meet regularly (the Nomination committee meets as required). The committees deal with specific aspects of the management of the Company. The Board has delegated authority to the committees and they have defined terms of reference under the Company documents section of this website.
Decision-making relating to operational matters is delegated to the senior management. Board and committee papers are circulated in advance of each meeting and are supplemented by reports and presentations to ensure that Board members are kept fully informed. Regular communication between the directors also takes place outside the formal forum of Board and committee meetings.
The committee’s primarily areas of focus are the supervision of internal and external audit processes, ensuring the business’ internal framework of controls is sufficiently adequate to protect shareholder investment, and that the presentation of the financial statements taken as a whole, are fair, balanced and understandable, and give the information necessary for shareholders to assess the Group’s position and performance, business model and strategy.
Membership
JEAN-MARCEL DENIS
Non-executive Director
(Committee Chairman)
Sir John Lewis OBE
Non-executive Chairman
Emmanuel Olympitis
Non-executive Director
Françoise Coutaz-Replan
Non-executive Director
René Proglio
Non-executive Director
Terms of reference of the Audit Committee of the Board of Photo-Me International PLC
The committee makes recommendations to the full Board in respect of the Group’s remuneration policy. The committee also keeps under review the remuneration of the Chairman and the Group’s Executive Directors, to ensure that they are rewarded fairly for their contribution and it makes awards under the Executive Share Option Scheme.
Membership
Emmanuel Olympitis
Non-executive Director (Committee Chairman)
Sir John Lewis OBE
Non-executive Chairman
JEAN-MARCEL DENIS
Non-executive Director
Terms of reference of the Remuneration Committee of the Board of Photo-Me International PLC
The committee, which meets as required, makes recommendations to the Board on the appointment of new directors. The Nomination committee is committed to the pursuit of diversity, including gender diversity, throughout the business.
Membership
Sir John Lewis OBE
Non-executive Chairman (Committee Chairman)
EMMANUEL OLYMPITIS
Non-executive Director
JEAN-MARCEL DENIS
Non-executive Director
Terms of reference of the Nomination Committee of the Board of Photo-Me International PLC
