Mr. Arnaud Lagardère has been General Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère since 2003. He began his career in 1986 as General Manager of MMB, the holding company of Hachette and Europe 1. In 1987, he was appointed Vice President of the Supervisory Board of Arjil bank followed by his appointment as Head of emerging activities and electronic media for Matra. In 1994 he became Chief Executive Officer of Grolier Inc. in the U.S. He has been Managing Partner of Lagardère since 1998. In 1999, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of both Lagardère Media and Lagardère Active. Arnaud Lagardère graduated in Economics from the University of Paris Dauphine.
Current mandates in addition to the one listed in the chart above are set forth below:
Current executive mandates:
- General Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère;
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère Media (corporate name: Hachette S.A.);
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lagardère Active (S.A.S.);
- President (Chief Executive Officer) of Lagardère Active Broadband (S.A.S.);
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère (S.A.S.);
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère Capital & Management (S.A.S.);
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arjil Commanditée — ARCO (S.A.);
- Chairman of Fondation Jean-Luc Lagardère;
- President of the “Association des Amis de Paris Jean-Bouin C.A.S.G.”;
- President of the “Association Nouvel Elan Croix Catelan”; and
- President of the “Association Lagardère Paris Racing”.
Current non-executive mandates:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of EADS Participations B.V.;
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Virgin Stores (S.A.);
- Member of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler;
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Le Monde (S.A.);
- Director of Hachette Livre (S.A.);
- Director of Hachette Distribution Services (S.A.);
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hachette Filipacchi MedIAS (S.A.S.);
- Permanent Representative of Lagardère Active Publicité to the Board of Directors of Lagardère Active Radio International (S.A.);
- Director of Lagardère Ressources (S.A.S.);
- Director of France Télécom (S.A.);
- Director of LVHM Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (S.A.);
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Lagardère Sports (S.A.S.);
- Director of Lagardère Managmement, Inc; and
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lagardère Active North America, Inc.
Former mandates for the last five years:
- Member of the Supervisory Board of T. Online International AG;
- Member of the Board of Directors of LCM Expression S.A. (resigned June 2002);
- Member of the Board of Directors of Multithematiques S.A. (resigned December 2002);
- Co-Manager of I.S.-9 (resigned May 2003);
- Manager of Lagardère Active Publicité (SNC) (resigned May 2003);
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Society d’Agences et de Diffusion S.A. (resigned June 2003);
- Manager of the Nouvelles Messagerie de la Presse Parisienne — N.M.P.P. SARL (resigned July 2003);
- Member of the Board of Directors of Canalsatellite S.A. (resigned December 2003);
- Member of the Board of Directors of Lagardère-Sociétés S.A.S (resigned December 2003);
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Editions P. Amaury S.A. (resigned December 2003);
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère Images S.A.S (resigned October 2004);
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère Thematiques S.A. (resigned November 2004);
- Manager of Lagardère Elevage (resigned March 2005);
- Deputy-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Banque Arjil & Cie (resigned April 2005);
- President of the “Club des enterprises Paris 2012” (resigned January 2006);
- Member of the Board of Directors of Fimalac (resigned January 2006);
- President (Chief Executive Officer) of Lagardère Active S.A.S. (resigned October 2006);
- Director of Hachette Filipacchi MedIAS S.A. (resigned October 2006);
- Permanent Representative of Hachette S.A. to the Management Committee of SEDI TV-TEVA (S.N.C.) (resigned December 2006); and
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère Active Broadcast (S.A.) (resigned March 2007).
