Mr. Arnaud Lagardère has been General Partner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lagardère since 2003. He has been Managing Partner of Lagardère since 1998, being appointed CEO of both Lagardère Media and Lagardère Active in 1999. Previously he was CEO of Grolier Inc. in the United States, Head of emerging activities and electronic media for Matra and Vice President of the Supervisory Board of Arjil bank. He began his career in 1986 as General Manager of MMB, the holding company of Hachette and Europe 1. Mr 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:
- 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 sports association Lagardère Paris Racing Ressources;
- President of the sports association Lagardère Paris Racing.
- Director of Hachette Livre (S.A.);
- Director of Lagardère Services (SA) (ex Hachette Distribution Services);
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lagardère Sports (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.);
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sogeade Gérance (SAS)
- Member of the Board of Directors of EADS Participations B.V.;
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Daimler (AG);
- Director of LVHM Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (S.A.); and
- President of the “Association des Amis de Paris Jean-Bouin C.A.S.G.”.
Former mandates for the last five years:
- 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 entreprises 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);
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère Active Broadcast (S.A.) (resigned March 2007).
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Lagardère Sports (SAS) (resigned April 2007);
- Director of Lagardère Management, Inc (resigned October 2007);
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lagardère Active North America, Inc. (resigned October 2007);
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hachette Holding (SAS) (ex Hachette Filipacchi Medias) (resigned December 2007);
- Director of France Télécom (S.A.) (resigned January 2007);
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of EADS (resigned 22nd October 2007);
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of EADS Participations B.V. (resigned 22nd October 2007);
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Virgin Stores (S.A.) (resigned February 2008); and
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Le Monde (S.A.) (resigned February 2008).
