Frédéric Lemoine
Frédéric Lemoine (born 27 June 1965) is a French businessman. He was Chairman of Wendel’s Executive Board from April 2009 until December 2017.[1] [2] He was a member of the Supervisory Board of Wendel from June 2008 to April 2009. Since April 2009, he has been a board member of Saint-Gobain.[3] Since January 2011, he has been a board member of Insead. Since 2014, he has been a board member of Orchestre à l'Ecole.
Frédéric Lemoine | |
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Born | |
Nationality | French |
Education | Lycée Victor-Duruy Lycée Louis-le-Grand |
Alma mater | HEC Paris Sciences Po, ÉNA |
Early life and education
Lemoine graduated from HEC Paris in 1986 and Sciences Po in 1987. He holds a law degree and is a graduate of École nationale d'administration (Victor Hugo promotion).
Career in the public sector
From 1995 to 1997, Lemoine served as deputy chief of staff of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (Jacques Barrot), in charge of coordinating reform of the national health insurance system and hospital reform. At the same time he was a chargé de mission with the Secretary of State for Healthcare and the National Health Insurance system (Hervé Gaymard).
From May 2002 to June 2004, Lemoine was deputy General Secretary of the French Presidency with President Jacques Chirac, in charge of economic and financial affairs and other areas.
In 1992 and 1993, Lemoine headed the Institut du Coeur of Hô Chi Minh-City, in Vietnam, for a year. From 2004 to May 2011, he was General Secretary of the Fondation Alain Carpentier, which supports this hospital.
Career in the private sector
From 1998 to 2002, Lemoine was delegated CEO, then CFO of Capgemini, and then Group VP in charge of finance of Capgemini Ernst & Young.
From October 2004 to May 2008, Lemoine was Senior Advisor to McKinsey. Since April 2009, he has been a board member of Saint-Gobain.
After the family controlled private equity group Wendel parted company with its chief executive Jean-Bernard Lafonta in 2009, Lemoine was appointed as his successor.[4] He served in this position from April 2009 to December 2017.
Other activities
Corporate boards
- Constantia Flexibles, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- Bureau Veritas, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors (2009-2013, 2017), Chairman of the Board of Directors (2013-2017)
- Flamel Technologies, Member of the Board of Directors (2005-2017)
- Groupama SA, Member of the Board of Directors (2005-2012)
- Legrand, Member of the Board of Directors (2009-2013)
- Générale de Santé, Member of the Supervisory Board (2006-2009)
- Areva, Chairman of the Advisory Board (2005-2009)
Non-profit organizations
- INSEAD, Member of the Board (since 2011)
- Trilateral Commission, Member of the European Group[5]
- Paris Europlace, Member of the Board of Directors[6]
- Fondation Alain Carpentier, Secretary General (2004-2013)
Recognition
Lemoine is a Knight of the National Order of Merit and a Knight of the Legion of Honour.
External links
- Frédéric Lemoine's profile on Forbes.com
- Frédéric Lemoine's executive profile and biography on Bloomberg BusinessWeek
- "Wendel completes largest exit of the year: new chief Lemoine oversees €630m sale of Oranje-Nassau oil arm", European Venture Capital Journal - June 1, 2009
- "Wendel set to rejoin hunt for acquisitions", Financial Times - November 3, 2009
- "Wendel Posts Jump in Asset Value on Saint-Gobain, Bureau Veritas", Bloomberg - December 2, 2010
- "Frédéric Lemoine, privatisé" (Radio BFM - August 26, 2010)
- Interview: Frédéric Lemoine, Chairman of Wendel's Executive Board, comments on the Group's Investor Day and discusses its strategy for 2010 - December 4, 2009
- Interview: Frédéric Lemoine, Chairman of Wendel's Executive Board, comments on the Group's Investor Day and discusses its strategy for 2012 – December 2, 2011
- Interview of Frédéric Lemoine with the Financial Times: "Wendel on European acquisition hunt" - February 13, 2012
- Interview: Frédéric Lemoine, Chairman of Wendel's Executive Board, comments on 2012 first halt results - September 3, 2012
- Interview: Frederic Lemoine, Chairman of Wendel's Executive Board on BFM TV - September 28th, 2013
- A French group Wendel to conquer Africa, July 25th, 2013
- Interveiw with Chairman of Wendel's Executive Board, Frédéric Lemoine for Wendel 2013 full year results, March, 28th, 2014
References
- "Chirac advisor to take Wendel post", The Financial Times - March 25, 2009
- "A new generation starts French revolution", Financial News - November 9, 2009
- http://www.wendelgroup.com/en/members_32_123.html
- Peggy Hollinger and Scheherazade Daneshkhu (March 25, 2009), Chirac adviser to take Wendel post Financial Times.
- Membership Trilateral Commission.
- Board of Directors Paris Europlace.