Gérard Mestrallet is Honorary Chairman of ENGIE, Honorary Chairman of SUEZ, Executive Chairman of AFALULA, Non-Executive Director on the Board of Societe Generale SA, Board member of the Executive Committee of the Saudi Electricity Co. and Co-Chair of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition.
Gérard has held various positions at the Treasury Department and as a staff member for the Minister of Economy and Finance (J. Delors).
He joined Compagnie Financière de SUEZ in 1984. In 1991 he was named Chairman of the Management Committee of Societe Generale de Belgique. In 1995, Gérard became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie de SUEZ. He was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GDF SUEZ (now ENGIE) when SUEZ merged with Gaz de France on July 2008.
Gérard is Chairman of Fondation Agir Contre l’Exclusion (FACE). He is a member of the Board of Societe Generale, of Saudi Electric Company (Saudi Arabia), and of the Shanghai and Beijing Mayors’ International Economic Advisory Council, and Chairman of the Chongqing Mayor’s International Economic Advisory Council. He is also a member of the International Council of JP Morgan Chase.
Gérard has recently been appointed by the President of France as Executive Chairman of the French Agency for the cultural, heritage and tourism development of AlUla (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) in cooperation with the Kingdom.
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Harald Norvik has been Chairman of Scandinavian Airline Systems, Chairman of Telenor ASA, Chairman of the Oslo Stock Exchange, TV2, and Deputy Chairman of PGS ASA. Harald is currently Chairman of NRC (a global refuge organisation), Chairman of Kraft Bank, Chairman of BOS PS Group, Chairman of Barratt Due Music Institute and a member of the Board of Umoe ASA.
Steven is Chairman of Ampol Limited (previously Caltex); Chairman of Tabcorp Holdings Limited; a director of Challenger Limited and Challenger Life Company Limited, and William Inglis & Son Limited. He is also the Chairman of Lorna Hodgkinson Foundation and Unisson Disability Limited and a Trustee of the Australian Museum. Prior to this Steven was Chairman of Goodman Fielder Limited and Chairman of Austock Group Limited.
Susan Kilsby is the Chair of Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc and is Senior Independent Director and chair of the Remuneration Committee at Diageo. She is Non-Executive Director of BHP, where she chairs the Remuneration Committee, and of Unilever and the UKʼs National Health Service (NHS-England). She is also a member of The Takeover Panel in the UK.
Chad Holliday is Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and serves as the Lead Independent Director at Deere & Company and Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). He previously served as CEO and then Chairman of Dupont, Chairman of the Bank of America Corporation, The Business Council, Catalyst, the National Academy of Engineering, the Society of Chemical Industry (American Section) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.