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 Company and Co-Chair of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition.
Gérard Mestrallet hs held various positions at the Treasury Department and as a staff member for the Minister of Economy and Finance (J. Delors).
Gérard joined Compagnie Financiere de SUEZ in 1984. In 1991 he was named Chairman of the Management Committee of Societe Generale de Belgique. In 1995, he became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie de SUEZ. Gérard 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 Cantre! 'Exclusion" (FACE). Moreover, Gérard is member of the Board of Societe Generale, of Saudi Electric Company (Saudi Arabia), of the Shanghai and Beijing Mayors' International Economic Advisory Council and he is the Chairman of the Chongqing Mayor's International Economic Advisory Council and of Moscow. He is also member of the International Council of JP Morgan Chase.
Gérard has been recently appointed by the French President of France as Executive Chairman of the French Agency for Al Ula (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) cultural, heritage and tourism development in cooperation with the Kingdom.
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Dr Göran Ando MD, is the retired Chairman of the Board of Directors of Novo Nordisk A/S. Göran is Chairman of Tessa Therapeutics Ltd, Chairman of Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals Inc and the Chairman of Nanexa AB. He is a Director of Paraxel International Corp. Göran also serves as Senior Advisor to Essex Woodlands Health Ventures LLC, an Advisor to Edbi Pte Ltd, Singapore and is Non-Executive Director of EUSA Pharma (UK) Ltd and Selectra Biosciences Inc.
Jim Hagemann Snabe is currently Chairman of A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S, Chairman of Siemens AG, Vice-Chairman of Allianz SE, and a Member of the Board of Trustees at the World Economic Forum. He is also a Senior Advisor to Nordic Alpha Partners, a Council Member of Balderton Capital (UK) LLP, and an Adjunct Professor at the Copenhagen Business School.
Victor Chu is Chairman of First Eastern Investment Group, a leading Hong Kong-based international investment firm, and Non-Executive Director of Airbus SE. Victor has served as Director and Council Member of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, as a member of the Hong Kong Takeovers and Mergers Panel and an Advisory Committee Member of the Securities and Futures Commission.
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.