Governance and management  - France

Grant Thornton in France is directed by one President (Daniel Kurkdjian) and two Managing Directors (Jean-Luc Carpentier and François Pons).

The Board of directors is comprised of 12 representative members of the various industries and services.

Managing Director and Specialist advisory services	Jean-Luc Carpentier
Audit	Jean-Pierre Cordier
	Robert Dambo
	Gilles Hengoat
President	Daniel Kurkdjian
Accountancy	Gilbert Le Pironnec
Tax & legal advisory services	Jean Nadal
	Françoise Noël-Marquis
	Jean-Jacques Pichon
Managing Director and Outsourcing	François Pons
	Pierre Poujol
	Luc Williamson

 

The regions are managed by a special Management Committee composed of eight regional managers representing the most important areas.

Bretagne	Yvon Robbe
Centre	William Rapaud
Est	Jean-Jacques Pichon
Ile-de-France	Jean-Luc Carpentier
Nord	Pierre Poujol
Normandie	Benoît Leclerc
Sud-est	François Pons
Sud-ouest	Gilles Passemard

The national staff management is composed of seven directors, under the authority of a main partner.

Legal	Annick Bayon
Logistics and organisation	Thierry Delamare
Human Resources	Arnaud Franquinet
IT	Bruno de Lattre
Finances	Olivier Magnon-Pujo
Communications and Marketing	Agnès de Ribet
Business development	Michel Triballeau

Grant Thornton has established three Governance Committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Partnership Charter Committee

The Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is composed of three members selected from among the partners, excluding members of the Board of Directors. Members serve a three-year, non-renewable term. This committee, in coordination with the group’s Finance Division and its statutory auditors, examines the consolidated and combined annual financial statements as well as financial information provided by the Board of Directors. It presents a report on its activities to the Annual General Meeting.

During the 2006-2007 fiscal year, the members of the Audit Committee devoted 70 hours overall to the performance of their duties.

The Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee is composed of four members selected from among the partners, excluding members of the Board of Directors. Members serve a three-year, non-renewable term. The Committee is responsible for recommending the compensation of executive management to the Board of Directors and for overseeing management’s adherence to the principles of setting individual partner compensation as defined by the Partnership Charter and its corollaries.

It also makes recommendations concerning compensation policy, in coordination with the Partnership Charter Committee.

During the 2006-2007 fiscal year, the members of this Committee devoted 90 hours overall to the performance of their duties.

The Compensation Committee reports directly to the group’s Chairman, and submits to him a detailed report on its activities which is read during the Annual General Meeting.

The Partnership Charter Committee
The Partnership Charter Committee is composed of five members selected from among the partners, excluding members of the Board of Directors. Members serve a three-year, non-renewable term. This Committee is charged with periodically reviewing the Partnership Charter in order to recommend any desirable changes and with ensuring adherence to the Charter’s provisions, particularly with respect to rules of governance. It ensures the implementation of decisions concerning capital and shares, in coordination with the Board of Directors, particularly concerning partnership policies and cooptation procedures.

The Partnership Charter Committee reports directly to the group’s Chairman and submits to him a detailed report on its activities which is also shared with the Partners during the Annual General Meeting.

During the 2006-2007 fiscal year, the members of the Partnership Charter Committee met four times and devoted 50 hours overall to the performance of their duties.


Grant Thornton France is a member firm within Grant Thornton International Ltd