The Board of Directors
The principal role of the Board of Directors is to determine Valeo’s business strategies and ensure that these strategies are implemented effectively. Board members have a diverse range of expertise and backgrounds—including in economics, manufacturing, and finance—that help inform their leadership and decision making.
Committees
The Board of Directors has set up the following four committees to make recommendations on key issues, enhance the Board’s operating procedure, and ensure the Group’s sustainable growth.
- Audit and Risks Committee
- Compensation Committee
- Governance, Appointments and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
- Strategy Committee
Our board today

Gilles Michel
Chairman of the Board of Directors – Independent Director – Chairman of the Governance, Appointments and Corporate Social Responsibility and of the Compensation Committee

Christophe Périllat
Chief Executive Officer of Valeo and Director

Julie Avrane
Permanent Representative of the Fonds Stratégique de Participations, Independent Director – Member of the Audit and Risks Committee, of the Compensation Committee and of the Governance, Appointments and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee in charge of CSR topics

Bruno Bézard
Independent Director – Member of the Audit and Risks Committee

Eric Chauvirey
Director representing employee shareholders – Member of the Audit and Risks Committee

Stéphanie Frachet
Independent Director – Member of the Strategy Committee, of the Governance, Appointments and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, and of the Compensation Committee

Mari-Noëlle Jégo-Laveissière
Independent Director – Member of the Audit and Risks Committee

Alexandre Ossola
Permanent Representative of Bpifrance Participations, Independent Director – Member of the Audit and Risks Committee, and of the Strategy Committee

Eric Poton
Director representing employees – Member of the Governance, Appointments and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, and of the Compensation Committee

Beatriz Puente
Independent Director – Member of the Audit and Risks Committee
Patrick Sayer
Independent Director – Chairman of the Strategy Committee, Member of the Governance, Appointment and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, and of the Compensation Committee
Grzegorz Szelag
Director representing employees – Member of the Strategy Committee

Véronique Weill
Independent Director – Chairwoman of the Audit and Risks Committee

Sascha Zahnd
Independent Director – Member of the Strategy Committee

