Julie Avrane’s biography

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

Julie Avrane was a Senior Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Paris office from 1999 to July 2020, where she headed the firm’s high-tech industries practice in France (advanced electronics, aerospace and defense, automotive and assembly).

She also co-led the firm’s high-tech skills practice worldwide.

Julie Avrane specializes in high-tech industries, IT services and software. At McKinsey, she mainly dealt with strategy, growth, M&A and post-merger integration issues in cross-border contexts as well as large-scale transformation plans.

Prior to joining McKinsey’s Paris office, Julie Avrane worked as a researcher with Bull Honeywell in the United States in 1993, then with Cogema (Areva) in 1994, and as a business analyst in McKinsey’s London office for two years from 1995 to 1997.

Julie Avrane is President of Clear Direction. She is also, in particular, a member of the Supervisory Board of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and a director of Bureau Veritas and Exail Technologies.

Julie Avrane also has extensive experience of CSR issues. She co-chaired the ESG Club of the French Institute of Directors and currently chairs the CSR Committee of Groupe Monnoyeur and of Exail group. She brings her expertise in CSR issues to Valeo as the member in charge of CSR issues on the Board of Directors, the Governance, Appointments & Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, and the Audit & Risks Committee, which is responsible for monitoring the CSRD.

Julie Avrane is a graduate of the École nationale supérieure des télécommunications de Paris and of the Collège des ingénieurs. She also holds an MBA from INSEAD.

She is a French citizen and speaks French and English.