Group governance

Supervisory board

With 11 members, the Supervisory board is responsible for supervising and controlling the activity of the management board and the CEO. The Supervisory Board has implemented 3 specific committees.

Marc Frappier

Eurazeo - President

Supervisory board

Edouard Guigou

Eurazeo

Sophie Flak

Eurazeo

Cécile Gilliet

Eurazeo

Lorine Bayon

Eurazeo

Wilfried Piskula

Eurazeo

Frédéric Collard

Ardian

Daniele Cardoso

Independent member

Gilles Aufret

Independent member

Thierry Chignon

Mérieux Development

Margalit Fine

Independent member

3 committees for a greater ability to act

The Audit committee helps board members fulfil their responsibilities in terms of producing and controlling financial information, risk management and external audits.
The Corporate Social Responsibility committee provides expertise and recommendations on Novacap CSR strategy and actions.
The Human Resources committee is responsible for assisting board members and advising them on the appointment and remuneration of Novacap’s key managers.

Executive committee

The Executive Committee comprises 14 members and is chaired by Pierre Luzeau. Its mission is to steer the strategic roadmap defined with the Supervisory Board to meet the group’s improvement and development objectives.

Pierre Luzeau

Seqens - Chief Executive Officer

Executive committee

Vincent Milhau

Seqens - Chief Financial Officer

Jean-Louis Martin

Seqens - VP HR & Industrial

Vanessa Michoud

Seqens - General Counsel

Laurent Castor

Seqens - VP Specialty Ingredients

Philippe Clavel

SEQENS - VP Pharmaceutical solutions

Raymond Sinnah

Seqens - VP Mineral Specialties & ExCo supervisor Asia

Christophe Eychenne-Baron

Seqens - Group R&D Director

Stéphanie Girard

Seqens - Quality and Regulatory Affairs Director

Robert Monti

Seqens - Essential Drug Substances DS Managing Director

Sébastien Taillemite

Seqens - Advanced Specialties Managing Director

Helen Webster

Seqens - Custom Specialties Managing Director

Gildas Barreyre

Seqens - ExCo General Secretary

Ludovic Lyonnet

Seqens - SPS Managing Director

Executive committee's missions

Developing and protecting Seqens’ strategy, values and assets: its missions include formulating and implementing the group’s strategic vision and objectives. The ExCo also steers the group’s business portfolio and is responsible for fulfilling the group’s objectives of creating value.
Managing performance: within his/her scope, each ExCo member manages the performance of business units or function leaders, allocating group-wide resources and governing the group’s activities.