Governance
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Managers - Member of the Executive Committee
Mr. David BUFFELARD: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Biography
After graduating from Sup de Co Chambéry in 1992, he began his career as a salesman for Chronopost, before founding PRORISK in 1996, which later became VDI GROUP SA and then UPERGY SA. Chief Executive Officer of UPERGY SA from 2006 to 2009; he then became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on 19 May 2009. |
Mr. Aristide BADO: Chief Financial Officer
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Biography
With a degree in management and internal audit, Aristide BADO began his career in Management Control then Internal Audit, before moving on to Administrative and Financial Management within service (Avis, Alten, Electrogeloz) and industrial (Endel, Bonduelle, Exacomtpta-Clairefontaine) companies. He joined UPERGY as Chief Financial Officer in September 2019. |
Mr. Paul-Antoine DESRUMAUX : Managing director, Development
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Biography
With a technical and sales background and a degree in International Management from KEDGE Business School, Paul-Antoine has held a variety of sales positions, including Export Manager, Business Developer and EMEIA Sales Director, in a range of companies from SMEs to multinationals. He joined UPERGY in 2020 as European Sales Director, and was promoted to Managing Director of Development in 2022. |
Mr. Fabrice AUDIBERT : Chief Operating Officer
Biography
After graduating from École Centrale de Lyon and EM Lyon with an Executive MBA, Fabrice has been a Director and member of the Executive Committee for over 20 years. He has held a number of Industrial and Operations Director positions for SMEs and major industrial groups in France and worldwide, covering the entire value chain in these industries (supply chain, purchasing, logistics, R&D, projects, methods and industrialisation, production). He joined UPERGY as Chief Operating Officer in May 2024. |
Board Committee
Mr. David BUFFELARD: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Role in the Board: Chairman – 1st nomination : 2009 – Renewal General Meeting: 2025 Holds directly and indirectly 2,583,020 shares through HELER company Other mandates at 31/12/2023 :
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Mr. Thierry BOUVAT: Executive Vice President
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Role in the Board: Administrator – 1st nomination : 2009 –Renewal General Meeting: 2025 Holds directly and indirectly 149 028 actions. Other mandates at 31/12/2023 :
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Mr. Roland TCHENIO
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Role in the Board : Administrator – 1st nomination : 2009 – Renewal General Meeting: 2025 Independent administrator Holds directly 1 action. Other mandates at 31/12/2023 :
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Ms Marie CHAPALAIN
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Role in the Board : Administrator – 1st nomination : 2020 – Renewal General Meeting : 2028 Independent administrator Does not hold any shares directly. |
Ms Eugénie NDIAYE
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Role in the Board : Administrator – 1st nomination : 2020 – Renewal General Meeting: 2028 Independent Administrator Does not hold any shares directly. Other mandates at 31/12/2023 :
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Ms Hélène CAMPOURCY
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Role in the Board: Administrator – 1st nomination : 2020 – Renewal General Meeting : 2028 Independant Administrator Does not hold any shares directly. Other mandates at 31/12/2023 :
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Ms Carole BUFFELARD
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Role in the Board: Administrator – 1st nomination: 2020 – Renewal General Meeting: 2028 Does not hold any shares directly. Other mandates at 31/12/2023 :
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M. Laurent GUIZE
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Role in the Board: Permanent representative of the company LAFAYETTE CAPITAL
1st nomination : 2023 – Renewal General Meeting : 2027 LAFAYETTE CAPITAL owning 1 140 406 shares of the company UPERGY Other mandates at 31/12/2023 :
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Executive Committee
- Mr. David BUFFELARD: President and Chief Executive Officer
- Mr. Paul-Antoine DESRUMAUX : Managing director, Development
- Mr. Aristide BADO : Chief Financial Officer
- Mr. Fabrice AUDIBERT : Chief Operating Officer
- Ms Marie-Céline FEVRE : Director of Transformation, Quality and Customer Service
- Mr. Yohann CROIZAT : Director of Marketing, Communications, External Relations and CSR
- Mr. Maxime BOULEZ : Human Resources Director
- Mr. Jean-Antoine GRILLOT : Technical Director
- Mr. Khadim AMAR : Logistics and Transports Manager
Statutes and rules of procedure of the Board of Directors
Report
UPERGY complies with the MiddleNext corporate governance code
Corporate Governance Report: Annual Report Extract