Governance

Eric La Bonnardière joined Tarkett’s Supervisory Board in 2013 and assumed the responsibilities of Chairman of the Board in April 2018. As the grandson of Bernard Deconinck Sr., Tarkett’s historical entrepreneur, he represents the 4th generation of the Deconinck family, majority shareholder of the Group.

Eric is also Chairman and CEO and co-founder of Evaneos, the leading European travel marketplace in its segment. Before creating Evaneos in 2009, Eric began his career in 2006 as a consultant with Capgemini and the strategy consulting firm Advancy where he carried out assignments in industry and distribution. He is a graduate of Supélec and HEC Paris.

Born in 1947, Mr. Deconinck holds an engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique de Zurich and received additional training in marketing at the Wharton Business School and in finance at INSEAD.

Didier Deconinck is Vice Chairman of Tarkett’s Supervisory Board, after having served as Chairman between 2005 and April 2018. He has been a member of the Management Board and of the Bureau of Shareholder Meetings (as representative of DDA) of SID, a family company holding shares of the Company, since 2013. He was a Managing Director of Société Investissement Familiale (SIF), a holding company controlling the Company, until its initial public offering in 2013. He is also the Vice President and Managing Director of Monin, a French hardware manufacturer for the building and industrial sectors, which he also co-founded.

From 1979 to 1984, Mr. Deconinck was the Managing Director of Allibert-Mobilier-de-Jardin, a garden furniture manufacturer. He then became Managing Director of the Video division of Thompson and an executive officer of its German holding company, DAGFU, until 1987, then, until 1990, General Manager of Domco, a company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the largest Canadian flooring manufacturer. Mr. Deconinck is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Conseil International de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage and the Musée de l’Armée.

Julien Deconinck is a graduate of HEC.

He is a founding partner of Clermount, a financial advisory firm specialized in impact investing. He began his career in 2002 as an analyst in mergers and acquisitions at Lazard. He then joined the Tarkett Group, where he held several positions in marketing development and project management from 2003 to 2006. From 2006 to 2009, he was a mergers and acquisitions associate at HSBC, then director of equity investments at the investment firm Parcom Capital, and then a director at Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking.

Nicolas Deconinck is currently Consulting Director, Business Lead at Razorfish (formerly Publicis Sapient), a digital agency of the Publicis Group. He supports major companies in France and abroad in their digital transformation by activating the new strategic levers of innovation, marketing and management.

He started his career in 2003 as an Analyst at Orange, then became an IT Strategy Consultant at BearingPoint. In 2006, he founded his own company, Attractive, a manufacturer and distributor of sporting goods, which became SoActive, a UK-based e-Commerce platform, sold to Bentley Hall Ivts in 2015.

Nicolas Deconinck is a graduate of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) and holds a Master’s degree in Corporate Strategy from the Université Paris Dauphine.

Since 2019, Florent Jannier has held the position of Group Compliance Officer. As such, he is in charge of the deployment of the Anticorruption, Competition, International Sanctions and Duty of Vigilance programs.

Florent Jannier held the position of Senior Intellectual Property Lawyer (2012-2019).

On December 2, 2021, he was appointed member of the Board representing the employees by the Economic and Social Committee of Tarkett.

Florent Jannier began his career at Gameloft where he protected the innovations and artistic creations of the group.

He holds a Master 2 Research in Intellectual Property.

Born in 1952, Mrs. Leroy holds a degree from the École Supérieure de Commerce et d’Administration des Entreprises de Reims.

Françoise Leroy began her career in 1975 as Secretary General of the Union Industrielle d’Entreprise.

She joined Elf Aquitaine in 1982, where she held various positions in financial management. In 1998, she became the Director of Financial Communications, and then, in 2001, she became Director of Chemical Subsidiaries Operations in the finance department of Total following its merger with Elf Aquitaine. She has also been the secretary general of Total’s Chemical division since 2004 and a member of its Steering Committee since 2006.

From January 2012 to June 2013, she was Director of Mergers and Acquisitions-Disposals.

Didier Michaud-Daniel has been Managing Director of Bureau Veritas, a company listed on the SBF 120, since March 2012. He began his career in 1981 at Otis, where he held several positions in the Sales and Operations Department. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer in January 1998.

He was then successively Managing Director of Otis UK and Ireland, Chairman of Otis UK, Germany and Central Europe Region, becoming Chairman of Otis Elevator Company in May 2008.

Didier Michaud-Daniel is a graduate of the Poitiers École Supérieure de Commerce and of INSEAD business school. He is also a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur.

Sabine Roux de Bézieux is a graduate of ESSEC. Following two years as an investment banker, she spent 13 years with the Andersen group in London and Paris. From 2002 to 2012, she managed her own advisory firm, Advanceo, before joining the boards of directors of several listed companies and becoming the CEO of Notus Technologies.

Ms. de Bézieux has been involved in charitable foundations for ten years, first with the ARAOK foundation, which she created with her husband in 2005, and then by creating Un Esprit de Famille (Family Spirit), which brings together French family foundations. She is also active in the non-profit arena, as chairwoman of United Way France, Espoir Niger, and Fondation de la mer.

Ms. Roux de Bézieux is an independent Board Member of three listed companies: ABC Arbitrage, Altur Investissement, and ANF Immobilier.

Since 2019, Caroline Tith has been a technical-functional BI (Business Intelligence) analyst in the areas of sales, finance and budget of Tarkett Group.

She previously held various positions in Data since 2014: data manager and biostatistician in a clinical organization, then Big Data consultant.

On December 2, 2021, she was appointed member of the Board representing the employees by the Economic and Social Committee of Tarkett.

Caroline Tith holds a bachelor’s degree in biology-chemistry, a master’s degree in bioinformatics and bio-statistics from the University of Sciences of Orsay, co-accredited by École Polytechnique.

Also graduated in Production Manager for Artistic Projects and trained in Digital Strategy at the Institut d’Études Supérieur des Arts (IESA), Caroline Tith is a pianist engaged as secretary-founder of Ensemble Iliade, a semi-professional choir.

Born in 1944, Mr. Deconinck holds a degree from the École Centrale de Paris.

Bernard-André Deconinck is an observer of the Company’s Supervisory Board. Since 2013, he has been Chairman of the Management Board and member of the Bureau of Shareholders’ Meetings (as the representative of Heritage Fund) of SID, a family company holding shares of the Company. He was a member of the Management Board of Société Investissement Familiale (SIF), a holding company controlling the Company, until its initial public offering in 2013.

He began his career with the Group in 1969 as an engineer, then held positions in operational management (factories and divisions), then in as vice-president of purchasing, investing, style, research and Group development.

Charles Goulet is a Partner at Wendel, which he joined in 2010. He has worked primarily in the Paris office, where he is based today, and also spent four years in the London office.

Charles has been actively involved in multiple transactions at Wendel since his arrival, including investments in Mecatherm, Cromology and Tarkett in recent years.

Previously, Charles was an analyst at AXA Private Equity (now Ardian) from 2008 to 2010 in London and then in Paris in the mezzanine and fund-of-funds teams. He also worked at Neo Capital Private Equity, a London-based small & mid cap LBO fund.

Charles is a graduate of ESSEC and holds a law degree.

Fabrice Barthélemy was officially appointed Chief Executive Officer of Tarkett on January 11, 2019. He has served as interim Chairman of the Management Board since 2018, in addition to his duties as President of Tarkett in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, having joined Tarkett in 2008 as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Management Board. He had previously held distinguished roles at Valeo, helping to turn around Valeo’s Lighting Division in France, before becoming global finance director of Valeo Connective Systems and, subsequently, finance director of Valeo Wiper Systems. Fabrice began his career as an industrial controller with Safran and joined Valeo in 1995 as divisional financial controller in the United Kingdom. He is a graduate of the ESCP-Europe business school.

Eric Daliere, American, has been the President of the Tarkett Sports division since 2009. In July 2020, Eric expanded his responsibilities, taking on the role of President for Tarkett North America and Tarkett Sports. He previously spent ten years leading business improvement initiatives for KKR Capstone, having begun his career with the Boston Consulting Group. He holds an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University.

Slavoljub Martinovic, Serbian, has been President of the Group’s Eastern Europe division since January 2013. Previously, he worked for Sintelon from 1996, until its acquisition by the Group in 2002. He holds a degree from the Novi Sad Technological Faculty.

Francesco Penne is President of EMEA and LATAM since October 2019. He began his career in 1988 at Usinor (now Arcelor) before moving to Air Liquide in 2004, where he was notably Vice-President for Central Europe from 2016 to 2019. Francesco is a graduate of the Milan Polytechnic School and Ecole Centrale of Paris. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the Bocconi Business School.

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Raphaël Bauer, French, was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Group in February 2017. Previously Group Financial Controller, Raphaël Bauer joined Tarkett in 2010 as Financial Controller for the EMEA division, and subsequently took responsibility for the Pacific and Latin America regions. Prior to this, he held finance and management roles at Rexam (2007-2010) and Valeo (2002-2007). Raphaël is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris.

Eline Cormont-Girardey has been appointed Group General Counsel in January 2023. She also holds the role of Secretary of Tarkett’s Supervisory Board. Eline joined Tarkett in 2009 as EMEA international in-house counsel, then she evolved to the role of Group compliance officer/senior legal counsel and took in 2016 the position of EMEA-LATAM-ANZ Legal Director. Prior to Tarkett, she worked for PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN as International Legal Counsel. Eline holds a master’s degree in International Business Law from the University of Tours and a master’s degree of Legal Translator from the Institut Supérieur d’Interprétation et de Traduction of Paris.

Séverine Grosjean has been Executive Vice President of Group Human Resources since October 2019, having joined Tarkett in 2017 as EMEA & LATAM HR Vice President. She most recently held the role of Vice President HR of Schneider Electric’s Industry commercial organisation, and previously worked in various positions in Human Resources management in France and North America at the Alstom Group for 15 years, after beginning her career at Philips in 1996. Séverine Grosjean is a graduate of Science Po Paris and IAE Paris, and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Kent.

Arnaud Marquis joined Tarkett in July 2016 as Vice President Hardflooring EMEA. He had previously worked at the Ahlstrom Group, a leading player in fibre products, for more than 20 years, in different international business roles related to Sales, Marketing and Operations. He is a graduate of Grenoble engineering school (INPG) – Pagora and holds an Executive MBA from EM Lyon Business School.

Carine Vinardi joined Tarkett in July 2020 as Group R&D and Operations EVP. She had previously worked for General Electric Renewable Energy for three years, where she was in charge of Lean & Digital Transformation. Prior to that, she worked in diverse industries including automotive (10 years with Plastic Omnium, Faurecia and Peugeot Citroën) and aeronautics (4 years at Zodiac Aerospace), in both operational and functional roles. Carine began her career in 1997 at Moulinex, after gaining a degree in Engineering, Plastics Processing from ITECH Lyon and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne.

Hervé Legrand was appointed as Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) in April 2021. He was previously Group CIO of ArcelorMittal for ten years, where he also held the position of Group Chief Information Security Officer. Prior to this, Hervé held various positions in information systems at Pechiney, Alcan, Novelis, supporting the digital transformation of the aluminium industry. He has operated in different parts of the world (Luxembourg, USA, Switzerland and France). Hervé is a graduate of the University of Mulhouse, France.