Yves-Thibault de Silguy (born 22 July 1948) is a French and European politician, born in Rennes, France. He served in the

Santer Commission The Santer Commission was the European Commission in office between 23 January 1995 and 15 March 1999. The administration was led by Jacques Santer (former Prime Minister of Luxembourg). The body had 20 members and oversaw the introduction of ...

and was in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs. He was a member of the Club de l'horloge.

Political career

Before moving to the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

in 1995, de Silguy served as chief adviser on European Union affairs to

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from 1993 to 1995. During his time as Commissioner, he managed the introduction of the

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. Following the resignation of the

, France did not renominate de Silguy.

Later career

In 2000, de Silguy became a member of the Executive Board of Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux and later served as Chief Executive Officer of Suez from 2001 to 2003. He was then Executive Vice-President of Suez from 2003 until June 2006.

Other activities

Corporate boards

VTB Bank VTB Bank (; formerly known as ''Vneshtorgbank'', , lit. 'International Trade Bank') is a Russian majority state-owned bank headquartered in various federal districts of Russia; its legal address is registered in St. Petersburg; as of 202 ...

, Independent Member of the Supervisory Council (since 2013) * Autoroutes du Sud de la France (ASF), Member of the Board of Directors *

Solvay Solvay may refer to: Companies and organizations * Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Brussels, Belgium * Solvay Conference, founded by Ernest Solvay, deals with open questions in physics and chemistry * Solvay Indupa, an Argen ...

, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2011) * Sofisport, Chairman of Supervisory Council * LVMH, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2009) *

Vinci SA Vinci (corporately styled VINCI) is a French concessions and construction company founded in 1899 as Société Générale d'Enterprises. Its head office is in Nanterre, in the western suburbs of Paris. Vinci is listed on Euronext's Paris sto ...

, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors (since 2006), Chairman of the Board of Directors (2006-2010)Board of Directors

Non-profit organizations

* MEDEF International, Vice-Chairman

References

1948 births Living people Carrefour de l'horloge people French European Commissioners Directors of LVMH Businesspeople from Rennes Politicians from Rennes University of Rennes alumni Sciences Po alumni École nationale d'administration alumni {{EU-org-bio-stub