Frédéric Lemoine (born 27 June 1965) is a French businessman. He was Chairman of Wendel's Executive Board from April 2009 until December 2017. He was a member of the Supervisory Board of Wendel from June 2008 to April 2009. Since April 2009, he has been a board member of

Saint-Gobain Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. () is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris as the Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs, and today headquartered on the outskirts of Paris, at La Défense and in Courbevoie. Originally a ...

. Since January 2011, he has been a board member of

Insead INSEAD ( ; French: ''Institut européen d'administration des affaires'') is a non-profit business school with locations in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and North America (San Francisco, USA ...

. Since 2014, he has been a board member of Orchestre à l'Ecole.

Early life and education

Lemoine graduated from

HEC Paris HEC Paris () is a business school and ''grande école'' located in Jouy-en-Josas, a southwestern outer suburb of Paris, France. It offers Bachelor, MiM, MSc in International Finance, MBA, EMBA, executive education, professional developm ...

in 1986 and

Sciences Po Sciences Po () or Sciences Po Paris, also known as the Paris Institute of Political Studies (), is a public research university located in Paris, France, that holds the status of ''grande école'' and the legal status of . The university's unde ...

in 1987. He holds a law degree and is a graduate of

École nationale d'administration The (; ENA; ) was a French ''grande école'', created in 1945 by the then Provisional Government of the French Republic, provisional chief of government Charles de Gaulle and principal co-author of the Constitution of France, 1958 Constitution M ...

(Victor Hugo promotion).

Career in the public sector

From 1995 to 1997, Lemoine served as deputy chief of staff of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Jacques Barrot in the government of

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Alain Juppé Alain Marie Juppé (; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the c ...

, in charge of coordinating reform of the national health insurance system and hospital reform. At the same time he was a chargé de mission with the Secretary of State for Healthcare and the National Health Insurance system

Hervé Gaymard Hervé Gaymard (born 31 May 1960) is a French politician and a member of The Republicans conservative party. He served as the country's Minister of Finance from 30 November 2004 until his resignation on 25 February 2005. Gaymard attended S ...

. From May 2002 to June 2004, Lemoine was deputy General Secretary of the French Presidency with

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, in charge of economic and financial affairs and other areas. In 1992 and 1993, Lemoine headed the Institut du Coeur of Hô Chi Minh-City, in Vietnam, for a year. From 2004 to May 2011, he was General Secretary of the Fondation Alain Carpentier, which supports this hospital.

Career in the private sector

From 1998 to 2002, Lemoine was delegated CEO, then CFO of

Capgemini Capgemini SE is a French Multinational corporation, multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company, headquartered in Paris, France. History Capgemini was founded by Serge Kampf in 1967 as an enterprise management and d ...

, and then Group VP in charge of finance of Capgemini Ernst & Young. From October 2004 to May 2008, Lemoine was Senior Advisor to

McKinsey McKinsey & Company (informally McKinsey or McK) is an American multinational strategy and management consulting firm that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. Founded in 1926 by James O. McKinsey ...

. Since April 2009, he has been a board member of

. After the family controlled private equity group Wendel parted company with its chief executive Jean-Bernard Lafonta in 2009, Lemoine was appointed as his successor. He served in this position from April 2009 to December 2017. Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Lemoine publicly declared his support for

Valérie Pécresse Valérie Anne Émilie Pécresse (; Birth name, née Roux ; 14 July 1967) is a French politician who has been the President of the Regional Council (France), President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France since 2015. A member of The Republic ...

as the Republicans’ candidate and joined her campaign team.

Other activities

Corporate boards

* Lauxera Capital Partners, Special Advisor (since 2020) * Constantia Flexibles, Chairman of the Supervisory Board *

Bureau Veritas Bureau Veritas is a French company specialized in testing, inspection and certification founded in 1828. It operates in a variety of sectors, including building and infrastructure (27% of revenue), agri-food and commodities (23% of revenue), mar ...

, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors (2009-2013, 2017), Chairman of the Board of Directors (2013-2017) * Flamel Technologies, Member of the Board of Directors (2005-2017) *

Groupama SA Groupama, an abbreviation for Groupe des Assurances Mutuelles Agricoles (), is a French insurance group headquartered in Paris with operations in 10 countries. It is listed in the 2007 ICA Global 300 list of mutuals and cooperatives, ranke ...

, Member of the Board of Directors (2005-2012) * Legrand, Member of the Board of Directors (2009-2013) * Générale de Santé, Member of the Supervisory Board (2006-2009) *

Areva Areva S.A. was a French multinational group specializing in nuclear power, active between 2001 and 2018. It was headquartered in Courbevoie, France. Before its 2016 corporate restructuring, Areva was majority-owned by the French state through t ...

, Chairman of the Advisory Board (2005-2009) *

, Special Advisor (2004–2008)

Non-profit organizations

* Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA), Member of the Board (since 2018) *

INSEAD INSEAD ( ; French: ''Institut européen d'administration des affaires'') is a non-profit business school with locations in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and North America (San Francisco, USA ...

, Member of the Board (since 2011) *

Trilateral Commission The Trilateral Commission is a nongovernmental international organization aimed at fostering closer cooperation between Japan, Western Europe and North America. It was founded in July 1973, principally by American banker and philanthropist David ...

, Member of the European Group * Paris Europlace, Member of the Board of DirectorsBoard of Directors
Paris Europlace. * Fondation Alain Carpentier, Secretary General (2004-2013)

Recognition

Lemoine is a Knight of the National Order of Merit and a Knight of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

External links

Frédéric Lemoine's profile on Forbes.com

Frédéric Lemoine's executive profile and biography on Bloomberg BusinessWeek

* ttp://www.ft.com/cms/0aacfaf6-c818-11de-8ba8-00144feab49a.html "Wendel set to rejoin hunt for acquisitions", Financial Times - November 3, 2009
"Wendel Posts Jump in Asset Value on Saint-Gobain, Bureau Veritas", Bloomberg - December 2, 2010

"Frédéric Lemoine, privatisé" (Radio BFM - August 26, 2010)

Interview: Frédéric Lemoine, Chairman of Wendel's Executive Board, comments on the Group's Investor Day and discusses its strategy for 2010 - December 4, 2009

Interview: Frédéric Lemoine, Chairman of Wendel's Executive Board, comments on the Group's Investor Day and discusses its strategy for 2012 – December 2, 2011

* [http://eurobusinessmedia.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/wendel-chairman-of-the-executive-board-frederic-lemoine-comments-on-2012-first-half Interview: Frédéric Lemoine, Chairman of Wendel's Executive Board, comments on 2012 first halt results - September 3, 2012]
Interview: Frederic Lemoine, Chairman of Wendel's Executive Board on BFM TV - September 28th, 2013

A French group Wendel to conquer Africa, July 25th, 2013

Interview with Chairman of Wendel's Executive Board, Frédéric Lemoine for Wendel 2013 full year results, March, 28th, 2014

References

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