CAREER
Since 2005 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Vivendi Universal
2002 - 2005 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vivendi Universal
1999 - 2002 Vice-Chairman of the Management Board and Managing Director of Aventis (created by the merger of Hoechst and Rhône-Poulenc)
1986-1999 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rhône-Poulenc Group (Chemicals and pharmaceuticals)
1977-1986 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Bossard Group (Management and communications consultancy)
1972-1977 Chief Executive Officer of Bossard Consultants
1963-1972 Consulting engineer in organizational management at Bossard & Michel
EDUCATION
1960 - 1963 Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board, AXA Group (FR)
Board member, Sanofi-Aventis (FR)
Board member, Capgemini S.A.S. (FR)
Board member, NBC Universal (USA)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Canal + Group (FR)
Board member, Maroc Télécom ( Morocco)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Chairman then Honorary Chairman of the French Movement for Quality (1992-1994).
Chairman then Honorary Chairman of the Association of Companies for the Environment (1992-1993).
Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (2003-2004), presently Honorary Chairman.
He was also a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) from 1996 to 2004 and co-founder of Entreprise & Cité (1983).
DISTINCTIONS
Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
Commander of the National Order of Merit (France)
Elected European Businessman of the Year by the American magazine Forbes (2003)
International Leadership Award (United States Council for International Business, 2004).
PUBLICATION
«La passion d’entreprendre», Editions Organisation, 1985.