2024 universal registration document

2. Corporate governance

Patrice Caine 

Age: 54 

French 

Expiry date of term of office: 2026

Chairman of the Nominations and Governance Committee

Member of the Strategy and Sustainability Committee

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Thales group since December 2014, after holding management positions in various operating units (Air and Naval, Communication, Navigation and Identification,Air Systems, Radio‑Communication Products, Network and Infrastructure Systems and Protection Systems) from 2002 to 2013.

Patrice Caine has been a Director of L’Oréal since 2018.

  • Business address: Thales - 4, rue de la Verrerie - 92190 Meudon
  • Holds 1,000 L’Oréal shares
Main corporate office held outside L’Oréal
Thales* Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer
Other corporate offices and directorships held
French company  
Naval Group (formerly DCNS) Director
Other  
National Association for Research and Technology
(ANRT)
Chairman
France Industrie (created out of the merger between Cercle de l’Industrie and Industrial Federations Group) Vice-Chairman
French Aerospace and Defense Industries Association (GIFAS) Vice-Chairman
Corporate offices and directorships held over the last five years that have expired
None    
Skills related to L’Oréal’s strategy and development objectives
  • Experience of General Management
  • International profile
  • Knowledge of consumers
  • Financial expertise
  • Research & Innovation/Industrial expertise
  • HR/employee relations
  • ESG including Governance and Development of an
    ESG strategy for an international group