The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors
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L'Oréal's Board of Directors conducts its work in a collegial and ethical manner, in compliance with the law, regulations and recommendations.
As of April 29, 2025, the Board of Directors comprises 17 members: the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, three seats for the Bettencourt Meyers family and two for Nestlé, eight independent directors: Sophie Bellon, Patrice Caine, Fabienne Dulac, Aurélie Jean, Ilham Kadri, Alexandre Ricard, Jacques Ripoll, Isabelle Seillier and two directors representing employees: Thierry Hamel and Benny de Vlieger.
An elected representative of the Central Works Council, Catherine Olivry, also attends Board meetings in an advisory capacity.
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L'Oréal's directors come from diverse backgrounds. They complement each other through their different professional backgrounds, skills and nationalities. They have a good knowledge of the company. Directors are present, active and involved. These are all assets for the quality of the Board's deliberations and the decisions it is called upon to make.
As of April 29, 2025, the L'Oréal Board comprised 4 different nationalities, 40% women and 53% independent directors.
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Every year, the Board carries out a formal assessment of its composition, organization and operating procedures, as provided for in the AFEP-MEDEF Code, in order to verify that the agenda for its work covers the scope of its missions, that important issues have been properly prepared and discussed, and to measure the contribution of each member to the Board's work.
This assessment is carried out within the framework of the AFEP-MEDEF Code, to which the Company refers, and market recommendations such as those issued by the AMF. Based on a summary of prior individual discussions between the director and the Board Secretary, which are conducted on the basis of a guide incorporating the principles set out in the Code and its recommendations, the Board considers possible avenues for progress and, at the end of the debate, takes any measures for improvement it deems appropriate.
The Board of Directors at 23 April 2024
Jean-Paul Agon
Jean-Paul Agon
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Chairman of the Strategy and Sustainability Committee
Age: 68. Jean-Paul Agon, joined the L’Oréal Groupe in 1978. Following an international career as General Manager of the Consumer Products Division in Greece and of L’Oréal Paris in France, International Managing Director of Biotherm, General Manager of L’Oréal Germany, General Manager of the Asia Zone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of L’Oréal USA, Jean-Paul Agon was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of L’Oréal in 2005, and then Chief Executive Officer in April 2006, and finally Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2011. Since 1 May 2021, Jean-Paul Agon has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Jean-Paul Agon has been a Director of L’Oréal since 2006. Jean-Paul Agon is the Chairman of the L’Oréal Corporate Foundation.
Nicolas Hieronimus
Chief Executive Officer
Age: 61. Nicolas Hieronimus, joined the L’Oréal Groupe in 1987 and was appointed Marketing Director of Laboratoires Garnier in 1993. After an international career as a General Manager of the Garnier Maybelline Division in the United Kingdom, General Manager in France, then International General Manager of L’Oréal Paris and General Manager of L’Oréal Mexico, Nicolas Hieronimus was appointed as the General Manager of the L’Oréal Professional Products Division and joined the Executive Committee in 2008. In 2011, he was appointed President of L’Oréal Luxe, a role that he held until the end of 2018. In 2013, Nicolas Hieronimus became President of Selective Divisions (Luxe, Active Cosmetics, Professional Products). He was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Divisions in May 2017. Nicolas Hieronimus was appointed Chief Executive Officer of L’Oréal on 1 May 2021. He has been a Director of L’Oréal since April 2021 and is also Chairman of the L’Oréal Fund for Women and Director of the L’Oréal Corporate Foundation.
Jean-Victor Meyers
Jean-Victor Meyers
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Member of the Strategy and Sustainable Development Committee
Member of the Appointments and Governance Committee
Member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Age: 39. Jean-Victor Meyers, son of Françoise Bettencourt Meyers and Jean-Pierre Meyers, has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the family holding company Téthys since 2011 and member of the Supervisory Board of the investment subsidiary Téthys Invest. Jean-Victor Meyers has been a Director of L’Oréal since 2012.
Paul Bulcke
Paul Bulcke
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Member of the Strategy and Sustainability Committee
Member of the Nominations and Governance Committee
Member of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee
Age: 70. Paul Bulcke, of Belgian and Swiss nationality, after pursuing an international career at the highest level within the Nestlé group, holding various positions in Europe and Latin America, was in 2004 appointed Executive Vice President and Zone Director for zone Americas of Nestlé S.A., before becoming Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé S.A. from 2008 to 2016. Paul Bulcke has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nestlé since 2017. Paul Bulcke was a Director of L’Oréal from 2012 to June 2014 and then again since 2017.
Sophie Bellon
Sophie Bellon
Chairwoman of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee
Member of the Nominations and Governance Committee
Age: 63. Sophie Bellon, is Chairwoman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Sodexo. After a career in finance in the United States, she joined Sodexo in 1994, where she held various positions, including as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporate Services business unit of Sodexo France and as Research, Development and Innovation Strategy Manager of Sodexo. Sophie Bellon has been a Director of L’Oréal since 2015 and is the Chairwoman of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations and Governance Committee. She is also a Director of Pluxee NV.
Patrice Caine
Patrice Caine
Chairman of the Nominations and Governance Committee
Member of the Strategy and Sustainability Committee
Age: 55. Patrice Caine, 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.
Fabienne Dulac
Fabienne Dulac
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee
Age: 57. Fabienne Dulac, has been Deputy CEO and member at the Executive Committee at Eméis from October 2023 to February 2025, after a 26-year career at Orange group where she served as Chief Executive Officer of Orange France from 2015 until 2023 and was appointed Chief Transformation Officer of the Orange group and Orange Business Chairwoman. Fabienne Dulac has been a Director of L’Oréal since 2019 .
She is also a Director of the company La Française des Jeux.
Béatrice Guillaume-Grabisch
Member of the Audit Committee
Age: 60. Béatrice Guillaume-Grabisch, has been HR/IT & International Business Services Director in charge of special projects for the Nestlé group since 1 January 2025. She joined Nestlé in 2013 after a career in various consumer goods groups (Colgate-Palmolive, Beiersdorf, Johnson & Johnson, L'Oréal and The Coca-Cola Company). Within the Nestlé group she previously held the positions of Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé Germany until December 2018, then Group Executive Vice President and Global Head of Human Resources and Business Services until December 2024. Béatrice Guillaume-Grabisch has been a Director of L’Oréal since 2016.
Thierry Hamel
Member of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee
Age: 70. Thierry Hamel, joined the L’Oréal Groupe in 1979. He has spent a large part of his career in the Professional Products Division, where he currently serves as Project Manager – Sales Excellence, Onboarding and Training for the sales functions of the Professional Products Division in France.
Thierry Hamel was appointed Director representing the employees in April 2022 by the CFE-CGC union for a four-year term
Aurélie Jean
Member of the Board of Directors
Age: 42. Aurélie Jean, holds a doctorate in science and is a graduate of Sorbonne University, ENS Paris Saclay and Mines ParisTech, as well as having studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She has spent a large part of her career in applied digital sciences (Michelin, MIT, ParaSim – a virtual reality-based simulator, Bloomberg). In 2016, she founded In Silico Veritas, an algorithmic and data development and consulting company, where she is Chief Executive Officer. She is also the co‑founder, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Co-CEO of INFRA, a start-up that uses artificial intelligence to detect breast cancer at an early stage.
Aurélie Jean has been a Director of L’Oréal since 2025.
Ilham Kadri
Member of the Strategy and Sustainable Development Audit Committee
Age: 56. Ilham Kadri, is Chief Executive Officer of Syensqo, an international speciality chemicals group focused on innovation and sustainability formed from the spin-off of the Solvay group in December 2023. Until that date, she was Chief Executive Officer of the Solvay group and chaired its Executive Committee from 2019. She was previously Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of the American company Diversey, having held responsibilities in research and development, sales, marketing, strategy, business management and digital in leading industrial companies (Shell, UCB, Dow, Sealed Air, etc.). She is also a Director of A.O. Smith Corporation.
Ilham Kadri has been a Director of L’Oréal since 2020.
Nicolas Meyers
Nicolas Meyers
Member of the Appointments and Governance Committee
Member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Age: 37. Nicolas Meyers, son of Françoise Bettencourt Meyers and Jean-Pierre Meyers, Member of the Supervisory Board of the family-owned holding company Téthys since 2011, member of the Supervisory Board of the investment subsidiary Téthys Invest since 2016, and Director of the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation since 2012. Nicolas Meyers has been a Director of L’Oréal since 2020.
Alexandre Ricard
Alexandre Ricard
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee
Age: 53. Alexandre Ricard, has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pernod Ricard since February 2015. He joined Pernod Ricard in 2003 after seven years as a strategy consultant at Accenture and as an M&A consultant at Morgan Stanley. In 2004, he was appointed Chief Financial and Administration Officer of Irish Distillers, and then in 2006, Chief Executive Officer of Pernod Ricard Asia Duty Free. In 2008, he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Irish Distillers and joined the Executive Committee of Pernod Ricard. In 2011, he joined Pernod Ricard's General Management as Managing Director, Distribution Network, before being appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 2012 then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2015. Alexandre Ricard has been a Director of L’Oréal since 2021.
Jacques Ripoll
Jacques Ripoll
President of the Audit Committee
Membre du Comité des Ressources Humaines et des Rémunérations
Age: 59. Jacques Ripoll, is a member of the Supervisory Board of Eren Groupe and has spent a large part of his career in banking and finance. After a spell at Société Générale from 1991 to 2013, he joined Banco Santander as Chief Executive Officer responsible for investment banking. In 2018, he was appointed Deputy CEO of Crédit Agricole in charge of the "Key accounts" division. In 2022, he joined Eren Groupe, which puts technological innovation to the service of the natural resources economy by supporting entrepreneurs in developing innovative technological solutions to help advance the transition to clean energy. He is also a Director at CMA CGM Group. Jacques Ripoll has been a Director of L’Oréal since April 2024.
Isabelle Seillier
Isabelle Seillier
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominations and Governance Committee
Age: 65. Isabelle Seillier, Vice-Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM, French Foundation for Medical Research) since May 2024, she has worked in investment banking for most of her career. After spending the first six years of her career with Société Générale, in 1993 she joined JP Morgan, where she worked until 2024. In 2008, she became the Chairwoman for France and North Africa, and in 2016 she was appointed Vice-Chairwoman of Investment Banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In 2019, she took up the position of Chairwoman of Investment Banking, serving in this post until January 2024.
Société Téthys
Société Téthys
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Strategy and Sustainable Development Committee
Age: 29. Téthys is the holding company of the Bettencourt Meyers family, L'Oréal's main shareholder. Téthys is chaired by Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, and Jean-Pierre Meyers serves as its Chief Executive Officer.
Téthys has designated Alexandre Benais as its representative. Alexandre Benais, 49, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Téthys which he joined in 2016, having previously been a managing partner of Lazard from 2011.
Benny de Vlieger
Age: 61. Benny de Vlieger, joined L’Oréal Belgium in 1989, having previously worked in the Delhaize group. He is a Sales Representative for the Consumer Products Division in Belgium. Benny de Vlieger was appointed Director representing the employees in April 2022 by L’Oréal’s European Works Council (Instance Européenne de Dialogue Social) for a four-year term.
Summary table
| Board Committees | ||||||
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| Independence | Expiry date of current tenure | Strategy and Sustainability Development | Audit | Appointments and Governance | HR & Remuneration | |
| Jean-Paul Agon | 2026 | Chairman / Chairwoman | ||||
| Nicolas Hieronimus | 2025 | |||||
| Jean-Victor Meyers | 2028 | Member | Member | Member | ||
| Paul Bulcke | 2025 | Member | Member | Member | ||
| Sophie Bellon | Independence | 2027 | Member | Chairman / Chairwoman | ||
| Patrice Caine | Independence | 2026 | Member | Chairman / Chairwoman | ||
| Fabienne Dulac | Independence | 2027 | Member | Member | ||
| Béatrice Guillaume-Grabisch | 2028 | Member | ||||
| Thierry Hamel | 2026 | Member | ||||
| Aurélie Jean | 2029 | |||||
| Ilham Kadri | Independence | 2028 | Member | |||
| Nicolas Meyers | 2028 | Member | Member | |||
| Alexandre Ricard | Independence | 2025 | Member | Member | ||
| Jacques Ripoll | Independence | 2028 | Chairman / Chairwoman | Member | ||
| Isabelle Seillier | 2029 | Member | Member | |||
| Société Téthys | 2029 | Member | Member | |||
| Benny de Vlieger | 2026 | |||||
