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Graduate of the Lyon Ecole de Management [Business School] (EM), he began his career in the Telecoms and & Multimedia sector. Joining Vivendi Universal Net in 2001, he successively occupied the positions of Product Manager and Key Accounts Manager until 2003.

In 2004, he joined the activity Electronics of LACROIX as Strategic Marketing Manager and Chief Executive Officer in 2006. In September 2013, he became LACROIX Chief Executive Officer. In October 2015, he became the Chairman of the Board. Since July 26, 2018, he has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

From 2017 to 2024, Vincent was named president of the WE Network, a cluster that aims at bringing together the actors in the Western electronics network. In May 2018, he took over the Vice Presidency of the French Strategic Industry Committee dedicated to the electronics industry.

Joined the Supervisory Board in 2010, which in July 2018 became the Board of Directors.

Founder and President & Chief Executive Officer of Niji, providing guidance and Technology for the digital transformation of businesses.

After schooling in Strasbourg, he joined Sup Telecom Paris. In 1988, the young engineer joined the public service. He was Officer for Posts and Telecommunications – today Orange – first in Egypt and then in Paris. In the private sector, he honed his experience at Sema Group. In September 2001, he co-founded Niji simultaneously in Rennes, where he still has his registered office, and in Paris.

In 2011 and 2013 arrived two companies: Kurmi-Software, a software company already in existence in the United States, and Ikumbi-Solutions, the preferred partner of the giant Sales Force. This added nearly 100 valuable employees to the group.

Hugues Meili divides his time between Paris and Rennes, where he is also Chairman of the Board of Bretagne Developpement Innovation and involved in numerous businesses and initiatives, economic and innovative.

Joined the Supervisory Board in 2018, which in July 2018 became the Board of Directors.

Group CSR and Quality Director at EMEIS New tab

For 6 years she was President & Chief Executive Officer of Docapost (subsidiary of the La Poste group, 450M€ turnover, 4,500 employees).

After initial experience at Arthur Anderson, she joined the La Poste group in 1994.
In particular, she occupied the position of deputy Chief Executive Officer of Courrier, as industry director, where she piloted Courrier’s large restructuring projects and production process re-engineering.

As Industry Director, she ensured the non-executive presidency of two logistical holdings of the La Poste group and piloted the purchase grouping for electric vehicles (“Bailly” plan).
With Docapost, she has presided over a dozen Boards of Directors.

She has also served on the supervisory board of the Xange Private Equity, a La Poste group capital investment company and on the Supervisory Board of La Banque Postale IARD.
In the name of Docapost, she has served on the board of directors of the professional association Syntec Numérique, where she presided over the publishers.
She is a member of the CCIR Ile de France and chair of the management board of the CNAM Abbé Grégoire foundation.
As an independent director, she is member of the supervisory board of Inside Secure, Euronext, one of the leaders in on-board solutions and mobile transaction security and in IoT, and of Akka Technologies, Euronext, one of the European leaders in engineering and technology consulting.

Muriel is very active in the Finance Innovation hub, where she has co-piloted several working groups and contributed to the white papers “bien vieillir à l’heure du digital [watch for the digital hour]”, “Big data et assurances [Big data and insurance] and “Banque & Fintech: enjeux d’innovation dans la Banque de Détail [Fintech Bank: innovation challenges in the Retail Bank]”. Muriel Barnéoud is a graduate of the IEP [Institute for Political Studies] Paris and the ENSPTT [post and telecommunications school] and holds a DESS degree in financial management and taxation.

Distinctions
Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour.

Joined the Supervisory Board in 2018, which in July 2018 became the Board of Directors.

Outsourced Director of Human Resources at Bras Droit des Dirigeants New tab, France’s 1st network of outsourced executives on a timeshare basis.

After initial experience as an HR consultant, then HR Research Manager in the auto-mobile sector, she pursued her career in the cosmetics sector at Bourjois then Chanel Parfums Beauté as Human Resources Manager.
She joined the Stelia Group in 2010 as Human Resources Director and then HR Group Operations. In 2014, she joined the Airbus aeronautic production facility at Saint-Nazaire as DHR. Since December 2016, Ariane Malbat has been Human Resources Director of Seris Security, 1^st French Group in the market in security of people and property. She becomes Outsourced Human Resources Director at Bras Droit Des Dirigeants in 2023.

With a masters in “organisation and human resources”, Ariane MALBAT has solid experience in human resources, from a variety of sector.

Joined the Board of Directors in 2024.

A sustainability strategy consultant, Christine supports companies wishing to measure their performance while taking full account of environmental and social issues.

A graduate of ESSEC Business School, she brings with her over three decades of experience in corporate finance. With a career spanning more than 20 years as CFO, she has worked for a variety of sectors, from listed companies to fast-growing startups, LBO groups and family businesses.

Christine Lioret began her career in 1992 in financial auditing at KPMG. She subsequently broadened her field of action, holding key positions in a variety of sectors, including corporate services (in foodservices with companies such as Compass Group, Score Groupe and Sodexo, and in BtoB SaaS software with Easilys and Smartway), industry (with Sperian Protection, specializing in personal protective equipment) and BtoC intermediation (with Smartbox and Sushi Shop).

Since 2017, she has sat on the Board of Directors of LNA Santé, where she also chairs the Audit Committee , demonstrating her ability to make a significant contribution to corporate governance. In addition, as non-executive Chairman of IM Partenaires, a collective of investors in Imagination Machine, she plays an active role in strategic investment decisions. Christine was also involved with the startup community as a member of the Board of Directors of La Cantine numérique Nantes, where she was able to lend her support to the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Graduate of EDHEC Lille, with a major in Audit and Management Control, he began his professional career with Salustro Reydel, where he specialized in audit companies working in the field of road construction.
In 2005, he joined LACROIX and created the Audit and Internal Control department, allowing him to broaden his knowledge of each of the Group’s divisions. During this period, he also carried out support missions in Management Control or Group Treasury Management.
In 2010 he took over the Group’s Financial management. Since 26 July 2018, he has been Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice-President Finance.

Ronald Vrancken holds a Master of Electro-mechanical Engineering from the KUL in Belgium, and is a graduate of the IEFSI in Lille, where he obtained a European MBA. He was previously Country-CEO of Siemens Luxembourg. Over the course of his career, he has held a number of key positions within the Siemens Group worldwide, in the automotive, process industry and water sectors, giving him a comprehensive, international and multicultural managerial profile.

He joins LACROIX on September 1, 2019 as Executive General Manager of the Environment activity.

As a graduate of Centrale Paris and holder of an MBA from INSEAD, Louis POURDIEU has more than 25 years of experience in operational departments of major groups in the automotive sector — for companies such as Faurecia and Valeo — where he held the position of CEO of the JV between Valeo and Siemens in the field of high voltage transmission components.

He joined LACROIX in September 2022 as Executive Managing Director of the Electronics activity.

Graduate of ESEO Angers, Ronan began his career in 2010 as an embedded systems engineer at Delta Dore.
For 10 years, he successively held the positions of Embedded Software Developer, Project Manager, Architect and then R&D Director, contributing to the development of the Group’s IoT platform.
He joined LACROIX in 2020 as Lead Architect, where he was in charge of solution architecture for the City activity and development of the Group’s IoT platform.
In 2023, he became R&D Director of the Street Lightening Business Unit of LACROIX’s City activity, then R&D Director of the City activity.
He took up the position of Executive VP R&D in November 2023.

Valérie has a degree in International Business Law and began her career as a consultant for the OECD. She then joined Candle Corporation as Legal Manager for France & Benelux, then Hewlett Packard and Microsoft as International Senior Attorney. In 2009, she became Contract Legal Director and then Vice President of International Affairs and Sustainable Development for Dassault Systèmes Group.
Valérie Valais is also the Administratror for Cercle Montesquieu[1] and serves as a French Foreign Trade Advisor.

She joined LACROIX in May 2021.

[1] Cercle Montesquieu brings together men and women, Legal Directors and General Secretaries from private or public companies, associations and recognized institutions.

Graduate of management sciences at the University of Nantes and in finance and European tax at IAE Poitiers, Thomas has been with LACROIX since the beginning of his career.
After a final year internship at LACROIX Signalisation (which then became LACROIX Road Signs Business Unit) in 1992, he joined the subsidiary DUARIB as management controller. Between 1994 and 2000, he occupied various positions within LACROIX City Trafic Business Unit, the Environment and Electronics activities, the latter of which he became Vice-President in charge of management control and human resources in 2004. He was involved in the opening of the Tunisian premises and in the acquisition of LACROIX Electronics Solutions engineering department as well as LACROIX Electronics Gmbh subsidiary in Germany.
He joined the Group in April 2017 as Director of Human Resources and became Executive VP, Human Resources in July 2018.

With a postgraduate degree in Mathematics from Paris Dauphine University, Sophie has over 27 years’ experience within the Renault Group.
After starting her career in internal audit and project purchasing, Sophie joined the Group’s Engineering Division as Head of Mechanical Product Communication in 2005.
At the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, Sophie was successively appointed Market & Customer Intelligence Europe and then Director of Communications for Renault Group Engineering.
In 2021, Sophie has been appointed by the CEO of Renault Group to build cross-functional communication on the impact of Software on the company. She then took charge of the customer experience for recharging services, within the Ampère entity dedicated to electric vehicles.
She joined LACROIX in March 2024 as EVP Communication.

Graduate of the Compiègne University of Technology, including a year in Berlin, Loïc began his career in software publishing for the mass market.
From 1997 to 2012 he held management positions in IT teams for Bonduelle and Yves Rocher in Europe. He also managed missions and projects at an international level in Europe, Asia and America, particularly in the digital marketing field.
In 2012 he joined the activity Electronics of LACROIX team at Saint-Pierre-Montlimart where he helped to align the Information System with business growth objectives and supporting digital initiatives.

He joined the Group in February 2015, retaining his position of IT Services Director and becoming Executive VP, Information Systems, in July 2018.