ADLPartner is a French Joint Stock Company (société anonyme) with a Management Board and a Supervisory Board.
>> THE SUPERVISORY BOARD
The Supervisory Board was appointed for a six-year term by the Extraordinary General Meeting of 21 December 2005.
Mrs Robin Smith**
Vice-Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board
M. Andrew Goldberg Permanent representative of
Publishers Clearing House
Standing, from left to right
Seated, from left to right
Mr Thierry Lovenbach*, M. Michel Gauthier*,
Mr Jacques Spriet, M. William H. Low,
Mr Olivier Mellerio*, M. Xavier Bouton**
Mrs Isabelle Laurioz, Mrs Claire Brunel,
Mr Philippe Vigneron** (Chairman of the Supervisory Board),
Mrs Deborah Holland
* Members of the Audit Committee
** Members of the Compensation Committee
>> THE MANAGEMENT BOARD
The terms of office of the members of the Management Board were renewed for two years by the Meeting of the Supervisory Board of 22 June 2007.
Jean Marie Vigneron
Chairman of
the Management Board
After graduating with an IT Masters Degree from the Ecole Centrale de Paris and a Masters in Science from the University of Stanford, Jean-Marie Vigneron joined Oracle as an engineer.
In 1993, he became laboratory manager with Thomson and then, in 1997, after having taken an MBA course at the INSEAD, he was appointed Associate Principal at McKinsey.
Jean-Marie Vigneron joined ADLPartner in 2004, where he became Chairman of the Management Board in 2005.
Olivier Riès
Managing Director
Member of the
Management Board
With a Masters Degree in Management Sciences from the Université Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, Olivier Riès joined RadioTechnique in 1982 as head of cash management. In 1985, he went to work for TRT-TI as management controller. He has been with ADLPartner since 1987 and is currently Managing Director France and a Member of the Management Board.
>> MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
Olivier Porte Deputy Managing Director responsible for the Sales Division and Development
After graduating with a law degree and then from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce ESLSCA in Paris, Olivier Porte joined ADLPartner in 1996 where, after having obtained a CPA-MBA from HEC, he now holds the position of Deputy Managing Director responsible for the Sales Division and Development.
Isabelle Monset
Deputy Managing Director responsible for the
Marketing Division
Isabelle Monset has a degree in Applied Foreign Languages for business and a Masters Degree in Information and Communication from the CELSA. She joined ADLPartner in 1986 and she now holds the position of Deputy Managing Director responsible for the Marketing Division.
Pierre Gautier Deputy Managing Director responsible for
the Finance Division
A graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris, and holding a DECS (Post-Graduate Accounting Studies Certificate), Pierre Gautier joined Cabinet Deloitte, Haskins & Sells in 1974 as Senior Auditor, before moving on, in 1977, to Cabinet Robert Mazars as audit assignment manager.
He joined ADLPartner in 1980 and is currently Deputy Managing Director responsible for the Finance Division.
Thierry Vasseur Information Systems Director
A former student of the Ecole Centrale de Lille, Thierry Vasseur began his professional career with Alten SI in 1996 before joining Gallius Informatique as Project Manager in 1997. In 1999, he joined IORGA as Project Manager. He moved to ADLPartner in 2004 where he holds the position of Information Systems Director.
Michel Fagot Human Resources Director
A former student of the Ecole Supérieure d’Informatique-Electronique-Automatique (ESIEA in Paris) and holding a DESS (Specialised Post-Graduate Studies Certificate) in General Management from the IAE de Paris, Michel Fagot joined Didot-Bottin as a Sales Engineer in 1978. In 1989, he went to work for the magazine L’Hôtellerie as Secretary-General.
He joined ADLPartner in 1990 and he now holds the position of Human Resources Director.
>> GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES
As regards governance, the Supervisory Board adopted the text of by-laws at its Meeting of 31 March 2006 and resolved to create two specialised committees, devoted respectively to audit and compensation.
It is hereby specified that the Supervisory Board has four independent members, i.e. from outside the management bodies of ADLPartner or Publishers Clearing House and the related families.
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The audit committee has three members, two of whom are independent.
MANAGERS’ COMPENSATION POLICY
The different conditions applied to the senior executives’ compensation are based on recommendations received from the specialist firm, Towers Perrin, and refer to the market conditions applying to companies carrying on their business in similar circumstances to those of ADLPartner.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDITORS
GRANT THORNTON French member of Grant Thornton International
Gilles Hengoat, Partner
BOISSIÈRE EXPERTISE AUDIT
Tita A. Zeïtoun, Partner
