The Board of Directors
The governance of the CNRS Foundation is overseen by a 12-member Board of Directors, which defines the Foundation’s general policy, sets its strategic priorities, approves the budgets, and signs off on the financial statements.
It comprises three groups of four members each: four founders, four qualified persons, and four institutional partners. This new governance structure will combine perspectives and expertise to support the CNRS Foundation’s ambitions and strengthen its efforts to promote research, innovation and scientific projects, both in France and internationally.
Founders
Deputy CEO for Science
Professor at the Collège de France
Ambassador of France
Former Chairman
and CEO of the CNRS
President of the Board of Directors
Institutional partners
Director of Scientific Philanthropy,
Fondation Bettencourt Schueller
President of the Fondation du Collège de France
Secretary General of the Max Planck Society and Board Member of the Max Planck Foundation
Vice President of the Simons Foundation
Qualified persons
Chief Sustainability and Institutional Affairs Officer, Kering
Former Managing Director of a Foundation
Deputy Director for Partnerships and Technology Transfer to the Director of Energy Programmes, CEA
Member of the Executive Committee
Actuary
Treasurer of the Executive Committee
Senior Vice President Research & Development, TotalEnergies OneTech
Financial Committee
The Financial Committee assists the Board of Directors in the financial management of the Foundation.
It is consituted of 3 members designated because of their expertise in the field concerned. It proposes to the Board of Directors an investment policy for the assets available to the Foundation and monitors it.
Financial Committee:
Damien Renaud, Banque Lazard
Françoise Rochette,Treasurer
Pierre Saboureault, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE