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Directors and Management

Members of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of Kaufman & Broad SA currently comprises the following eight members who provide the Group with a broad range of complementary skills sets and experience.

Internal rules of the board of Directors

Chief executive officer

Guy NAFILYAN

Kaufman & Broad SA
127 avenue Charles de Gaulle
92207 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex
  • First elected: 01/11/1983
  • Term of office expires: 2010
  • Number of K&B shares held: 20 000
  • Main position held outside the Company
  • Other directorships and positions held
  • Other information
    Guy Nafilyan joined the Group in January 1977 as Chief Executive Officer after a career as an attorney before the Paris Court of Appeals. He was appointed Chairman of Kaufman & Broad SA in 1983.

Directors

András BOROS

PAI partners
43, Avenue de l'Opéra
75002 Paris
  • First elected: 12/03/2007
  • Term of office expires: 2009
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Investment Officer
  • Other directorships and positions held
  • Other information

Yves GALLAND

The Boeing Company
75 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris
  • First elected: 04/28/2004
  • Term of office expires: 2010
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Chairman of Boeing France and Vice-Chairman of International Relations for Boeing since 2003
  • Other directorships and positions held
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Europe Assistance between 2000 and 2003.
  • Other information
    Mr. Galland is a member of the Paris Council. Mr. Galland was Minister for local governments from 1986 to 1988, Minister of Industry in 1995 and Minister for Finance and Foreign Trade from 1995 to 1997.

Antoine JEANCOURT-GALIGNANI

AGF
87 rue de Richelieu
75002 Paris
  • First elected: 01/21/2000
  • Term of office expires: 2009
  • Number of K&B shares held: 860
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Euro Disney SCA
  • Other directorships and positions held
    Director of Total, Société Générale and AGF since 1994.
    Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Euro Disney SCA (member since 1989). Director of Gecina since 2000 and Société des Immeubles de France since 2002.
    Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SNA group since 1998. Member of the Supervisory Board of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG since 2004 and of Oddo & Cie SCA since 2003.
  • Other information
    Antoine Jeancourt-Galignani was a director of KB Home Corporation from 1989 to 1997 and Chairman of Gecina from 2001 to 2005.

Sophie LOMBARD

PAI partners
43 Avenue de l'Opéra
75002 Paris
  • First elected: 07/10/2007
  • Term of office expires: 2009
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Senior at PAI partners
  • Other directorships and positions held
    Director of Chr. Hansen Holding and Financière Star 2 since 2005, of Financière Stoeffler and Stoeffler since 2003
  • Other information
    Sophie Lombard joined PAI partners in 2001. Prior to that, she spent three years with Société Générale, in the capital market department for derivative products, and four years with Deutsche Bank in the LBO department in London and Paris.

Alain de POUZILHAC

France 24
245 rue de Nations Unies
92445 Issy-les-Moulineaux
Cedex
  • First elected: 04/30/2003
  • Term of office expires: 2009
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Chairman of the Management Board of France 24
  • Other directorships and positions held
    Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Molifror Loisir Développement since March 2006. Director of UGC since June 2006.
  • Other information
    In 1982, Alain de Pouzilhac was appointed Chairman and CEO of Havas and began developing Havas Conseil's business in Europe.
    In the early 1990s, he masterminded the merger between Eurocom and RSCG to create Euro RSCG Worldwide and became the new company's Chairman and CEO.
    In 1996, he set up the Havas Advertising parent company, which became Havas in 2002.
    In December 2005, he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Chaîne Française d'Information Internationale (France 24).

Frédéric STÉVENIN

PAI partners
43 Avenue de l'Opéra
75002 Paris
  • First elected: 07/10/2007
  • Term of office expires: 2009 (1)
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Partner, Responsible for the consumer goods team at PAI partners
  • Other directorships and positions held
    Director of PAI partners UK since 2001, of Financière DV, Sodima, Yoplait, Yoplait France and Yoplait Marques Intl since 2002, Financière Stoeffler and Stoeffler since 2003, Saeco Int, El Gringo Invst, and Giro since 2004, Financière Star 1 and Chr. Hansen Holding since 2005 as well as United Biscuits Topco Ltd since 2006.
  • Other information
    Frédéric Stévenin joined PAI partners for the first time in 1993 and worked five years in the agro-foods division. In 1998, he joined the LBO department of Deutsche Bank as a Director and then Managing Director.
    Frédéric Stévenin returned to PAI partners in June 2001. Prior to that, he spent four years in the Private Banking division of Paribas.

Olivier DE VREGILLE

PAI Partners
43 avenue de l’Opéra
75101 Paris cedex 02
  • First elected: 09/29/2009
  • Term of office expires: 2012
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Partner and member of the Capital Goods & Services Group at PAI partners
  • Other directorships and positions held
    Directors of SPIE SA (Cergy Pontoise), Financière Spie SA (Paris) and Xella International GmbH (Allemagne)
  • Other information
    Olivier de Vregille joined PAI partners in 1983. From 1983 to 1996, he was in charge of advisory services and investments in the construction, transportation, security, engineering, environment and infrastructure sectors. Since 1996, he has been specifically in charge of investments in the energy and construction sectors. Olivier de Vregille has been involved in a number of transactions including Eiffage, Antargaz, Saur, Spie, Monier (previously Lafarge Roofing) and Xella. Prior to PAI partners, Olivier de Vregille had worked with Paribas Capital Markets. Olivier de Vregille graduated from Ecole Polytechnique (1975), from ENSAE (1980) and from Centre de Perfectionnement dans l’Administration des Affaires (CPA 1994).

Lionel ZINSOU

PAI partners
43 Avenue de L’Opéra
75101 Paris cedex 02
  • First elected: 09/29/2009
  • Term of office expires: 2010
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Chairman and Chief Executive of PAI Partners
  • Other directorships and positions held
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  • Other information
    Lionel Zinsou joined PAI Partners in 2008. He started his professional career as a lecturer and a professor in economics at Paris University and was a member of the department of Industry’s Ministerial Office and of the Prime Minister’s office. In 1986, Lionel Zinsou joined Danone where he held various positions including Group Corporate Development Director, Managing Director of HP and Lea & Perrins and member of the Group Executive Committee. In 1997, Lionel Zinsou joined the Rothschild Bank as General Partner; he was the Head of the Consumer Products Group, the Head of Middle East and Africa and a member of the Global Investment Bank Committee. He was appointed Chairman and CEO of PAI Partners in 2009.
    Lionel Zinsou graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure (1975). He holds a master’s degree in Economic History and an “Agregation” in Economics and social.
(1) Coopted by the Board of Directors on 10 July 2007. Ratification at the Shareholders' Meeting of December, 3, 2007.
(2) Nominated at the Shareholders' Meeting of December, 3, 2007.

Management Committee

As of January, 4th, 2010

Guy NAFILYAN

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  • After a career as an attorney before the Paris Court of Appeals with a law firm specialized in real estate and corporate law, Guy Nafilyan joined Kaufman & Broad in 1977 as Chief Executive Officer with particular responsibility for expanding the housing business in France. In 1983, he was appointed Chairman of Kaufman & Broad France, and in 1986 became Senior Vice President of Kaufman & Broad Home Corporation, the Company’s parent which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Nafilyan was elected as a director of Kaufman & Broad Home Corporation in 1987, and appointed Executive Vice President of the company in 1992. In 2000, he oversaw Kaufman & Broad SA's initial public offering on the Paris Bourse and has since led the Company’s expansion both in the Greater Paris area and in France’s other regions.

Bruno COCHE

Senior Vice President
Finance

  • Bruno Coche holds a law degree as well as a diploma from Institut d’Etudes Politiques Bordeaux in economics and finance. He joined Sediver in 1989 as Treasury Manager and later served as head of Administrative and Financial Services in the Marketing Division France/Export. In 1996, he moved to Giraud, where as head of Treasury and Financing for Europe he contributed to the company’s development and its top-line operations. He joined Kaufman & Broad in June 2002 as Director of Treasury and Financing. In that capacity, he played a key role in the company’s expansion and helped to build its financing structure. Mr. Coche was appointed Senior Vice President Finance and a member of the Management Committee in December 2009.

Jean-François DEMARIS

Senior Vice President,
Human Resources
  • After earning a Master's degree in economics, Jean-François Demaris began his career with Alcatel, where he was in charge of economic and human resources research for the company’s regional plants. He was then appointed as Divisional Head of Insurance and Asset Management, and Head of Administrative Services for a documentation unit. In 1982, he joined the optronics division of CGE as Human Resources Director, where he oversaw the merger and restructuring of several companies. In 1989, he joined SAFT as Human Resources Director for the international Power Electronics division, where he worked on organizational development, HR projects, and the development of a manufacturing culture. In 1993, he became Human Resources Director for Alcatel Data Networks, a Franco-American joint venture specialized in data network products and services, before serving as Director of Management Development for an Alcatel division. Mr. Demaris joined Kaufman & Broad SA as Vice President, Human Resources in January 2000, when he was also appointed to the Management Committee. He was named Senioir Vice President, Human Resources in January 2007.

Marc NAFILYAN

Senior Vice President
  • After earning a law degree, Marc Nafilyan began his career in 1987 with an independent developer in Paris. He joined Coprim in 1993 as land developer focusing on the Paris - Île-de-France region. In 2005, he co-founded the company Pyramide Promotion Immobilière and worked closely with Kaufman & Broad. In 2007 he joined Kaufman & Broad as head of the Nice agency, before becoming Regional Vice President Provence - Côte d'Azur in 2008. He has been a member of the Management Committee since January 2009 and Senior Vice President in charge of Île-de-France since January 2009.

William TRUCHY

Senior Vice President
  • After earning a degree in business, William Truchy began his career in real estate in 1980, working for an agency in Nancy, before joining Promogim in 1982. He was head of sales in Burgundy and the Rhône-Alpes region, and subsequently Sales Director for the Provence Côte d'Azur, Bordeaux and Toulouse regions. He was appointed National Sales Director in 1987 and then Senior Vice President in 1989. Mr. Truchy joined Kaufman & Broad in March 2003 as Sales and Marketing Director for the Ile-de-France region. He was appointed Senior Vice President, Marketing in January 2005, and currently leads the Sales and Marketing and Showroom processes for operations in Paris and the Ile-de-France area. He has been a member of the Management Committee since December 2004 and Senior Vice President, Marketing, France since December 2006.

Patrick ZAMO

Senior Vice President
  • With a Works Management degree from Ecole Supérieure des Travaux Publics, Patrick Zamo joined Bouygues as an on-site foreman in 1971 before moving in 1976 to Kaufman & Broad, where he oversaw the construction of single-family homes. He was appointed Building Production Director in 1983 and then Technical Director in 1988. In July 1991 he became Senior Vice President of Kaufman & Broad Homes in charge of production. In 2002 he was appointed Regional Vice President, Ile-de-France, and tasked with overseeing the Project Design department for communities of single-family homes in France. Mr. Zamo has been a member of the Management Committee since July 1991 and Regional Vice President, Ile-de-France Apartments since December 2006.