A CHANGE IN GOVERNANCE
FOR MORE RESPONSIVE MANAGEMENT
As part of our work on governance, we have conducted an in-depth review of how it works. The basics remain the same. The President/Managing Director partnership remains a keystone of cooperative governance. This separation of responsibilities is an essential balancing factor.
In order to achieve greater efficiency in monitoring and implementing our action plans, we have opted for greater specialisation among our administrators. A number of committees – Strategic Research, Remuneration, Audit, Ethics – have been set up to help administrators focus more on certain matters.
In addition, regional management has been strengthened through the appointment of three Regional Vice-presidents and the creation of Bassins de Vie. The aim is to keep our policies as close as possible to our farmers’ expectations, within the specific conditions of our four territories in the Agricultural Division.
The two main management bodies are the Board of Directors, elected by representatives of the 12,000 members from the South-West, and the Executive Committee, comprising the Managing Director and the seven main Euralis directors.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS OFFICERS
Guarantors of the cooperative approach
It comprises 21 cooperative directors, 1 non-cooperative partner and 5 trainees, all of them farmers. Their role is to work with the Executive Committee to set out the key strategies for Euralis and to check that the decisions they take are implemented on the ground.
The Board of Directors – composition :
Christophe CONGUES
He products kiwis and tabacco (Pyrénées Atlantiques).
He was the President of the Fédération des planteurs de tabac (Federation of Tobacco Planters) for thirteen years, and General Secretary of the France Tabac Union (French Tobacco Union) for eleven years before joining the Euralis Board of Directors in 2014.
Bernard ADER
Farmer in Saint-Élix-Séglan (31) organic cattle breeders, conventional field crop producers (sunflower, durum wheat)
President of the European Committee of La Coopération Agricole (the representative of French agricultural, agri-food, agro-industry and forestry cooperatives)
Vice-President of Cogeca, the General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the European Union
Stéphane BOUE
Farmer in Bournos (64) and Arx (40), seed corn, grain corn and vegetables producer.
Jean-Paul LATASTE
A cattle farmer in Morganx (40), he also grows sweetcorn, food maize, tobacco and soy.
Vice-President of AGPM (general association of corn producers), he also chairs the sweetcorn section of this association.
Pierre PAGÈS
Farming in Viella (32), he produces seeds and field vegetables.
He is President of FNPSMS (National Federation for the Production of Corn and Sorghum Seeds) and vice-president of SEMAE (the French Interprofessional Organisation for Seeds and Plants)
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Promoting strategies to encourage profitable growth
The Executive Committee comprises the main directors of Euralis.
It establishes the strategic aims and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the cooperative. In close collaboration with the Board of Directors, and under its control, the Executive Committee draws up and manages medium term plans and budgets and monitors their implementation.
Philippe SAUX
An agronomic engineer, he has worked within Euralis for the majority of his professional life, occupying various posts in the Seed Division.
Luc LEMAIRE
Graduated in Law from the University of Social Sciences of Toulouse and Paris II and joined the Brandt group in 1992 as a business lawyer and later as director of the legal department. He was called to the Bar in Paris in 2006 and joined Euralis in September 2007 as director of the legal department. He also works closely with the Board of Directors to assist in the optimal roll-out of the new system of governance.
François LELARGE
Over 25 years’ experience of managing information systems in industry and in consultancy (Ernst & Young) as well as in business (DSI EMEA, part of the Georgia Pacific group). He has been director of Euralis Information Systems since May 2011.
Pierre Flye Sainte-Marie
Laurent Dubain
Isabelle Duret-Adam
Rémi Thomas
Bruno Traverse
Olivier Paul
Jean-François Pic
Olivier Tillous Bordes
THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Comprising the members of the Strategic Committee and the members of the BU and Divisions Executive Committees. It regularly gathers at key moments in the life of Euralis. Thanks to the Management Committee, the principal managers are involved in strategic planning before feeding the information back to their own teams.
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