About Lagardere

Managing Partners

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The company is currently managed by two partners: Arnaud Lagardère and the Arjil Commanditee-Arco corporation.

Management

• Arnaud Lagardère

  4, rue de Presbourg – 75116 Paris, France
  Born 18 March 1961
  
  In addition, Mr. Arnaud Lagardère is the Chairman of Lagardère Capital & Management and also holds the share capital of that company, which itself held 10.30% of Lagardère SCA’s share capital on 31 December 2008.
  Mr. Arnaud Lagardère holds a DEA higher degree in economics from the University of Paris Dauphine. He was appointed Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company MMB (which became Lagardère SCA) in 1987. He was Chairman of the US company Grolier Inc from 1994 to 1998.
  
  

• Arjil Commanditée-ARCO

  A French corporation with share capital of €40,000
  121, avenue de Malakoff - 75116 Paris, France
  Represented by Mr. Arnaud Lagardère, Mr. Philippe Camus and Mr. Pierre Leroy
  Arjil Commanditée-ARCO was appointed Managing Partner for a period of six years from 17 March 1998. This appointment was renewed in 2004 for a further six-year period.
  
  Positions held by Arjil Commanditée-ARCO in other companies: none.
  Positions held by legal representatives of Arjil Commanditée-ARCO in other companies:

• Arnaud Lagardère (see above)

• Philippe Camus
  

4, rue de Presbourg – 75116 Paris, France

Born 28 June 1948

Mr. Philippe Camus is a former student of the École Normale Supérieure de Paris (ULM Paris), and holds a degree from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Economics and Finance) and the highest-level teaching qualification (aggregation) in Physics and Actuarial Science. Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Arjil Commanditée-Arco (SA), and co-Managing Partner of the Lagardère Group.





• Pierre Leroy
4, rue de Presbourg – 75116 Paris, France
Born 8 October 1948
Pierre Leroy has spent the greater part of his career in the Lagardère Group. After passing a graduate entrance exam, he was placed under the supervision of Sylvain Floirat, initially joining Matra as a Finance Officer, before becoming General Secretary of Subsidiaries, then Director of the General Secretariat.

He also worked for Jean-Luc Lagardère in a number of management positions within the supervisory structures of the Matra and Hachette groups. Following the merger of Matra and Hachette, he was appointed General Secretary of the Lagardère Group in 1993. He is the Director of several Lagardère companies and Chairman of Lagardère Ressources, which manages the Group's corporate services.

He is also a member of the Executive Committee and of the Group Finance Committee. In 2004, Pierre Leroy was appointed Director and Chief Operating Officer of Arco and, in this capacity, the Co-Managing Partner of the Lagardère Group.